Food Rescue December Update
Happy New Year Food Rescue Friends,
December was a busy and exciting month for our organization. One of the highlights was going to White River Elementary School in Noblesville, where students participated in our Hats for Hunger Program. H4H educates school children about local, national, and world hunger issues via daily announcements from student council members provided by Food Rescue. At the conclusion of the week, students are allowed to wear a hat if they bring a dollar in to support hunger relief in the community through Food Rescue. Nine schools and over 5,000 students have been involved with this simple program since its’ inception a few years ago, and this year WRE raised over $200. The most exciting part of the my trip to WRE was discovering that 4 of the 6 students in the picture above had picked up food from a local food establishment as volunteers of Food Rescue with their parents. Thanks to Anna Renner for organizing the day at WRE, and to Cindy Baney for founding Hats for Hunger at Carmel Elementary.
If you have ever watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, perhaps you can recall cringing when Veruca Salt sang, “I Want It Now!” We gasp at the thought a child could ever turn out that way, but as we have become a society of consumers, the challenge to raise thankful children has never been greater. When “consuming” is replaced by “giving” in the heart of a child, it is a transformational moment. We will probably never know exactly how many transformational moments have involved a food rescue, but the picture above serves as a reminder that something deeper is probably occurring than meets the eye.
Food Rescue also added Hawthorn Golf Club and Verizon Wireless Center as partners. HGC donated over 300 pounds of surplus ground beef to children and families in need during the holidays. What a blessing!
Finally, right now the Food Rescue Virtual Flash Mob is posting on Einstein Bagels fan page. If you have not seen the VFM in action, please take a look! http://www.facebook.com/einsteinbros. If you would like to participate, feel free to make a comment on their page, and then reply to this email and I will add you to our once a month alerts that are sent out. It takes 30 seconds each month, and it demonstrates that customers notice the decision to use food recovery practices as the solution for surplus food, rather than needlessly throwing it away.
Thanks again your supporting our mission!
Blessings,
John Williamson
Executive Director Food Rescue
