Food Rescue US

Cause Area

Hunger

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1127 High Ridge Rd, Suite 338Stamford, CT 06905 United States

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http://www.foodrescue.us

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Fight Food Waste and Food Insecurity: Be a Food Rescuer in Boston!

Flexible Schedule | Roslindale, MA 02131

More than 40 million individuals, including 9 million children, are food insecure in the United States. At the same time, 40% of food in the food system is WASTED! The need for our work has never been more vital. Food Rescue US is dedicated to reducing 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 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 rescues scheduled at 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 FoodRescue.us to start today and see a complete schedule of local food rescue opportunities.

Date Posted: 2024-11-29
Fight Food Insecurity and Food Waste in South Windsor/Manchester-area! Food Rescuer Needed

Flexible Schedule | South Windsor, CT 06074

More than 40 million individuals, including 9 million children, are food insecure in the United States. Grocery prices have jumped 12% in the past year; the sharpest increase since 1979. 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 21 states and DC. Since its founding in 2018, Food Rescue US - Hartford has provided 8490,000+ meals and kept 1+ million pounds of food from landfill. Food Rescue US volunteers choose the rescue that fits their schedule and their car size and transports donated food from our donors to a local social service agency. This is all done using our software; our goal is to make it as easy and flexible as possible. Rescues are designed to take an hour or less and there is no minimum commitment when someone registers as a rescuer. The process of food rescuing is quick, simple and extremely rewarding. Please volunteer as a rescuer by registering at app.foodrescue.us/signup.

Date Posted: 2024-10-07
Fight Food Waste and Food Insecurity: Be a Food Rescuer in Fort Wayne!

Flexible Schedule | Fort Wayne, IN 46801

More than 40 million individuals, including 9 million children, are food insecure in the United States. At the same time, 40% of food in the food system is WASTED! The need for our work has never been more vital. Food Rescue US is dedicated to reducing 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 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 rescues scheduled at 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 FoodRescue.us to start today and see a complete schedule of local food rescue opportunities.

Date Posted: 2024-10-30
Fight Food Insecurity and Food Waste in Hartford! Seeking Leadership!

Flexible Schedule | Hartford, CT 06105

In the United States this year, it is estimated that 42 million people will experience food insecurity while we throw away 40% of our food supply. At a time when there is so much hunger and we are experiencing the effects of climate change firsthand, we are throwing away the very food that could feed those in need and reduce its impact on climate change. Using a web-based app, Food Rescue US engages volunteers to transfer fresh food surpluses from local businesses to social service agencies serving the food insecure. Food Rescue US - Hartford is searching for strong leaders to co-manage a well established and vibrant food recovery program in Hartford. The role of Site Director primarily involves creating and managing partnerships within the community. The role requires excellent organizational skills, comfort with technology, and, of course, some commitment of your time. While most of the work can be done on a very flexible schedule, it does require receiving and responding to emails, text messages, and calls in a timely manner. The Food Rescue US Site Directors bring different skill sets and experiences to our work, but they all share a passion for their community and our mission. Please reach out to Haley Schulman (haley@foodrescue.us) to further discuss this volunteer role.

Date Posted: 2024-10-07
Help Fight Hunger and Food Waste in Danbury! Food Rescuer Needed

Flexible Schedule | Bethel, CT 06801

More than 40 million individuals, including 9 million children, are food insecure in the United States. Grocery prices have jumped 12% in the past year; the sharpest increase since 1979. 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 FoodRescue.us to start today and see a complete schedule of local food rescue opportunities.

Date Posted: 2024-10-07

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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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by Jared S. (2024-03-27 08:09:32.0)

If you have a car, a couple hours, and can pick up about 20 pounds, you are all set!

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by Lisa C. from Birmingham, AL (2023-01-21 17:17:40.0)

It’s a great organization that helps to meet the needs of the community. They are very resourceful with there outreach to the community to not waste any resources available to them. God bless all the efforts to make a significant difference in their community.

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by Ellen H. (2021-10-13 12:47:25.0)

Sounds like a worthwhile organization to give back in the community.

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