Every year in the United States, 40% of our edible food ends up in landfills while one in six Americans is food insecure. To fund our efforts to resolve this paradox while highlighting these statistics, Waste Not Want Not has introduced CHEFS TO THE RESCUE.
Thank you to Christ’s Church Fleming Island for the recent donation! Part of the money was used to purchase a brand new freezer to replace one that died in December. (It was old when it was donated to us years ago, and it lived a good, long life.) The rest of the gift will pay to keep all of our freezers running for several … Read more
the Time-Union published a wonderful article about Food Rescue and Waste Not Want Not! http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/food-and-dining/2012-01-19/story/nonprofit-volunteers-help-rescue-food-needy.
Here are three easy ways to raise money for Waste Not Want Not. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they’ll donate about a penny to Waste Not Want Not every time you do a search! Do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than … Read more
Waste Not Participated in THE PLAYERS Championship: Birdies for Charity program for the first time this year and raised over $2,500. Anyone who made a donation to Waste Not as part of this community-based fundraiser was eligible to win a trip for two to the 2011 President’s Cup in Australia. We will be participating again … Read more