3B BRAES BROWN BAG FOUNDATION

One boy, one bag at a time, aims to get healthier snack options out to as many food insecure populations as possible from youth to elders and everyone in between. He would like to talk with these people, learn who they are and find a way to get them back on their feet by providing them nourishment and hope.

- Hunger Conference inviting youth
- Summer Celebration Thank You Event
- Applications for Schools to start 3B chapters
- Youth inspiration book about food insecurity

By working with state legislators, organizations, universities, schools and all parties interested in joining forces with 3B we hope to begin reducing food waste in and around Delaware. We hope to recover food from dining halls, schools and restaurants. We hope to spread awareness about the topic of food insecurity. We hope to recruit as many people as possible to help with this cause. If each person could pack just one bag and hand it to just one person we could reach hundreds of thousands of people. Feeding the world, one bag at a time.

Recruiting nearly 3,00 volunteers and raising over $50,000 has given us the opportunity to expand 3B beyond anything we though possible. Braeden was invited as the First Lady's guest in 2014 to be a speaker at the Kids State Dinner and then in 2016 was invited as her guest to the State of the Union address. He has won a national award for doing good courtesy of Mazda and NBC Universal, and two national scholarships both of which included grants towards his foundation. He receives donations from his supporters year round both monetary and in-kind. He is recruiting schools to become involved through his 3B Ripples and will be participating in conferences throughout the year to promote what he is doing and continue helping people in need.

On May 4, 2015 Braeden co-hosted the first ever hunger conference to include youth. Over 20 different schools participated, sending youth to the conference center, to engage and participate in a community-wide discussion to respond to the issue of hunger.

Braeden has appeared on the Rachael Ray Show, the Today Show, Good Day Philadelphia and Good Day DC on Fox, on CBS, on NBC and on ABC Channel 6 out of Philadelphia. An interview of Braeden and his project was included in a book and he has been in a variety of news articles. He has a small booklet published called Brae's Book of Boo which tells his story in a child-like way thanks to Love What You Boo.

He has received several different grants and scholarships including two national scholarships totaling over $20,000 from the STOP Hungerr Stephen J. Brady program and the Kohl's Cares Scholarship program.

The foundation's biggest award was from NBC Universal and Mazda USA in the 2014 Drive For Good Campaign in which Braeden was in a commercial with actress Minnie Driver and received $30,000 in goods and services which were paid out in 2015.

He was recently a guest, invited by the First Lady, at the State of the Union address.