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<\/p>\nA note from Ross Fraser ’78:<\/p>\n
I am a graduate of IWU (\u201978) and in my 11th<\/sup>\u00a0year working \u00a0 \u00a0 as the director of media relations for Feeding\u00a0America, the \u00a0 nation\u2019s largest hunger relief organization.<\/p>\n We are the network of most of the food banks in the country. We distribute food to about 60,000 soup kitchens and food pantries across the nation.<\/p>\n We feed \u00a0more than 5 million people each\u00a0week<\/em>\u00a0and will distribute more than\u00a04 billion pounds of food<\/em>\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n Forbes Magazine rates us as the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0largest charity in the U.S.<\/p>\n But I am not the only IWU graduate here. Sam Harris (2010) works with the food industry to help us get donations of food, and Tim Sunzeri (2011) is a senior budget analyst in our philanthropy department.<\/p>\n The\u00a0photo above is of Ross appearing on the Rachael Ray. She surprised them with a check for $100,000!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A note from Ross Fraser ’78: I am a graduate of IWU (\u201978) and in my 11th\u00a0year working \u00a0 \u00a0 as the director of media relations for Feeding\u00a0America, the \u00a0 nation\u2019s largest hunger relief organization. We are the network of … Continue reading