Brittany Amano wants to make sure every child in the US has enough to eat.
Brittany Amano, now 18, knew how it felt to go hungry. Her mother tried to find a 1 in Honolulu, Hawaii to support the family. Her grandmother helped out as much as she could. But the family 2 had to depend on a local food bank to live on, and for that she was 3 .
When they lost their home, Amano's family had to live in a friend's basement （地下室）. "I could feel how hunger and homelessness 4 my family. " Amano told a reporter from TFK. "The experience made me want to give 5 to others in the same situation. "
In fourth grade, she and some of her friends started a good project. They6 $ 700 and collected 800 pounds of food. 7twelve, Amano set up the unprofit （非营利的）group Hawaii's Future Isn't Hungry. She hoped to raise $ 10,000 8 she finished high school. She ended up raising more than $ 500,000 in four years.
With the 9 collected, the nonprofit group, now called The Future Isn't Hungry, can offer fresh fruits, vegetables, and other 10 foods to school kids on Fridays. This is to make sure that the kids and 11 families have enough food to get them 12 the weekend. So far, the effort has helped more than 750,000 people.
In the fall of this year, Amano will 13 Duck University, in North Carolina on a full scholarship. After that, she plans to return to 14 the city that gave her so much. "It doesn't matter if you help one million people 15 just one person," she says. "The smallest action can make a huge difference. "
