A donation is loaded at the dock at OHIO’s Central Food Facility.
OHIO donated about 1,600 kilos of food items to the Athens Meals Rescue (AFR) above Thanksgiving break to gain charities who feed the hungry.
AFR is an all-volunteer group that aims to boost waste food stuff diversion by collecting leftover foodstuff and transporting it to connected non-income organizations. OHIO Culinary Providers Govt Director Frank Pazzanese claimed AFR is effective to arrange often scheduled meals pickups. Culinary Services donates to Athens Food stuff Rescue, which then distributes to other groups in need, Pazzanese reported.
Just about every Culinary location has an assigned make contact with man or woman from AFR to established up the pickups. There are also stop-of-semester pickups that are much too substantial for AFR storage and demand the support of other food banking institutions to distribute the make. Quite a few charities throughout Athens County received food stuff donations.
- The Bishopville Foods Pantry obtained additional than 600 lbs from West 82 and Jefferson Market.
- The Feed My Sheep Pantry received much more than 400 pounds from Boyd Dining Corridor and Boyd Market.
- The Nelsonville Foods Cupboard acquired 95 kilos from The Entrance Place Coffeehouse.
- Mates and Neighbors Community Option Foodstuff Center of Coolville gained pretty much 500 lbs . from Nelson Dining Hall and Nelson Current market.
“Too lots of individuals do not get sufficient to try to eat, and we play at least a partial role in delivering food stuff to pantries and other companies which serve all those in need,” AFR volunteer Fred Kight explained.
OHIO has been a extensive-standing supporter of AFR. In early 2017, AFR approached OHIO’S Place of work of Sustainability with a request to rescue food stuff on campus from eating services and other food items venues. AFR Govt Director Teresa Curtiss and Vice President/Food items Protection Coach Adele Hanson achieved with reps from that office environment and Culinary Services. The outcome was a pilot application started out with dining halls.
Hanson said rescuing surplus food stuff on campus began with largely breads and foods that expected no refrigeration. Most of the food items was frozen for best high quality. Dining hall administrators designated surplus products that could be donated. The food was saved so volunteers could decide on it up weekly. Added eating halls, marketplaces, and cafes were being included as time passed.
“I feel any time you can assistance help individuals in want in any local community, it would make us all more powerful,” Pazzanese explained.
Kight mentioned volunteers sign up for weekly shifts and get the job done people shifts by going to many donor destinations close to Athens County to pick up foods. The volunteers deliver the meals to the corporations AFR collaborates with.
“Our volunteers make it happen day in and working day out,” Kight explained. “They give their time and effort and hard work, not to mention absorbing the charge of gasoline for all the miles that are pushed.”
Any one fascinated in finding out a lot more about AFR or volunteering can go to https://www.athensfoodrescue.com/get-involved/. All volunteers acquire education in food items protection and dealing with.
