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For the first time, 18 innovative teens from Durham-based entrepreneurial nonprofit Echo are working to provide more than 3,000 meals to school-aged children facing food insecurity for their campaign “Teens Tackle Hunger.”
The campaign runs through mid-August and aims to provide meals for thousands of children, especially while Durham Public Schools kitchens are closed from July 26 to August 16. With 56 percent of the student population potentially facing hunger, the young entrepreneurs hope “Teens Tackle Hunger” will make accessing food easier.
The campaign consists of four farmers’ markets, mobile food trucks that will visit select locations in Durham, and community food events, all free.
The INDY spoke with Pilar Gutierrez, a rising sophomore at UNC Greensboro and one of the project leaders, to learn more about its origins, the events, and the importance of youth involvement in communities:
“Whenever we have meetings…we always talk about our personal lives because most of us come from low-income communities. That’s one of the things that we wanted teenagers who have the same experience to get out of this opportunity and be able to help their own community,” says Gutierrez.
“We decided to include activities and games … where teens can interact because we wanted to make sure that the public was able to network and make new friends at the farmers market…We had local business entrepreneurs come in and talk to us about what this place was about…”
The last teen farmers market takes place on August 8 at Lakewood Social and the next food truck event takes place on August 9 at Monument of Faith Church.
Have a good Tuesday.
—Chase
Durham
The City of Durham will hold a public safety listening session at W.D. Hill Recreation Center at 6 p.m.
Wake
The News & Observer takes a look at Raleigh tech company Bandwidth’s explicitly Christian work culture which has made some workers uncomfortable. [Paywalled]
Orange
UNC has hired its first-ever director of financial well-being.
North Carolina
Gov. Cooper issued a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Debby moves through North Carolina this week.
Today’s weather
A high of 81 degrees, showers and storms.
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