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■ Lamarick Dunmore, a junior at The Academy at Palumbo, is joining the list of Youth Appreciation Award honorees at southphillyreview. com/news/youth.
DIFFERENCE MAKERS ■ Just like the last three years, the South Philly Review is seeking nominations from its loyal readers. See page 4.
SPORTS
The hunger frames A Bella Vista photographer and her peers will strive to help malnourished populations through a new exhibition. ■ By Joseph Myers ■ By Joseph Myers
■ A Whitman baseball star has advanced his character and national profile at a South Carolina school.
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ecause of my history with homelessness, I denitely know what it’s like to be hungry,” Susan DiPronio said last week. “However, many others don’t want to believe malnutrition exists in our city and don’t want to look outside their sphere.” The resident of the 700 block of Saint Albans Street will begin her next mission to assist suffering citizens tonight at DaVinci Art Alliance, 704
Catharine St., as she and creative colleagues open “Artists Against Hunger,” a four-day exhibition set to funnel funds to The Food Trust, a Center City nutrition-oriented organization. Along with using it to extend her affiliation with the Bella Vista facility and frequent collaborator Linda Dubin Gargield, DiPronio will call on the show to address the ramifications of continued caloric neglect. “Hunger goes hand in hand with educational problems that prolong cycles of futility across generations,” the Buffalo native said of observations from her 25-year South Philly tenure. “I hate
Susan DiPronio, from left, and Linda Dubin Garfield will oversee the four-day display.
to say this, but many individuals have a sense of entitlement with respect to food. I S ta f f P h o t o b y hope through this disGreg Bezanis play that people decide to become more aware of the plight of others.” Anyone who inspects her prolific résumé would find that DiPronio has established herself as an inSee DA VINCI page 10 >>
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