Jun 2, 2009 7:39 pm US/Pacific
Teen Raises Thousands For Alameda County Food Bank
OAKLAND (CBS 5) ―
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A box of food at a food bank.
CBS 3
A 14-year-old from Alameda County was being honored Tuesday for his extraordinary service to the county food bank.
Varun Santhanam, a College Prep freshman, reluctantly attended a fundraiser for the food bank a year ago. Since then, he has raised $8,000 for the organization enough to buy 24,000 meals.
In her video report. Ann Notarangelo found out that the Santhanam's work would not have happened without a little push from his mom.
If you'd like to help Varun with his next fundraising push, please visit:
web.me.com/vsanthanam/The_Vsanthanam_Initiative/Home.html
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