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Nourishing USA is a United States-based non-profit organization. It consists of a nationwide network of more than 9500 community advocates and food rescue organizations that serves in the United States as well as Puerto Rico. The organization supports approximately 500 local charitable agencies operating including pantries, soup kitchens, senior center’s and emergency shelters. The current CEO Simon Hancock was appointed in January 2013. Past CEO Gina Keatley, is a 2011 CNN Hero.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/09/15/cnnheroes.keatley.nutrition/index.html )〕 Nourishing USA was known as Nourishing NYC until September 2010 ==History== In September 2010, Nourishing USA was featured on NBC San Diego at the Classy Awards,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/brchannel/Stay-Classy-Awards-San-Diego.html )〕 named the nationwide ''Charity of the Year''. In October 2010, FedEx partnered with Nourishing USA as the official sponsor of environmentally friendly shipping for all the anti-hunger advocacy kits mailed in 2010 and 2011. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp uses it gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation to deliver the kits. Most of the new FedEx gasoline-electric vehicles are in service at a Bronx, N.Y., station, making it the first FedEx all-hybrid facility with about 100 trucks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.van.fedex.com/node/15150 )〕 In September 2010, the organization name was changed from Nourishing NYC to Nourishing USA. The new name conveys the mission—providing nutrition for all—and will be supported through expansive public outreach campaigns that will raise awareness and create action to stop malnourishment in low-income America. In August 2009, Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) announced that Nourishing USA had been chosen as Client for the Biennial Design Ideas Competition Program. The Harlem Edge/Cultivating Connections competition explored the redevelopment of the decommissioned Department of Sanitation marine transfer station located in the Hudson River at 135th Street. The site offered the opportunity to engage the local Harlem community with the waterfront, and echoes recent efforts by New York City to reclaim the waterfront for non-industrial use, as included Department of City Planning in its Vision 2020, the Comprehensive Waterfront Action Plan for New York City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nourishing USA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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