Page 4 - Palm City Spotlight - August '22

Page 4, Palm City Spotlight

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Summer Interns Hone Skills Two of the students –

And Expand Services At Noah Chaban and Olivia
North – came to Treasure
Treasure Coast Food Bank Coast Food Bank through
the No Kid Hungry Youth
They’re bright, skilled, and eager to help. This summer, Ambassador Program, which
nine interns are honing their skills and expanding staffing gives college students the
resources at Treasure Coast Food Bank. opportunity to witness hunger
They are working in several different departments in their community firsthand
including finance, human resources, IT, and marketing. and involve themselves in
Most of the interns have roots on the Treasure Coast, and work to combat it. They’ll be
regardless of their area of expertise and focus, all will leave working with Treasure Coast
with a greater understanding of Treasure Coast Food Bank’s Food Bank’s Summer Meals
role in providing vital resources to the community. Program that feeds youth
“We’re very glad to have this great group of interns throughout the summer.
with us this year,” said Judith Cruz, president and CEO of Maxwell Hutchinson is
Treasure Coast Food Bank. “Not only do they contribute spending his second summer
to the departments to which they’re assigned, but they’ve with Treasure Coast Food
already made a tremendous impact helping with our special Bank, working on a project to
events, volunteer activities, and with some special projects, streamline data into an easily
like updates to our website.” readable dashboard.
The interns are: Katherine Capezza, a junior at the “I had an amazing Front left: Maxwell Hutchinson, Sophie Swanker, Katie Erickson, Kate Capezza; Back from
University of Florida majoring in family, youth, and experience with the food left: Deonte Ramos, Olivia North, Lauren Pearson, Vivek Talati, Noah Chaban
community sciences; Noah Chaban, a marketing major who bank last year between the
attends Florida State University; Katherine Erickson, an rewarding work and supportive coworkers, so I was all too help individuals and families gain long-term food security,
English major from the University of Florida; Olivia North, happy to be here to work with Ron Wise with programming,” better health outcomes, and self-sufficiency. Treasure Coast
who attends Florida State University and studies public Hutchinson said. “I’ve been looking at all the different reports Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the nationwide
health and psychology; Lauren Pearson, an Indian River State that agencies send in and the inventory reports to make a network of 200 food banks that leads the fight against hunger
College student studying business administration; Deonte dashboard of the information for upper management.” in the United States. For more information on Treasure Coast
Ramos who studies public policy and international relations While the interns hone their skills, they also learn about Food Bank, call (772) 489-3034, log on to stophunger.org,
at New York University; Sophie Swanker, an integrated Treasure Coast Food Bank’s role in fighting hunger. visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/tcfoodbank, or
marketing communications major from Albion College in “No matter where they end up in their careers, our interns follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/tcfoodbank.
Albion, Mich.; Vivek Talati, who studies business analytics will leave with a greater understanding of hunger and how Photos by Gary Keller
at Boston College; and Maxwell Hutchinson, who studies Treasure Coast Food Bank works every day to combat it,”
statistics at University of Florida. Cruz said.
About Treasure Coast Food Bank
Treasure Coast Food Bank is the only food bank and largest
hunger relief organization on Florida’s Treasure Coast,
providing the community each year with millions of meals
valued at more than $50 million through robust programs
and in partnership with 400 charitable organizations in
Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Okeechobee counties.
In addition to emergency food distribution, Treasure Coast
Food Bank operates a full roster of direct service programs
that not only solve the immediate problem of hunger, but

Deonte Ramos and Noah Chaban

Kate Capezza, Kate Erickson, Olivia North, and Sophie
Swanker Group photo in warehouse