Re: 10k contest
wait until you have kids joey, if you are passionate about this now you will freak out when your kids have to eat the food served in cafeterias. processed everything. good charity you have, keep up the good work.
The way I started doing this is beyond odd. The original reason I founded the non-profit had NOTHING to do with food, schools, or even being charitable, when it comes down to it. Lots of changes in my life have had me refocusing my priorities including having a 18 month old nephew who I spend a lot of time with.
The food served in our schools is embarrassingly unhealthy. I'm not the healthiest eater in the world so that is saying a lot. A lot had to do with talking to a young girl who gets personal training from the gym I own. The types of things she told me they served in her cafeteria made me cringe. I started thinking back to my own school days and realized that despite the general populous being much better educated about healthy food choices, the school 'diet' hadn't changed at all and has, imo, gotten much worse.
The hardest part is that multinational corps like Coca Cola and Pepsi Co provide a ton of $ and discounted food. They also own many fast food and pizza places. So guess what, Pizza, fast food, and soda is in almost every school. Young people don't know better and eat what tastes best when given the choice. You can see where this is going.
Anyway, I don't see things getting 'fixed' anything soon, but if I can do anything to change it anywhere, I will be happy.