Wall High Grad Making A Difference
Nick Canessa helped establish a food redistribution program at Providence College, R.I.
It seemed like a good idea: Collect some of the leftover food from his college’s dining hall — food that would otherwise go to waste — and give it to a local soup kitchen. But Nick Canessa, a 2010 Wall High School graduate attending college in Rhode Island, discovered something else when he and a friend set out to implement the idea. It was easy to make a real difference in his community. “I guess you just get so busy with things — you get caught up and don’t realize how easy it can be to help people, and use the resources you have available,’’ Canessa said in a recent interview from Providence College. Canessa, 20, is a junior at Providence, majoring in health policy and management. He’s also active in the Student Congress and is on the …
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