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        '''What are some of the accomplishments that William has achieved?'''
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'''<h4>Ending Childhood Hunger</h4>'''
  
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'''<h4>Robots Help Japanese Students "Attend" Graduation Ceremony</h4>'''
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<br><br>William Winslow could spend the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend playing basketball in the driveway at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. Instead, the founder of the Food Drive Kids sits at the kitchen table with his 10-year-old brother, Alexander, and their parents to plan his nonprofit’s annual food drive.
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<br><br>“I will do whatever it takes to end childhood hunger,” he said.
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BY MEERA DOLASIA
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<br><br>William was in the first grade when he first learned that as many as 1 in 5 kids in his state were at risk for hunger — including some of his classmates.
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<br><br>“That came as a shock,” he said. “I thought everyone had the same life as me. It was a rude awakening to the real world.”
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<br><br>Japan has always been at the forefront of robotic technology. Over the years, the androids have been deployed to work in banks, run hotels, and even serve as personal assistants to the elderly. Now, in what is being hailed as an "industry first," a Tokyo university has used avatar robots to enable students to "attend" their graduation ceremony without leaving home
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<br><br>He persuaded his mom to drive him to a local Food Lion. There, he talked shoppers into buying food — 1,400 pounds worth — to send home in backpacks with kids during spring break.
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<br><br>Seven years later, he’s collected more than 55,000 pounds of food, raised $63,000 and been recognized as a Prudential Spirit of Community honoree.
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<br><br>Professor Shugo Yanaka, Dean of Global Business Administration at Business Breakthrough University (BBT), came up with the brilliant idea after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to rethink the in-person spring graduation ceremony. He told Euronews Living, "We knew that there were lots of students who would like to attend the graduation ceremony but wouldn't be able to do so due to Coronavirus concern. I suddenly came up with an idea of the Avatar Graduation Ceremony."
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He’s expanded his mission, too. With Alexander working as head of advertising, Food Drive Kids also provides emergency food relief to the community, has helped build four school gardens to give kids access to healthy food and has set up two Little Food Pantries, which the brothers stock with food and toiletries each Friday.
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<br><br>The event, which was held at Tokyo's Hotel Grand Palace on March 28, 2020, started with university president Kenichi Omae delivering an uplifting commencement speech to the students attending via video-conferencing platform Zoom. Then began the virtual graduation ceremony.
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<br><br>“I didn’t imagine that William would be 14 and still doing this, but the older he gets, the more passionate he is,” his mom, Blythe Clifford, said.
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<br><br>Each time a student's name was called out by a moderator, one of the two remotely operated "Newme" avatar robots, dressed in graduation caps and gowns, motored to the podium to accept the diploma from the president. The graduate was able to experience the event, and hear the handful of school staff in attendance clap and shout-out their "congratulations," via a digital tablet attached to each Newme's head. Once Mr. Omae had placed the certificate on a rack, mounted on the Newme's midsection, the beaming students remotely posed with him for an official graduation photo.
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<br><br>Many children, not just William and Alexander, still help make Food Drive Kids’ food drive a success. More than 100 kids from the boys’ school and Scout groups turn out in April to hand out food lists to shoppers, collect purchased boxed and canned items and load them into trucks.
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<br><br>Following the groundbreaking ceremony, a graduate of BBT University who graduated via Newme said, "When I enrolled, I never thought I would operate my avatar and attend the graduation ceremony. However, receiving a diploma in public is a novel experience."
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<br><br>Said William: “We prefer kid [volunteers] over adults because they don’t think something is impossible. They just want to do it, and it ends up being possible.”
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<br><br>Once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, Newme creator ANA Holdings has plans to deploy the slim, 4.9-foot (1.5-meter) tall machine to "travel" to destinations worldwide on behalf of humans. The company believes it will enable business people to attend meetings remotely, allow people with mobility issues to go on "vacation," and help doctors treat critically-ill patients in hard-to-reach places, such as Antarctica or the space station. The robots could also enable experts to access disaster-stricken areas or war zones without endangering themselves.
 

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Hello Students, read the below article then on your own webpage on www.goodtoknow.com, write a short constructed response using "R-A-C-E-" as instructed in class.


       What are some of the accomplishments that William has achieved?
      Use two details from the passage to support your response.

Ending Childhood Hunger



William Winslow could spend the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend playing basketball in the driveway at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. Instead, the founder of the Food Drive Kids sits at the kitchen table with his 10-year-old brother, Alexander, and their parents to plan his nonprofit’s annual food drive.

“I will do whatever it takes to end childhood hunger,” he said.

William was in the first grade when he first learned that as many as 1 in 5 kids in his state were at risk for hunger — including some of his classmates.

“That came as a shock,” he said. “I thought everyone had the same life as me. It was a rude awakening to the real world.”

He persuaded his mom to drive him to a local Food Lion. There, he talked shoppers into buying food — 1,400 pounds worth — to send home in backpacks with kids during spring break.

Seven years later, he’s collected more than 55,000 pounds of food, raised $63,000 and been recognized as a Prudential Spirit of Community honoree. He’s expanded his mission, too. With Alexander working as head of advertising, Food Drive Kids also provides emergency food relief to the community, has helped build four school gardens to give kids access to healthy food and has set up two Little Food Pantries, which the brothers stock with food and toiletries each Friday.

“I didn’t imagine that William would be 14 and still doing this, but the older he gets, the more passionate he is,” his mom, Blythe Clifford, said.

Many children, not just William and Alexander, still help make Food Drive Kids’ food drive a success. More than 100 kids from the boys’ school and Scout groups turn out in April to hand out food lists to shoppers, collect purchased boxed and canned items and load them into trucks.

Said William: “We prefer kid [volunteers] over adults because they don’t think something is impossible. They just want to do it, and it ends up being possible.”