The amount
of money that the AND receives from the food industry is fairly insignificant in terms
of the AND's overall budget, but the work that
thousands of registered dietitians are doing in under -
served communities, with children and families, with the elderly, with
immigrants in helping improve health is worth billions
of dollars in terms
of health care savings.
Chartering empowers
thousands of African American families to create a vibrant new public - school sector in Harlem; it liberates a group
of Minnesota teachers to start and run their own schools; and it provides a Teach for America alum the freedom to start a network
of college - prep charters
serving Mexican
immigrants in Texas.