Thursday, 20 April 2017

Checkerboard Friends

According to the United States Department of Agriculture 48.1 million Americans have insecure access to food, including 32.8 million adults and 15.3 million children (that’s roughly 1 out of every 5). You might read a statistic like that, think, “how sad,” and move on. Or you could do something about it. You could go out to lunch. Draper enterpreneur Steve Down saw an opportunity four years ago to turn the food industry into a force for good. He created Even Stevens, a sandwich shop that feeds one homeless person for every sandwich sold. Today there are eleven Even Stevens locations: Salt Lake City, Sugarhouse, Draper, St. George, Ogden, Logan, Boise, Gilbert, Phoenix, Tempe and Arcadia. As of last Friday they’d donated 1,244,016 sandwiches. I recommend the Reuben. Or the Pot Roast Dip. Or the Sloppy Joe. They’re all amazing. Best of all, you’ll go home feeling a little amazing yourself.

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