Grondahl: Jade Warrick s creating art to amplify Black lives
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Jade Warrick, aka TrashKid, shows a computer image of a mural she is creating at the Troy Dance Factory with help from her brother, Arick, 13.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Jade Warrick mixes paint for the Troy Dance Factory mural.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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4of21Buy PhotoArtist Jade Warrick works on a mural on a building seen from Broadway on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Details of the colorful street art mural Jade Warrick is painting in the vestibule of the Troy Dance FactoryPaul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Heaping Helpings: Nonprofit Feed Albany pivots from restaurant employees to packaged meals for anyone in need | The Daily Gazette
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SUNY Schenectady Culinary Arts majors Evette Maisonette and Panagiota Giakoumis preparing meals for Feed Albany.
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COVID-19 may be on its way out but Feed Albany, a nonprofit formed to address pandemic-related food insecurity, plans to stay.
What began more than a year ago as an initiative to feed out-of-work Albany restaurant personnel has grown into an organization that strives to provide high-quality packaged meals to any Capital Region resident in need.
Last March, when restaurants shut down as part of the effort to control COVID, Albany restaurateur Dominick Purnomo, co-owner of Yono’s and dp An American Brasserie, quickly realized the shutdowns would lead to layoffs and in turn, food insecurity.
Heaping Helpings: Free Food Fridge project provides access for Albany residents | The Daily Gazette
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Yet founding Free Food Fridge Albany wasn’t exactly a cakewalk for Jammella Anderson.
The Albany resident, who was featured on the cover of Time magazine earlier this year, started the project shortly after leaving her nonprofit job in early March of 2020.
“I quit, and then the next day we found out that they were shutting down everything. So obviously, panic ensued for me,” Anderson said.
Luckily, community members reached out and supported her. She began teaching virtual yoga classes, which also helped.
At the same time, the Clifton Park native started speaking out more about her experience as a Black woman in the Capital Region.
Feed Albany plans own kitchen, kicks off fundraising campaign
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SUNY Schenectady culinary arts students Mosezell Fantroy, left, and Keenan Good, right, prepare meals for the hungry at the school s training facility on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. A new initiative aims to feed the hungry while training hospitality students at the community college. It is a collaboration between SUNY Schenectady and Feed Albany. The students are preparing meals for distribution. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
SUNY Schenectady hospitality students packed cooked meals for the hungry at the school s training facility on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. A new initiative aims to feed the hungry while training hospitality students at the community college. It is a collaboration between SUNY Schenectady and Feed Albany. The students are preparing meals for distribution. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/A
Jefferson Awards honor local volunteers
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The Jefferson Awards recognize extraordinary service to the Capital Region community. (Special to the Times Union by Eric Jenks)Eric Jenks
Thirteen local people are being honored as finalists for the Jefferson award this year for their extraordinary service to the community.
For the second year in a row, the event will be virtual because of the pandemic. There will be no get-together where they will be feted.
From helping children diagnosed with cancer and their families to helping refugees navigate their way in their new country to collecting used musical instruments for schoolchildren who cannot afford to buy them to making beds for children who do not have them, these volunteers have spent countless hours pursuing causes to benefit others.