{"id":65292,"date":"2010-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-graduate-receives-anti-hunger-leadership-award\/"},"modified":"2010-01-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-graduate-receives-anti-hunger-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/01\/uri-graduate-receives-anti-hunger-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 graduate receives anti-hunger leadership award"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013January 7, 2009– Leah Murphy of Newport, who just completed requirements for her nursing degree at the 溏心vlog免费B站, was presented the Dorothy Shackleton Anti-Hunger Leadership Award last month for her outstanding work at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America. The award came with a $100 check.<\/p>\n


\n\tBuilding on her interest in health and her concern for individuals struggling to live on limited incomes, Murphy began working as an outreach worker for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s hunger center in the fall of 2007. <\/p>\n


\n\tShe assisted hundreds of low-income individuals access the benefits of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program) in homeless shelters and community meal sites, as well as, through her work at clinics and health fairs. The Anti-Hunger Leadership Award is given to students who demonstrate extensive knowledge of hunger and poverty issues and who use their skills to participate in education and outreach activities in the community. Dorothy Shackleton, a former employee with the Department of Human Services, started the fund with a donation. <\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cThe need for sensitive and effective outreach is extremely important, and Leah was an excellent outreach worker and a good role model for other students, said Maria Cimini, coordinator of the Rhode Island SNAP Outreach Program at 溏心vlog免费B站 and Murphy\u2019s supervisor. \u201cI was continually impressed with Leah\u2019s nurturing nature. She listens without judgment, alters her approach and tone to put people at ease and worked diligently to educate people in need about the benefits of SNAP. Additionally, she incorporated her passion for health and nutrition into her outreach efforts both in the community and with her fellow outreach workers.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen presenting the award to Murphy, Kathleen Gorman, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America, shared the importance of SNAP Outreach. \u201cSNAP is a federally funded program that puts money into the pockets of our neediest neighbors allowing them to purchase adequate, nutritious food for their families. With many thousands of Rhode Islanders eligible for SNAP benefits but not receiving them, we need more passionate, educated people, like Leah, to get involved in ending hunger by ensuring that all low-income families are receiving the nutritional assistance they need.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America coordinates Rhode Island\u2019s SNAP Outreach Project through a contract with the R.I. Department of Human Services with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/p>\n


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\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America is an educational center committed to developing solutions to the problem of hunger in Rhode Island and nationwide. The Center promotes education, research, and outreach on the causes and consequences of hunger and the study of policies and programs aimed at alleviating hunger.<\/p>\n


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\nAWARDED: Leah Murphy (left) of Newport is thanked by Kathleen Gorman, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America, for her outstanding work at the center. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013January 7, 2009– Leah Murphy of Newport, who just completed requirements for her nursing degree at the 溏心vlog免费B站, was presented the Dorothy Shackleton Anti-Hunger Leadership Award last month for her outstanding work at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America. The award came with a $100 check. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}