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ROOT OUT HUNGER:

NORTHWEST HARVEST TURNS 50

Northwest Harvest commemorated 50 years of fighting hunger Benjamin Danielson of Seattle’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic
by raising over $425,000 at our inaugural Root Out Hunger event accepted the 2017 Northwest Harvest Ruth Velozo Award.
on April 22, 2017. Root Out Hunger celebrated the positive Dr. Danielson addressed the issues surrounding health,
impact Northwest Harvest has made in communities throughout nutrition and childhood development during his acceptance
the state, as well as honored those committed to improving the remarks. “Our clinic exists in sistership with Northwest
health and nutrition of those affected by hunger and poverty. Harvest, because we have learned the lessons that Northwest
Harvest has been teaching and solving for 50 years. That
“A child cannot learn and food is elemental to the thriving of communities. Food is
cannot feed its mind when foundational to every other thing you want to do to lift up
their stomach is empty.” communities.” Danielson added, “A child cannot learn and
cannot feed its mind when their stomach is empty.”
Northwest Harvest thanks all its Root Out Hunger
Focusing the event on childhood nutrition, Northwest Harvest sponsors and contributors for making such a positive
received gifts totaling over $100,000 immediately after Dr. impact in communities around the state.