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In the news: Nonprofit CEO Showcase

wastenot — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:53:36 +0000

As seen in the Financial News and Daily Report, February 21, 2012: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=535724

Today’s Special: Food Rescued

wastenot — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:11:13 +0000

Would we like 32 dozen eggs from free-range chickens? Of course! But since the eggs were in far-away Palatka, instead of rescuing them, we suggested they be donated to one of our recipient groups located in Palatka. Bread of Life, a group that cooks lunch for 100 or so every day of the year, was delighted to get this wonderful, protein-rich food. Best of all, the farmer indicated that she would be donating eggs regularly.

Shout out in today’s Times-Union

wastenot — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:23:33 +0000

Cheers: Feeding the hungry well

jacksonville.com

Americans dispose of an incredible amount of food, 264 million pounds every day. That is enough to feed every American. But there is a disconnect in the supply chain.

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/editorials/2012-02-06/story/cheers-feeding-hungry-well#.TzBAUOYOHEk.facebook

Today’s Special: Financial Donor

wastenot — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:29:18 +0000

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 months. We appreciate the vote of confidence and financial support.

The only kind of “dough” JEA accepts is cash, so financial donations are critical to our mission of rescuing food for those in need.

Today’s Special: Volunteer

wastenot — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:14:10 +0000

Even on rainy days like today, Waste Not Want Not volunteers rescue food with a smile. They will provide over 5,000 pounds of food to hungry people today despite the weather.

No volunteers = No Waste Not Want Not

Today’s Special: Volunteer

wastenot — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:08:22 +0000

In the last 24 hours, Ed and Joan Poole have each donated 7 hours to Waste Not Want Not, almost half of their waking hours! Every Monday morning, they volunteer in our building sorting food for our recipients. Every Tuesday (at 6 am!) they head to Bimbo Bakery to consolidate and load several thousand packages of donated food onto our leased truck, before driving it to our building and unloading it. Thousands of people have more to eat each week because the Pooles volunteer at Waste Not Want Not.

No volunteers = No Waste Not Want Not

In case you missed Saturday’s paper,

wastenot — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:57:00 +0000

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.

Today’s Special: Food Donor

wastenot — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:45:58 +0000

The students from Ridgeview High School Spanish Honor Society and National Honor Society spent the early morning picking oranges, grapefruit, and tangerines.
They brought over 2550 pounds of gorgeous fruit gleaned from homeowners in Mandarin to Waste Not Want Not much to the delight of our recipients. This is the 5th year that Spanish Honor Society students from two different high schools have donated time to glean citrus trees and fields (cabbage and broccoli). We were excited to learn that Ridgeview students will be gleaning citrus again on February 4th, helping put even more surplus food to good use.

Today’s Special: Food Rescued

wastenot — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:12:08 +0000

The most interesting food rescued today was 400 boxes of frozen Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwiches. City Rescue Mission was delighted to receive 1,200 of these sandwiches, which will be enough to serve breakfast at the mission for two days … Continue reading →

Three Easy Ways to Support Waste Not Want Not

wastenot — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:48:44 +0000

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 2,400 top online retailers . You pay the same price as you normally would, but a percentage of your purchase will be donated to Waste Not Want Not.

You can also enroll in the GoodDining program. Eat at over 10,000 participating restaurants nationwide and up to 6% of every dollar spent on the meal will be donated to Waste Not Want Not.

Here’s the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com.