When Elaina Johnson was 7, she came up with a plan to feed hundreds of people. “She wanted to make sack lunches” for people experiencing homelessness, her grandmother Shalynda Lund said. Each bag held a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, a piece of fruit, a drink, chips, and a granola bar (燕麦棒). “We went downtown and she handed them all out,” Lund said. “All 400 of them.”
当Elaina Johnson 7岁时，她想出了一个养活数百人的计划。她的祖母Shalynda Lund说:“她想为无家可归的人做袋装午餐”。每个袋子里都装着一个花生酱果冻三明治、一片水果、一杯饮料、薯片和一块格兰诺拉麦片。Lund说：“我们去了市中心，她把它们都分发出去了。全部400人。”
Helping others comes naturally to the young. “I saw that there were a lot of people that needed food,” Elaina said. “At the time, I didn’t understand why.” But she knew she wanted to be part of the solution. She says, “As soon as I could help, I wanted to help.” Elaina is now 10. She remains dedicated to the fight against hunger and food insecurity.
帮助别人是年轻人的天性。Elaina说:“我看到有很多人需要食物，当时，我不明白为什么。”但她知道她想成为解决方案的一部分。她说：“只要我能帮忙，我就想帮忙。”Elaina现在10岁了。她仍然致力于消除饥饿和粮食不安全。
In Colorado, around 11% of residents say they don’t always eat as much as they think they should. They say they aren’t able to afford enough food. That’s according to a survey published earlier this year by the Colorado Health Institute. Of course, hunger is not a problem only in Colorado. “Hunger affects people in every single community nationwide,” Justin Levy says. He’s the executive director of Conscious Alliance, a nonprofit hunger-relief group based in Elaina’s hometown.
在科罗拉多州，约11%的居民表示他们并不总是吃得像他们认为应该吃的那么多。他们说他们买不起足够的食物。这是根据科罗拉多健康研究所今年早些时候发布的一项调查得出的结论。当然，饥饿不仅仅是科罗拉多州的问题。Justin Levy说：“饥饿影响着全国每个社区的人们。”他是位于Elaina家乡的非营利饥饿救济组织Conscious Alliance的执行董事。
Levy has known Elaina since 2021. That’s when she and her grandmother went to the group’s national distribution center to collect food and supplies to help people in need. “What she’s doing is incredible,” Levy says. “She has the drive and the spirit and kindness and compassion to really make a difference.”
Levy自2021年以来就认识Elaina。就在那时，她和她的祖母去了该组织的国家配送中心收集食物和物资，以帮助有需要的人。Levy说:“她所做的事情令人难以置信。她有真正有所作为的动力、精神、善良和同情心。”
This past July, Elaina was honored by Hormel Foods as one of its 10 under 20 Food Heroes. The company’s annual award goes to young people who are fighting hunger. Elaina is the youngest person to receive the award this year. Soon after receiving the award, Elaina was honored at a Broomfield City Council meeting. “We just wanted to celebrate her,” council member Heidi Henkel said. “We really wanted to support her and just make her feel like her city and county are behind her.”
今年7月，Elaina被荷美尔食品公司评为10位20岁以下食品英雄之一。该公司的年度奖项授予与饥饿作斗争的年轻人。Elaina是今年获得该奖项的最年轻的人。在获得该奖项后不久，Elaina在布鲁姆菲尔德市议会会议上受到表彰。理事会成员Heidi Henkel说:“我们只是想庆祝她。我们真的很想支持她，让她觉得她的城市和县都在她身后。”
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