John van Hengel
Male, Deceased Person
1923 – 2005
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Who was John van Hengel?
John Arnold van Hengel is credited as being the “Father of Food Banking.” In 1967 van Hengel, a grass roots activist and entrepreneur, founded the world’s first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona. He continued to spread the food banking concept across the United States and eventually the world.
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- Born
- 1923
Waupun - Also known as
- Хенгель, Джон ван
- Died
- Oct 7, 2005
Phoenix
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on July 23, 2013
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