Thank you for interest in K-12 Food Rescue. Contact Food Rescue at 317-694-4006 or [email protected] for free mentoring sessions and answers to your questions on how to start a K-12 Food Rescue program in your district.
8 Steps on "Where Should I Start?" once I know the facts?
1. Contact Food Service Director or school administrators. You can use the Open Letter to School Administrators found Here. Schedule a meeting with them based on their response. Make copies of the K-12 Food Rescue procedures to distribute during the meeting. This document follows an unopened and unwanted food item through the entire process.
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2. Find a teacher or staff member willing to oversee the program and provide assistance and advice.
3. Create a K-12 Food Rescue team. Find a few dedicated students that will help operate the program. Use Food Rescue's Infographic library for ideas. Set up an initial "call out" meeting with your advisor and any interested students
4..Contact the food pantry you would like to partner with, and arrange a meeting with the school and the food pantry together.
3. Create a K-12 Food Rescue team. Find a few dedicated students that will help operate the program. Use Food Rescue's Infographic library for ideas. Set up an initial "call out" meeting with your advisor and any interested students
4..Contact the food pantry you would like to partner with, and arrange a meeting with the school and the food pantry together.
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5. Establish food storage equipment. Coolers, potential refrigeration, and bins, crates, or boxes.
6. Create a K-12 Food Rescue Action Plan. Emphasize the program protects the environment. Don't make hunger relief of donations the lead value of the program.
7. Make a courtesy call to the local health department informing them the K-12 Food Rescue program is being implemented using USDA guidelines, and if applicable, state guidelines. In addition, knowing the answers to these FAQ's will make you an expert! These are the questions almost everyone asks!
8. You are ready! Sign up for the Free K-12 Food Rescue Story Graphics Log Tool today here.
6. Create a K-12 Food Rescue Action Plan. Emphasize the program protects the environment. Don't make hunger relief of donations the lead value of the program.
7. Make a courtesy call to the local health department informing them the K-12 Food Rescue program is being implemented using USDA guidelines, and if applicable, state guidelines. In addition, knowing the answers to these FAQ's will make you an expert! These are the questions almost everyone asks!
8. You are ready! Sign up for the Free K-12 Food Rescue Story Graphics Log Tool today here.
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Download Free Displays of the USDA School Share Table and Food Rescue Info-Graphic Guidelines-Published 6/22/2016
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The World Wildlife Fund has one of the clearest documents called the Four Ways To Fight School Food Waste.
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Center For Green Schools "Sharing the Table" A Road map to Reducing and Recovering Surplus Food in Schools
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Other Food Waste Curriculum For Interested Schools
Young Minds Inspired
Purdue Extension
Love Food Hate Waste
Teachers Pay Teachers
Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations
Food Matters Action Kit Commission For Environmental Cooperation
School Cafeteria Discard Assessments :Project
Young Minds Inspired
Purdue Extension
Love Food Hate Waste
Teachers Pay Teachers
Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations
Food Matters Action Kit Commission For Environmental Cooperation
School Cafeteria Discard Assessments :Project
Check out the benefits of a no cost partnership with K-12 Food Rescue: Why Partner With K-12 Food Rescue?
K-12 Food Rescue offers free start-up kits, student leader certificates, and K-12 Food Rescue T Shirts in our partnership agreement that can be ordered here.
K-12 Food Rescue is a joint cooperative venture between local schools, local food pantries/qualified caring agencies, and local health departments. The entire program and relationship is between these three parties, and Food Rescue has no oversight over any K-12 Food Rescue programs around the country. The success of a K-12 Food Rescue program is dependent upon these three entities working together, rather than separately. One of our first recommended steps is to contact the local health department. Food Rescue shares success stories to inspire the movement, and provide on online tracking mechanism for students to learn about the impact of food waste reduction in their community.
