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In communities struggling with limited access to healthy food options, Shipt joins in to support 10 local retailers through the LadderUp program. As part of the LadderUp program, Shipt not only lends their retail experience, but also donated $5,000 in individual grants to the 10 retailers in areas designated as a food desert. In addition, the program has a focus on diversity and inclusion with 60 percent of the retail stores owned by individuals who identified as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and/or LGBTQIA+. Over the span of eight weeks, the retailers received training that aimed to increase their capabilities in key areas such as digital marketing, e-commerce and merchandising. The grant funds provided by Shipt were used toward staffing, website development, digital marketing and the e-commerce and delivery services to drive transformation in their community. In the end, 80 percent of the retailers said they would highly recommend the program to other small business owners to drive positive change.
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In Durham, North Carolina 56 percent of school-aged children qualify for free and reduced lunch during the school year. However, due to a gap in the system that provides those meals, as many as 15,000 children, adolescents and teens may be without access to regular meals during some or all of the summer. Enter echoReverb, the teen-led segment of the entrepreneurship support organization ECHO. ECHO, based in Durham, is a community-based organization aiming to create innovation and entrepreneurship. But why leave entrepreneurship just to adults? Through echoReverb teenagers have the opportunity to become entrepreneurs and use their inspiration to make their big ideas become a reality.
Continue ReadingThe 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health presented a transformational vision to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases by 2030 while addressing disparities in the most affected communities.
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