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Local charity Grind Out Hunger and Danny Keith have been nominated in Major League Baseball and People Magazine “All-Stars Among Us” national campaign.

Danny Keith People Magazine All Stars Among Us

Grind Out Hunger is on a mission to end childhood hunger through skateboarding! in 2003 Santa Cruz Skate Shop owned by Danny Keith placed some barrels from Second Harvest Food Bank in the store, the result 7 years later is a full fledged program to utilize Action Sports to feed children. http://www.grindouthunger.org founder Danny Keith is infectious with his approach to feeding children, going right to the source and speaking directly to the students in their schools. Keith skates into over 25 schools a year in Santa Cruz County to spread the message of altruism and preventative guidance about people going hungry. “When I started understanding how many kids were going hungry, it was pretty moving for me,” Keith said. “I just couldn’t let that happen on my watch.” With over 500,000 pounds of food raised for children, Grind Out Hunger is looking to expand its reach outside of Santa Cruz County. “I call on all food banks across the nation to reach out and use Grind Out Hunger in their area to speak to the kids” Keith remarks, “I am willing to travel, train and execute with the rest of the United States”

To vote for Danny Keith Go to

http://www.peopleallstars.com/

select SF Giants and vote Danny Keith.

The annual campaign honors every-day heroes who make a difference in their community, said Major League Baseball spokesman Matt Bourne. People magazine selected three finalists for each one of the league’s 30 franchises and is putting them to the fans’ vote until June 20 on the Web site www.mlb.com/peopleallstarsamongus.

Keith was selected for his work with Grind Out Hunger, the charity he created in 2004 to help the Second Harvest Food Bank raise food for children in Santa Cruz County.

“Danny just put his heart and soul in Grind Out Hunger and really got the kids involved,” said Bly Morales, food drives and events manager at the food bank.

The 30 community leaders — one representing each club — will be honored during this year’s pre-game ceremony of the All-Star Game in Anaheim on July 13, Bourne said. The overall winner will be featured in People Magazine during the game’s week.

Grind Out Hunger/Danny Keith will be honored at homeplate in tonights June 14th San Francisco Giants game at 6:30pm PST against Baltimore Orioles.