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Help Fight Hunger and Food Waste in Wading River/Western Suffolk! Food Rescuers Needed
ORGANIZATION: Food Rescue US
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Almost 40% of all food in the US is wasted. This is a waste of the precious resources that went into growing that food; including water, land, seeds, etc. When food waste makes up 24% of landfill contents, the greenhouse gas emissions and its impact on climate change are extreme.
At the same time, 44 million people in the US (or 13% of the US population) reported experiencing food insecurity in 2022. 1 in 5 children experienced food insecurity in 2022. Also, food insecurity impacts Black and Latinx communities at disproportionate rates, as well as single women households.
The need for our work has never been more vital.
Food Rescue US is dedicated to eliminating hunger and food waste (keeping food out of landfills and reducing greenhouse gasses). We engage volunteers and food donors through our proprietary web-based app to directly transfer nutritious excess food to social service agencies serving the food insecure. Food Rescue US is a national organization with 40+ sites across 20+ states and DC.
Food Rescue US is a leader in reducing both hunger and food waste in America by transforming a negative, food waste, into a positive, delivering fresh, healthy food to millions of people through our community of dedicated volunteer food rescuers.
Food rescuers pick-up excess food from local food donors, including grocery stores, restaurants, corporate dining facilities, and other food providers, and deliver it to local social service agencies providing for the food insecure. Rescuers use their own vehicles and select times that are convenient for them to pick-up and drop-off the excess food.
The process is quick, simple, and incredibly rewarding. Interested in getting involved? Sign up at app.FoodRescue.us/signup to start today and see a complete schedule of local food rescue opportunities.
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About Food Rescue US
Location:
1127 High Ridge Rd, Suite 338, Stamford, CT 06905, US
Mission Statement
Food Rescue US is committed to ending American food insecurity by directly transferring fresh, usable food that would have otherwise been thrown away from restaurants, grocers and other food industry sources to food insecure families throughout the U.S.
Description
Food Rescue US exists as a platform for the rescue of healthy surplus food, to be direcctly transferred to those in need. Hunger is no longer just a challenge to the homeless and jobless, hunger happens near us; it happens to families we know, to people with jobs and homes who are trying desperately to make life work.
What Can We Do?
Join us! Become a food rescuer and help those in need in your own community!
This platform is a toolbox of information and we focus on training, technology, and coordination to make volunteering and donating as simple and effective as possible. We're not saying that ending unnecessary hunger in our communities will be easy, but we do believe it's simple and that all of our efforts when combined form something substantial. In this case, since we began, that is over 17 million meals delivered and 28 million pounds of food saved from landfill.
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CAUSE AREAS
Community,
Environment,
Hunger
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Wading River, NY 11792
(40.950836 ,-72.83973 )
DATE POSTED
December 8, 2024
SKILLS
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Community Outreach
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 16
- There is no minimum or maximum time commitment. Volunteers self schedule based on their availability. A typical food rescue takes less than an hour of your time.