Why Waste ?

Today I am going to be talking about Maria Rose Belding. Now I bet you are wondering, who is Maria Rose    Belding ? Maria Rose Belding is now 20 and a student at American University in Washington, D.C. On a chilly day five years ago, Maria Rose Belding was throwing out hundreds of expired Mac and Cheese boxes, while there was starving people right in front of her. It felt wrong to her. So she created MEANS. MEANS stands for Matches Excess and Need for Stability. To find out more about MEANS go to Newsela.com. While you are reading that article let me continue.

I think that the idea Belding came up with was more than brilliant, more than magnificent, and even more than extraordinary. Everybody knew that Americans were wasting hundreds of tons of food. But nobody stepped up to actually do something about it. Until MEANS. When MEANS was created it was meant to bring happiness, and joy to people in need… and that it did. So far Belding’s website has saved over two tons of food. That’s over 4,000 pounds of food! This proves that if you stand up for what you believe in, it will make an impact one way or another, and that was proven by the great Maria Rose Belding.

2 thoughts on “Why Waste ?

  1. Hi this is Valerie, I loved how you pick a topic about you can make a difference. One wonder I have for you is why did you pick Maria? Last but not least wish. I wish you have put in more detail of how she did it, but it was amazing.
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  2. Hey Valerie. Well I decided to talk about Maria because… well I kind of had to. It was on Mrs. Carl’s blog, and it was the only post I could do. Well if you go to the link in my post, and you read the article then you can find out more about her invention. Happy Blogging !?

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