https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu CNN heroes en-us 2018-11-29 18:39:16 UTC 2025-10-07 14:12:15 UTC hello@padlet.com jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309482372 MEANS]]> 2018-11-29 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309482372 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309484446 Maria helped feed the hungry at her church. Sometimes they would receive too much of one kind of food, it would expire and she would have to throw it away while many other people could have had it. She would try connecting other charities but it was hard. Other places like restaurants and grocery stores would also throw unwanted food away while other people could be eating it.]]> 2018-11-29 18:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309484446 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309491603 More than 40 million Americans don't have enough to eat while 40% of the country's food supply is wasted.]]> 2018-11-29 19:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309491603 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309494071 The program MEANS is meant for connecting charities with extra food to feed the hungry]]> 2018-11-29 19:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309494071 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309914101 MEANS has already redistributed 1.8 million pounds of food since  2015.   ]]> 2018-11-30 18:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309914101 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309920938 MEANS mostly gets it's food from grocery stores by caterers or food retailers. ]]> 2018-11-30 18:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309920938 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309931463 "There was nothing that really allowed us to communicate in an efficient way. ... The Internet was right in front of us!" Belding said.

"Too often, grocery stores and restaurants find themselves throwing out food when there is great need in nearby communities," Belding said.

]]> 2018-11-30 18:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309931463 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309934368 Author: Kathleen Toner
Website title: CNN
Publisher: Cable news network
URL: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/health/cnnheroes-maria-rose-belding-means/index.html
Date: 11/26/2018]]> 2018-11-30 19:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309934368 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309935638 2018-11-30 19:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309935638 jsussm5786 https://padlet.com/jsussm5786/6pnsc2j3rnhu/wish/309936751 You just have to go on the MEANS website and sign up. They will tell you all the information you need.
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