Alice Pennington
Manager of Executive Team Support
Share Our Strength
Alice Pennington is the Manager of Executive Team Support at Share Our Strength, primarily working with Founders Billy and Debbie Shore and Managing Director Pat Nicklin. Alice is a proud Clevelander and die-hard Fighting Irish fan. She arrived in Washington, DC just after her graduation from the University of Notre Dame four years ago. In college, she majored in Spanish and International Peace Studies and traveled extensively in Latin America where she first witnessed the devastating effects poverty can have on families and children. Her experiences in rural El Salvador and urban Santiago, Chile are what first sparked her commitment to working for a nonprofit addressing children’s issues in all types of environments and circumstances.
Alice also loves kids, the Oscars, peanut butter M&Ms, and reading fiction.
Posts By Alice Pennington on Strength.org
- Number of Summer Meals Served in Ruidoso, New Mexico Doubled This Year! [ No comments]
- July 8, 2011
In New Mexico during the summer meals road trip, we met many amazing leaders fighting child hunger – leaders who are making sure kids in their community are being reached by the USDA summer food program no matter what barriers they encounter along the way. The USDA summer food program provides reimbursement to community organizations around the country that run summer meals programs for kids who normally receive free and reduced meals at their schools. The organizations’ leaders are creative, passionate problem-solvers who would go to any length to protect and serve children facing hunger.
Tags: new mexico, summer meals - The Whole Truth About Orange County [ 2 comments]
- August 30, 2010
During a Summer Meals trip to Orange County, California, Alice Pennington finds a place that stands in sharp contrast to the wealth and extravagance depicted in popular television shows.
Tags: california, no kid hungry, summer meals - Policy work isn’t as glamorous as the West Wing, but.... [ 1 comment]
- August 26, 2010
A trip to City Hall with California Food Policy Advocates shows another side of the movement to end hunger in America.
Tags: california, no kid hungry, summer meals - A Visit with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County [ No comments]
- July 19, 2010
Our Summer Meals Tour visits the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County where we meet Lottie Gatewood, their passionate VP or Resource Development. Watch our video interview with Lottie as she discusses some of the Club's exciting programs.
Tags: grantees, no kid hungry, summer meals - Seeing Palm Beach in a New Light [ No comments]
- July 9, 2010
Our summer meals tour continues with a trip to Palm Beach County, Florida, where we get a first-hand account of the work being done by the Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in Florida (a joint effort of Share Our Strength and Florida Impact).
Tags: grantees, no kid hungry, summer meals - Breaking Down Barriers in Tennessee [ No comments]
- July 6, 2010
In the next installment from the road, Share Our Strength’s traveling team shines a spotlight on an organization in rural Tennessee that is breaking down barriers to make sure healthy meals reach kids in need.
Tags: grantees, No Kid Hungry, summer meals - Ketchup Packets [ 1 comment]
- June 24, 2010
Share Our Strength is sending a team on the road to visit summer meals sites we’ve funded throughout the country and to interview community leaders and Share Our Strength...
Tags: No Kid Hungry, summer meals - Strengthening the Safety Net that Catches Kids Where They Live, Learn, and Play [ No comments]
- April 9, 2010
The last stop on the recent Share Our Strength Hinges of Hope® tour in Houston was a visit to the Holthouse Boys and Girls Club, an agency of the Houston...
Tags: childhood hunger, grantees, Hinges of Hope, poverty - Small Steps: Nurturing Houston's Children [ No comments]
- April 7, 2010
Small Steps Nurturing Center was a stop on Share Our Strength’s Hinges of Hope® tour in Houston last month for 22 of our top supporters and volunteers in the Houston...
Tags: childhood hunger, grantees, Hinges of Hope, poverty - Mrs Kidd and the Collard Greens Thief [ 4 comments]
- July 22, 2009
On a recent Hinges of Hope tour, my colleagues and I met one of those women you could sit and listen to for hours. Mrs. Kidd, a 96-year old woman...
Tags: change, hinges of hope, hunger - A Real Holiday Feast [ No comments]
- July 22, 2009
Michael Szuberla, the brains and heart behind Toledo GROWS, once asked a bunch of the kids he works with in the edible community gardens what they typically eat for Thanksgiving...
Tags: hinges of hope, hunger, Toledo Grows
