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KERALITE
2018

FIGHTING HUNGER AND FOOD WASTE BY

PARTNERING WITH FORGOTTEN HARVEST

On Saturday July 21, Kerala Club Youth and Family It is an honor to be an active organization helping the
volunteered at the Forgotten Harvest facility in Oak community.
Park, MI. The volunteers helped in packing 2678 lbs of “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the
meat and 650 lbs of packed food that will help in service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi
feeding the hungry in Metro Detroit.
Some interesting facts of Hunger in the United States
The Youth Team was recognized by the organizers for
the awesome job they did during the volunteering.  One in four kids in the US faces hunger
Kerala Club was recognized by Forgotten Harvest  35 million people in the US are hungry or don’t know
along with other bigger organizations such as Ford, where their next meal is coming from, and
BCBSM, Quicken Loans, DTE Energy, FCA and Flagstar 13 million of them are children.
for packing 12,000 lbs of meat, sweet potatoes,  40% of food is thrown out in the US every year, or
peppers and making 9400 sandwiches for the summer about $165 billion worth. All of this uneaten food could
lunch programs last week. feed 25 million Americans.

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