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DRAMATIC TURN WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK BEGAN. EDIE: THESE SIGNS WERE NOT PAR OF DANI FAHN’S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR HER BAT MITZVAH PROJEC THE 12-YEAR-OLD SACRAMENTO STUDENT HAD BEEN FOCUSED ON HELPING THE HOMELESS, WHEN T CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HIT. >> WITH THE CORONAVIRUS GETTING REALLY BAD, IT BECAME REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO OUR ORIGIN IDEA, SO WE WERE JUST THINKING HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE SUFFERI FROM THIS THE MOST, AND WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF FOOD INSECURITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND GETTING SICK AND NOT GETTING THEIR PAYCHECKS RIGHT NOW. EDIE: THAT LED TO TWO PROJECTS. THE FIRST, TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE SHE CREATED 100 OF THESE SIGNS, URGING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HANDWASHING, AND REMINDING PEOPLE TO BE CONSIDERATE. WHAT IS YOUR HOPE, THE MESSAGE PEOPLE GET AS THEY ARE WALKING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS OR WALKING BY PARKS AND THEY SEE YOUR SIGNS? >> I REALLY HOPE THIS STANDS OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT, JUST NOT LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING US TO DO TO STAY SAFE, AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. EDIE: ALONG WITH THE SIGNS, SHE’S RAISED ABOUT $7000 FOR THE SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK AND FAMILY SERVICES. THAT’S ENOUGH TO PROVIDE 35,000 MEALS. >> THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BIG NUMBER TWO MAY. LIKE, I CAN’T PROCESS IT IN MY HEAD, AND I’M JUST LIKE, REALLY THANKFUL FOR JUST HOW MANY MEALS WE CAN BE DISTRIBUTING TO THIS MANY FAMILIES. AND I JUST THINK THAT IT COULD BE A BIG CHANGE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE EDIE: IN THE JEWISH TRADITION, A BAT MITZVAH MARKS THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD, WITH A GOOD DEED. THERE IS EVERY SIGN THAT DANI IS