Maria Rose Belding by https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re Making sure unwanted food reaches the hungry. en-us 2018-12-04 15:57:46 UTC 2025-11-07 19:19:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Inquiry questions adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310968789 1. How many hungry people has she fed so far? 

2. How many people get fed every day?

3. What business throws the most food away?

4. Has there been any problems with this platform?

5. How does the online platform work?]]> 2018-12-04 16:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310968789 Hero and name of foundation adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310972562 Hero: Maria Rose Belding

Name of foundation: MEANS]]> 2018-12-04 16:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310972562 Why the hero got started with the foundation adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310973587 Maria helped launch MEANS in her freshman year at American University. She got started with the foundation because she wanted to make sure unwanted food got to the hungry.]]> 2018-12-04 16:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310973587 Positive effects of the project adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310975770
  • The foundation has helped more than 1.8 million pounds of food get to the hungry.
  • It connects businesses with extra food yo charities that feed the hungry.
  • Its run largely by high school and college students.
  • It aims to make it easier to donate food.
  • Means has about 3,000 partners.
  • Its also partnered with the Rhode Island Health Department .
  • The average amount of time it takes for food to be claimed is half an hour.
  • Their record is 2 minutes and 37 seconds.
  • Belding took a year off to devote herself to MEANS full time.

    • ]]>     2018-12-04 16:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310975770     Quotations that support the central idea adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310980422
  • "Run largely by high school and college students, the nonprofit has helped redistribute more than 1.8 million pounds of food since 2015"
  • "MEANS aims to make it easier to donate food than to throw it in the dumpster. We're like a bridge that hasn't existed before."

    • ]]>     2018-12-04 16:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310980422     Getting involved: how people can get involved adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310984093 Visit the MEANS website to get involved. ]]> 2018-12-04 16:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/310984093 Citation adover6610 https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/311433553 Toner, Kathleen. “She Makes Sure Unwanted Food Gets to Hungry Americans.” CNN, Cable News Network, 26 Nov. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/health/cnnheroes-maria-rose-]]> 2018-12-05 16:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/adover6610/rkkvjomwa7re/wish/311433553