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2016/2017 School Year by:Jennifer Brilliant Lead Program Director Near the end of the school year, we were contacted by Louise Stevenson, the Cafe Manager of Holy Name Catholic School, a small private school in Beech Grove. She had received a letter from a third grader concerned about food waste and was inspired to do something about it--so she reached out to us. Louise was fairly confident they didn’t have much waste but I encouraged her to do a food audit. What's a food audit? For one week, just collect the tray to trash food--all the unopened, unpeeled unwanted food left over on student trays--and just see how much there is. So, she did and to her surprise, she collected 275 items in just one week! Mind you, this is a small school of less than 300 students. It just goes to show there is waste at every level, no matter how big or small a school may be. We connected Holy Name with Second Helpings to rescue what was collected and the Food Rescue seed was planted. Louise says the school will launch a full Food Rescue program in the fall. All of this thanks to a third grade student who saw a problem and DID something about it! Check out the letter below and may it inspire you to go beyond saying “we should do this” to actually doing it!  2017/2018 School Year Clare Diaz has managed the K-12 Food Rescue program at Holy Name for 3 years with the assistance of cafeteria manager Louise Stevenson.   2018/2019 School Year  TOTAL FOOD ITEMS DONATED IN 3 YEARS FROM 2016-2019   -By Jennifer Brilliant-Lead Program Director Tuesday night, we at Food Rescue were humbled to be recognized as a CVA Trailblazer by NUVO magazine. For 18 years, NUVO has selected organizations making a difference in Indianapolis. We were honored to be in the company of two other organizations, local farms, Hawkins Family Farm and Brandywine Creek Farms. Both are doing amazing things to ensure people have healthy food to eat. I encourage you to take a look at this week's NUVO and read about the wonderful things happening in Indy in the name of improving the lives of others. I hope that you are inspired to take action and help to stop the one billion packaged, edible food items being tossed into landfills from schools each year. You can write a letter to your school leaders, talk to your kids, help start a Food Rescue club in your community. All the resources you need can be found on our website and we are always here to help. A little action can lead to big change! What have you done today to make a difference?  |
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