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NLR Girl Wins National Grant |
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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Katya Lyzhina, 2008 graduate of NLR West High School is one of
20 national recipients of a STOP Hunger Grant of $1000 from the Sodexho
Foundation. These grants are open to students ages 6 to 18 who are enrolled
in an accredited educational institution in the United States. They must
have demonstrated an on-going commitment to their community by performing
volunteer services impacting hunger in the United States at least within the
last 12 months. Winners may select the hunger-related non-profit of their
choice to receive the grant. Lyzhina chose the Arkansas Rice Depot where she
has volunteered over the past eight years.
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Last year The Rice Depot distributed almost six million pounds of food to
the more than 400,000 people in Arkansas who face hunger. Their programs
include the Food for Kids Program that serves over 22,000 students in 550
schools across Arkansas, the Food for Seniors Program that serves 50
homebound senior citizens, the Disaster Relief Program that serves families
devastated by fires, floods and tornadoes, and the distribution of food to
over 310 food pantries at churches and community centers. In the first half
of 2008, the Rice Depot provided 250,000 pounds of food and supplies to 37
communities hit by tornadoes, floods, and fires, bringing their total food
and supplies distributed in this period to 3.5 million pounds.
Lyzhina, an adoptee at age 11, is familiar with hunger. She spent three
years on the streets of Yekaterinburg, Russia, when her father died and her
mother lost their apartment. She says, ³No child should have to go hungry
in this country. Since coming to Arkansas I have loved being able to do
community service that helps to feed the hungry. The Rice Depot has answered
that need with the simple solution of the Good Samaritan. Our neighbor is
hungryS. feed him. By warehousing the surplus that would go to waste and by
enlisting the army of volunteers that helps to feed the children, the senior
citizens, and to stock the over 860 hunger programs in all 75 counties of
the state that they serve, they are changing the face of hunger in Arkansas.
I am proud to be a part of that solution.²
Through the North Little Rock Mayor¹s Youth Council Lyzhina has collected
food for the Depot, delivered senior meals, and has worked in the warehouse.
At a reception at the Depot on Friday she will present the Sodexho check and
a matching check of $1000 in honor of Laura Rhea, CEO, and the $2000 will
³adopt² NLR¹s Crestwood Elementary School for a year, delivering and
furnishing food for the Food For Kids Program there.
Representatives from the Arkansas Rice Depot Board of Directors and others
who are participating in the Adopt A School project will join Laura Rhea on
Friday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m. at the Depot to accept the check from Katya
Lyzhina, who will become the youngest person to adopt a school. Other
schools are available for adoption. Lyzhina is the daughter of Jan Scholl.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 August 2008 )
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