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One Woman, 100 Marathons, 200 Food Banks

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I Volunteered At 200 Food Banks Across The U.S. Here’s What I Learned About Hunger In America.
I Volunteered At 200 Food Banks Across The U.S. Here’s What I Learned About Hunger In America.

I set a goal to road-trip across the country, running a marathon in all 50 states (I’d later up it to 100 marathons), volunteering at each of the 200 Feeding America food banks, and visiting friends and family as I went.

I set out in July 2014. I ran my 100th marathon last month and volunteered at my 200th food bank on April 11. Am I done? Not even close. Not while there are millions of hungry Americans. Not when there is more that I — that we all — can do.

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Social Impact Bonds vs. Endemic Poverty

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Denver program finds homeless people with jail time - and then houses them - Denverite
Denver program finds homeless people with jail time – and then houses them – Denverite
They are subjects in an $8.7 million experiment — the Denver Social Impact Bond Program – that may be the first of its scale in the United States.
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Cities experiment to reduce homelessness with
Cities experiment to reduce homelessness with
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The past couple of years have been a roller-coaster for Maurice Cushinberry – first of homelessness, substance abuse and legal trouble, and then of sudden stability.
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