Jasmine Crowe, Founder & CEO of Goodr, to Receive the 2020 Legacy Award
By Amari Woods
Big Brothers Big Sisters of MetroAtlanta is an organization dedicated to building relationships that help makepositive change in communities facing adversity. Our 2020 Legacy Awards honoree, Jasmine Crowe, has made meaningful change thatpositively impacts our agency and underserved areas throughout Georgia. Eachyear, the Legacy Award is given to a leader who brings aboutsubstantial progress in communities and industries while supporting our missionas defenders of potential.
Crowe is an award-winning entrepreneur who is striving to makethe world a better place one cause at a time. Her main focus is to fosterchange and generate awareness around important socioeconomic issues including poverty, food waste and hunger. After yearsof feeding people experiencing homelessness from her kitchen, she launchedGoodr in 2017. Goodr is a sustainable waste management app that leveragestechnology to combat hunger.
She has beenfeatured on Forbes, CNBC, Oprah Magazine, Inc., Fast Co. and NY Times. Also, EntrepreneurMagazine named her as one of the top 100 influential female founders. Under herleadership, Goodr has redirected over two million pounds of surplus food fromrestaurants, event centers, airports and businesses to millions of people inneed of food. Goodr clients now include SAP, Netflix, Hartsfield JacksonAirport and Georgia World Congress Center to name a few.
Congratulations,Jasmine Crowe! Thank you for your extraordinary contributions to ourorganization and society as a whole!
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The annual Legacy Awards Gala acknowledges Atlanta communityleaders who are making a difference. For the first time ever, this prestigious eventwill broadcastlive from the BBBSMA headquarters and the homes of our 60thAnniversary Committee on Saturday, September 12. Proceeds from this event willsupport our mission of igniting the power and promise of youth facing adversitythrough one-to-one mentoring relationships.
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