![]() ![]() Wholesalers, retail groceries, cafes, caterers, farmers markets, restaurants, hotels, takeout stores, bakeries, hospitals, schools, corporate cafeterias, special event planners, and food photographers. Restaurants like Kokkari, and Piperade do it by joining Food Runners Planned Overage Program in which a restaurant prepares a main course for 25-30 people each week specifically for Food Runners to deliver to a shelter. Bakeries like Kara's Cupcakes and SusieCakes do it. Photography studios like Maren Caruso Photography or Marshall Gordon do it. Food Runners volunteers happily pick up their excess perishable and prepared foods and deliver it immediately to local shelters and food programs in need.Ĭorporate cafeterias like the ones at Zynga, Google and Twitter do it. Were you in the office the day that lunch meeting for forty got cancelled after the gourmet Indian buffet had already been delivered? When it happened at Calvary Asset Management, they called Food Runners.Īll over greater San Francisco, businesses that care about alleviating waste and ending hunger are calling Food Runners. What do you suppose grocery stores do with bananas that begin to turn brown, or crisp, juicy apples that get a bruise from sitting at the bottom of the display? Stores like Whole Foods and Faletti Foods call Food Runners. Donations are tax deductible (EIN 74-2543251). Paula Le Duc Fine Catering called Food Runners following the San Francisco premier of Pixar's "Ratatouille." Food Runners picked up over five hundred mouth watering Croques de Monsieur sandwiches that would have otherwise gone in the garbage. Bienvenidos Food Bank is a program of the Northwest Family Assistance Center, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization. Have you ever wondered what happened to the excess molasses glazed cocktail ribs at the last gala or catered event you attended? Companies like Melon's Catering, Fork & Spoon and Taste Catering and many more call Food Runners. Here is a video of Mary Risley, the founder of Food Runners, showing how to make a bucket of soup with what you have on hand to take to a neighborhood shelter. If you have food to donate from your home, you can take the food direct to any one of these recipients. They are currently accepting non-perishable food items.įor more information, check out their website.The following organizations in the Bay Area can help if you have food to donate outside of San Francisco: ![]() The Tucson Neighborhood Food Pantry is an east-side establishment that hopes to “support and improve the quality of life for children, families, elderly and disabled,” according to their website. We operate by the principles of mutual aid, distributing food and other necessities without judgment to anyone who asks,” according to their website.įor more information, visit their website. Tucson Food Share is an “entirely volunteer-run project that relies upon the labor and donations of countless participants to function. To make a donation, fill out their donation form and someone from the group will reach out to schedule a drop-off time at their pantry.įor more information, visit their website. ![]() The South Tucson Community Outreach group offers free food boxes to anyone “facing food insecurity for any reason living in south side Tucson,” according to their website. You can also donate pet food through another local organization, Cody’s Friends, which has donation stations at various pet clinics and businesses across Tucson.įor more information about the Southern Arizona Animal Food Bank, check out their website. They also accept new or gently used animal supplies. Speedway accepts donations of wet and dry dog and cat food. We can't forget about our furry friends! The Southern Arizona Animal Food Bank located at 6212 E. Houchens Southgate 619 S L Rogers Wells Blvd. Priceless IGA Russellville Rd 1901 Russellville Rd. Priceless IGA Louisville Road 3170 Louisville Rd. have donation bins located in their stores where you can drop off smaller donations of non-perishable foods. Sunday Holland / For the Arizona Daily Star United Way continues to collect non-perishable food items, heres how to donate. Animal Food Donation Director David Zinke sorted dog food in the Southern Arizona Animal Food Bank on Tuesday, Feb. ![]()
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