Will You Be My Hunger Hero

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Headed back down from London Town Currently, out of the 10,000 people living in Boscombe, UK, about 35 percent are under the poverty line. The community-wide LOVE: Boscombe Hunger Project had neighbors assembling meals for neighbors in need. The Hunger Heroes even took a break to sip some afternoon tea, the most quintessential of English customs.

This crazy LENTIL thing called love Over 40,000 meals were assembled and sealed with a kiss at Will You Be My Hunger Hero on Feb. 13. Approximately 320 Hunger Heroes gathered to spread the love and they even got to decorate treats at the cupcake bar!

Ken-ya believe it – We have a visitor! Justin Miller, the executive director for Care for AIDS, will be speaking in the packing area at 11 a.m.
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unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino gunmen who killed 14 people in December. “We believe it would be wrong to weaken security for hundreds of million of law-abiding customers so that it will also be weaker for the very few who pose a threat,” Apple said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/us/judge-tells-apple-to-help-unlock-san-bernardino-gunmans-iphone.html

“Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.” Mattel is creating curvy, petite and tall versions of Barbie to broaden the doll’s demographic appeal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/business/barbie-now-in-more-shapes.html

Where in the World is the Lentil Casserole?

Hunger Project season is in full swing! Two weeks ago, our team was in London. Last week we were California dreaming. So what’s next? We will be assembling healthy meals in Indiana, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Connecticut!

Keep hitting refresh and keep an eye on your inboxes. HR will be sending out Hunger Project sign-ups every Monday!

New Faces, New
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Continuous training – Catch up with what’s going down in merch today. Learn some tips and tricks to selling merchandise during our events.

Next Friday, prepare to brush up your interview skills and perfect and polish your resume with the HR

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