John van Hengel
Entrepreneur
John Arnold van Hengel was a grassroots activist and entrepreneur credited as being the "Father of Food Banking". In 1967, van Hengel founded St. Mary's Food Bank, the world's first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona. Wikipedia
Born: February 21, 1923, Waupun, WI
Died: October 5, 2005 (age 82 years), Phoenix, AZ
Organizations founded: Feeding America and St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance
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John Arnold van Hengel (February 21, 1923 – October 5, 2005) was a grassroots activist and entrepreneur credited as being the "Father of Food Banking".
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Oct 7, 2005 · John van Hengel, 83, a soup-kitchen volunteer who founded the first food bank in 1967 with a truckload of produce gleaned from Arizona farm ...
Oct 9, 2005 · John van Hengel, who founded what is widely regarded as the nation's first food bank in an abandoned Phoenix bakery in 1967 and helped ...
Oct 16, 2023 · John served as a consultant to food banks around the world, traveling to Canada, Mexico, Brussels and Spain to oversee the start up of their ...
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