Jan. 18, 2008

Share Our Strength founder
visits Culinary School

Bill Shore, right, is founder of Share Our Strength, the nonprofit that coordinates Taste of the Nation culinary events nationwide. He was at the Culinary School of Charlotte on Friday, Jan. 18 to advise the school and promote Taste of the Nation.

Taste of the Nation Charlotte will be April 16 at the Wachovia Atrium. Taste of the Nation allows chefs and mixologists to pursue their passions in an effort to raise money to end childhood hunger.

An article in Penn Arts and Science noted that at age 13 Shore was in Washington for a march against the Vietnam War. In the article, Shore said, "I am able to remember Martin Luther King's and Bobby Kennedy's important speeches, which were eloquent, passionate, and very inspiring. They gave you a sense that you could make a big difference. But there's nobody calling people to action anymore -- there's a lot of stuff around volunteerism, but there's nobody mobilizing people behind a big idea like ending a war or ending discrimination."

"In the absence of such a summons," the article went on, "Share Our Strength endeavors to realize a sixties-style idealism by applying sound business principles to the big idea of feeding the hungry."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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