Inspired by Iowa Youth Institute, Boone Students Continue Fight Against Hunger
February 12, 2015
Almost 100 people gathered in the Boone High School gymnasium on Friday to fight hunger through
the second annual Boone Community Hunger Banquet. Participants learned about how food is
distributed unequally in the world and raised money for a student-led meal packaging activity. The
Boone student-organizers were inspired by ISU freshman Paige Myers, who was in turn inspired by
her experiences as a high school delegate to the Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa State University.
The Iowa Youth Institute inspires the next generation of hunger fighters. Students work with a
teacher-mentor to research and present their own solutions to food insecurity, participate in hands-on
experiments and simulations let by ISU faculty, and network with peers and leaders in government,
business, the nonprofit community and academia. Full details are online at
http://www.worldfoodprize.org/iowayouth.
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