Uniting to Tackle Child Hunger

NELA fellows attended the NOKid Hungry Conference in Chapel Hill, NC. Keynote speakers included Dr. Mike Steiner, Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at UNC Heath Care, and Duke Storen, Senior Director at Share Our Strength. NC non-profit organizations were also present including PORCH, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, and Grocers on Wheels. The photo below is of the NELA fellows, NELA Associate Director Dr. Lesley Wirt, NELA Graduate Assistant Leelynn Pinion, and Gerald Owens of WRAL. Mr. Owens was the emcee during the 2014 Breakfast Challenge Awards Ceremony.