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Waste Not Want Not Inc

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Causes: Food, Food Programs

Mission: Connecting the dots between surplus food and hungry people since 1990: Waste Not Want Not exists to prevent the discarding of items that can be used to fight hunger and poverty in our community. Our volunteers rescue food daily from stores, restaurants, vendors, farmers’ fields and neighbors’ gardens. We distribute this perishable food promptly to people fighting hunger in Clay and surrounding counties. These men, women, and children, our neighbors, enjoyed more than two million pounds of wholesome food last year - food that, but for our volunteers’ efforts would have gone to waste. Food belongs in bellies - not landfills What happens to the heart-shaped cakes on February 15, the unbroken eggs in a carton with two that are cracked, the unsold food at your favorite restaurant at closing time, or the unpicked oranges on neighbor’s trees? All these are wasted; thrown away. In a country where one resident in six is food-insecure, one-quarter of all food produced is discarded before it reaches a consumer. But not here in North Florida where Waste Not intercepts food that may be unmarketable or "imperfect" but is perfectly wholesome and safe to consume. Not here in North Florida where Waste Not fights hunger by distributing that rescued food to 2,200 people struggling to put food on the table every day. No one should go hungry while good food goes to waste: Learn more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUMgyebt3H4

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3 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

1

mrw5855, Client Served

Rating: 5

10/25/2022

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.

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flatim15 General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

08/19/2016

waste not want not is a real class act when it comes to donating food the staff they have is the best around

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Writer General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

12/16/2015

Bread of Life is a soup kitchen located in Palatka Florida. We serve a lot lunch 7 days a week. The food we receive from Waste Nor Want Not greatly helps us to do so. We serve over 19,000 meals a year. The food we receive from then plays a very vital role in helping us to do so. Drinks, bread, cake, meats, seafood, soup - the list is endless.

davegarmus General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

10/28/2014

The results of the redistribution efforts by Waste Not Want Not are absolutely amazing. Two million pounds of good food that would have ended up in our over-used disposal facilities have been provided to non-profit agencies that feed the poor and needy. Most of Waste Not Want Not's effort is sustained by volunteers as directed by Sandra, an outstanding Executive Director.

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