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David Feeds the Hungry 4q6961

Dec 27, 2006

David Levitt was 11 years old when the school.

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David was new to his school but he didn't hesitate to run the idea past his principal. He was told there were probably government regulations that would stop a program like that from going anywhere. Even David's new friends told him it probably couldn't be done. That didn't matter to David.

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During the next few weeks, David researched birthday he nervously stood before the school board and was told they had approved his plan. But victory was short.

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Five months went by. Nothing had happened yet. People were still hungry and David was getting impatient. It turned out airtight containers were needed to ship the food but there was left over food. Today, over 100 schools in Pinellas County donate about 234,000 pounds of food every two years.

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