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Apple partners with Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs to raise money to feed America     - CNET
Apr 02, 2020 1 min, 19 secs
Celebrity chef José Andrés (left) has traveled to places like wildfire-ravaged California  (pictured here) to help people get food through his World Central Kitchen foundation.

The trio, along with the Ford Foundation, started America's Food Fund with $12 million.

They'll be collecting money through GoFundMe to give to the World Central Kitchen and Feeding America.

America's Food Fund is just the latest effort by Apple to help during the pandemic.

Feeding AmericaWorld Central Kitchen is the organization founded in 2010 by celebrity chef José Andrés in response to various disasters around the world.

During the coronavirus pandemic, World Central Kitchen has distributed fresh meals to cruise ship passengers under quarantine and has provided food for vulnerable communities and health workers through mobile distributions and restaurant partners

The group launched a COVID-19 Response Fund to help member food banks secure the resources they need to continue operations while modifying distribution to comply with health and safety regulations during the pandemic. 

"Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 37 million people in this country did not have consistent access to nutritious meals -- including 11 million children and 5.5 million seniors," Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux said

The influential organization -- which has been described as equal parts think tank, foundation and venture capital fund -- acquired a majority stake in publications The Atlantic and Axios and has made other big bets to help society. 

America's Food Fund will "monitor and map food gaps and will look to partner with additional organizations doing great work in this space including Gate Gourmet, Share Our Strength, Revolution Foods and more," the group said in a press release. 

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