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Dolph Briscoe Unit

Offenders may also have the opportunity of working with local community works projects such as with the local food bank, Habitat for Humanity and other local organizations.

Strangers Helping Strangers

The origins of Strangers Helping Strangers (SHS) dates back to late 1997, when fans of the Burlington, Vermont-based band Strangefolk saw an opportunity to help those less fortunate by collecting non-perishable food at various Strangefolk concerts throughout the Northeast USA and donating it to food banks and charities in the cities and towns Strangefolk played.


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Arizona Charter Academy

Service learning opportunities include the Mexico House Building Trip (open to qualified high school students: twenty staff and students journey to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico to build a home for a family living in poverty), Habitat for Humanity (where students help construct a house for a family in their community), the West Side Food Bank and the Annual Blood Drive for United Blood Services.

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

They do a lot of work at many sites like Sacred Heart Community Center, Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT), Second Harvest Food Bank, and many more.

Frank Marzullo

Marzullo was active with the Second Harvest Food Bank and was an active member of the community with his own ice cream flavor, "Frank's Twister", at all Handel's locations with proceeds going to Second Harvest.

Good Shepherd Food Bank

In 2010, the Food Bank distributed 2.25 million pounds of food to Cumberland and York counties – a number it expects to increase to three million this year thanks to its new Portland warehouse.

John van Hengel

In 1976 John left St. Mary’s Food Bank and established Second Harvest (now known as Feeding America).

Linda Higgins

Higgins has served on the boards of the Cedar-Riverside People's Center, the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Greater Lake Country Food Bank, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

New Hampshire Roller Derby

Groups that the New Hampshire Roller Derby has donated to include the American Red Cross, Animal Rescue League, NH Food Bank, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Save Giovanni's Friends, and Greyhound Pets of America.

Peter Coffee

Peter is the father of three sons and is active as a youth soccer referee, Boy Scout backpack leader, church choir member, and coordinator of his church's food bank program.

Reza Jahangiri

AAG Gives Back also supports Alzheimer’s Association, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Friends & Helpers, and Families Forward.

Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program

The Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program was originally authorized under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to buy commodities for soup kitchens and food banks not participating in the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP).