Yael pauses in her recollection: In truth, every ribbon cutting in front of a new grocery store was memorable. So was every visit to a HYPE youth leadership summit, or a bodega that had joined the Healthy Corner Store Network to improve food access in its neighborhood. And then there was the day in 2011 when then-First Lady Michelle Obama visited Philadelphia to celebrate The Food Trust’s “groundbreaking work,” which would become a pillar of the national Let’s Move campaign.
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