For the month of February, we tapped our partner, So What Else , a donor and recipient agency of CFR. We asked them to share about their experience getting connected with Sharing Excess , a national non-profit that works as the middleman for food rescue and tackles the logistical concerns involved in running a food rescue organization. Read onContinue Reading
During the month of January, the Food Resources Team spent time visiting some of the County Service Hubs and seeing what they were up to! There are seven hubs across the county, all made up of community and faith-based organizations that work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide food andContinue Reading
Happy New Year Community Food Rescue & Farm 2 Food Bank members! This was a busy year for us, and we are happy to bring you a 2024 recap! Thanks to our 124 donors, we rescued an impressive amount of food this year: 3,651,415 lbs! We were able to direct all of this food toContinue Reading
The holiday season is upon us, and this brings about a time of giving thanks and celebrating. Here at Community Food Rescue, we are thankful for the dedication and hard work from ALL our network members; donors, volunteers, and recipients. We literally couldn’t accomplish our mission without them. We knew for the month ofContinue Reading
For the month of October, we tapped our partner, So What Else , a donor and recipient agency of CFR. We asked them to share about their experience getting connected with The Farmlink Project , a national non-profit that connects surplus produce from farmers with food banks and other food assistance providers. This is a mission that is shared by CFR,Continue Reading
CFR Donor Spotlight: Cedar Ridge Community Church For September’s blog, we reached out to our contacts at Cedar Ridge Community Church, Ruth and Tinica. We wanted to highlight Cedar Ridge as a prolific and consistent donor of fresh produce to CFR. They made their first donation to CFR in 2018 and have donated a whoppingContinue Reading
For August, the CFR team reached out to Dara Tokarz, a new volunteer who joined CFR at the end of June. Dara works with community partnerships and grants at KPC Buddhist Relief , an organization that supports the efforts of other Montgomery County food assistance providers (FAPs). KPC Buddhist Relief was the recipient of a FY24 Food Systems Infrastructure Grant , for theirContinue Reading
For July’s blog post, we reached out to Wendy Smith (left), Program Director/volunteer Coordinator of Interfaith Works Residences (IWR.) The Community Food Rescue team has been working with Wendy since this past April, when a regular food run from Chick-Fil-A on Tech Road was directed to the residences. This generous food run was made possible by Food Donation Connection , an internationalContinue Reading
We recently reached out to Marc Grossman, who leases land from The Farm At Our House to discuss how he became a donor in the Community Food Rescue network and how his business started. See below to learn more about our interview with Marc. How was your farm founded/what is its origin story? “In 2007 as a side hustle to hisContinue Reading
So What Else is a CFR donor and recipient. We recently spoke to our partner, So What Else, asking how Community Food Rescue and our ChowMatch platform have helped them in their work. Megan Joe, Executive Director for So What Else responded. “So What Else has enjoyed being able to offer items in bulk toContinue Reading
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