When President Obama talked of hope and change in his 2008 campaign speech, one Tucson, Arizona man knew he could make the same impact in his own local community. For 57 weeks now, Peter Norback has been collecting can goods and other food items from local neighbors and donating them to his town Community Food Bank. So far, he has contributed 9,000 pounds of food. Pauline Hechler, the food bank’s development officer says, “The demand for food in Tuscan has increased 40 percent over the past year,” and the Community Food bank gives out 48,000 meals per day. Norback keeps track of his weekly progress on an email and blog post.
Luckily, Peter’s good deeds have been catching on in other cities as well. When Carol Reed, a former resident of Tucson, son heard of Norback’s One Can a Week program, it motivated him to start a similar drive in his own area of Wake Forest, North Carolina for local veterans. To date, they have raised over 800 pounds of food! To help build a One Can a Week Program in your community, visit Peter Norback’s s website at http://onecanaweek.blogspot.com. To see the entire story visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/15/yes-he-can-one-can-a-week_n_462827.html.
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