Everyday（1）

heroes

heroes

（hero） are ordinary people who are working to build a better world.They may not be well-known to the public，but they do（2）

what

what

they can to help improve people's lives.Among them is Robert Lee.
    As Lee's family was not rich，he learned the（3）

most

most

important of avoiding the waste of food at his early age.In college，being part of a student group，he and his team gave out leftover food to homeless people.This experience made him realize the serious problem of food wastage.
   After university，Lee and his friend set up（4）

an

an

organization called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine （RLC）.Its purpose is（5）

to collect

to collect

（collect） unsold food from restaurants.Volunteers pick up the food from restaurants around the city and hand it out to those in need in shelters.
    RLC operates as the followings.Using the phone App developed by Lee's team restaurants report how much leftover food they have each day.Then volunteers near that area（6）

were sent

were sent

（send） to get it.The distance is usually short， （7）

so

so

volunteers can just walk from the restaurants to the shelters.The homeless here can get the food in a few（8）

minutes'

minutes'

（minute） time.
    So far，Lee and his team have not only saved over 150，000 kilograms of food（9）

successfully

successfully

（success），but provided almost 3000，000 meals（10）

for

for

people in need.Lee has shown that a small action can have a greater influence than we imagine.