Orange Park United Methodist Food Pantry every Monday gives out food to 70-80 families feeding 1200 people monthly. Waste Not Want Not Food bank is critical to our success .Every Monday they provide us with a cargo van of rescued food- bread, pastry, produce , dairy items and meat. We then pass that on later in the afternoon to those in need. They are open every week and the volunteers & managers are very helpful and dedicated to their mission. WNWN is a blessing to our pantry and to the communityRay White, OPUMC pantry manager.
If you are looking for a good non-profit that is run efficiently while making a HUGE difference in the community. Look no further! Great staff, great business model.
Waste Not Want Not is a great nonprofit that puts its clients first. Waste Not has always been a great supplier of food for my food pantry. Whenever I found myself in a tough situation where our normal supply of food was either low or completely depleted I can always depend on Sandra for assistance. Waste Not really takes care of the community.
Waste Not! Want Not! is a beautifully choreographed, very professional organization that is instrumental in helping feed hundreds of thousands of people each year with reclaimed food. The longevity of Waste Not! is a testament to how well it is managed. Working out of a tiny warehouse, it is amazing to watch the volunteers deliver their hundreds of pounds of gleaned food every day, provided by stores and restaurants. More volunteers arrive to package this newly arrived food for the humanitarian groups to arrive and pickup. By 1:00 pm the food is gone, totally free to the recipients. It's a well-oiled lovely machine fueled by love.
What a wonderful organization Waste Not Want Not is. Not only do they distribute almost 2 million pounds of food locally, they help our organization throughout each year. They provide donations of food for homeowners, future homeowners and college students who come to our County each year to help a deserving low income family build a home. Each year, a minimum of 20 students spend their Spring Break constructing houses to be occupied by these families which usually includes at least one to six children. The food Waste Not donates is enough for the college students to have up to 3 meals per day for 6 days. The students love coming here to volunteer and they state the great food we have is a BIG incentive. Waste Not Want Not also provides food for our Home Dedications and many other events we have throughout the year. They are truly a blessing to our organization and we are fortunate to have them as our community partner.
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For more than 10 years Waste Not Want Not has been a driving force for rescuing food in Clay County. They do an incredible job, with only a handful of extremely dedicated volunteers. This organization works tirelessly to make sure donations of food and drinks go to those in need.
Being a nonprofit organization, Waste Not Want Not understands the value of every donation. It is of the utmost importance that we be good stewards of the gifts the community shares with us.
Each year our organization sponsors 20 college students, who come from all over the country, to participate in a one week home construction build. Every year, Waste Not Want Not provides breakfast meals, drinks and snacks for these students. Let me tell you this is a significant savings for our organization and the students are always so grateful. I am sure many of you can remember what it was like to be in college with very little money. Good meals are hard to come by. The students love these meals!
That's just one of the many things Waste Not Want Not does for this community and Clay County Habitat for Humanity is proud to be a partner with this wonderful organization. We wholeheartedly commend them for the wonderful good they do.
I work for a nonprofit, Pie in the Sky, we feed fruits and vegetables to seniors living below the poverty line in St John's County and Waste Not Want Not contacted our Director and asked if we could use bread and sweets for our seniors. We said yes and the rest as they say is history. We have been able to provide high quality bread and baked goods to our seniors every other week. Goods that would be out of their price range at the supermarket. Waste Not Want Not is an organization that is run professionally and with a great caring heart. We appreciate want they provide and our seniors are thrilled.
From the moment I had contact with this organization, I was impressed beyond words. What they do, what they are able to accomplish and how many lives they affect on a daily basis is nothing short of phenomenal. If there was such a group in every county of every state, imagine the food that could be rescued and the impact on hunger it would have.
Thank you Waste Not Want Not for the diligence you show every day and the compassion and care you exemplify in feeding the hungry. You are a role model for all of us and an example of how we can all do more and do better.
Keep up the great work.
Malea Guiriba, Director
Pie in the Sky
wastenot 10/31/2014
Thank you, Malea! It is a pleasure working with you and others from Pie in the Sky. I also admire your work creating Farm to Family which brings farm fresh produce to food desserts in St. Johns County. When will you be replicating that in Clay and Duval?