Sentences with phrase «hunger relief agencies»

To combat hunger and reduce food waste, in 2015, all Sprouts stores donated more than 14 million pounds of fresh food to local hunger relief agencies through their Food Rescue Program.

«Since starting the movement in 2007 and continuing through our recent 2010 campaign, we have raised nearly $ 85 million for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and other hunger relief agencies, providing nearly 350 million meals,» Yum!

Another program, the Campus Kitchen Project, recruits volunteer college students to recycle food from their dining halls, prepare meals and distribute them to various hunger relief agencies.

Not only is that food being saved from the landfill, it is then being diverted to 300 hunger relief agencies across Southern California.

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey reports that 43 percent of the county's residents can't afford fair market rent, and some 44,000 are considered food insecure, unsure where they will get their next meal, according to hunger relief agency Feeding America.

Presenters will examine the best practices for food donation to local hunger relief agencies, identify the regulations and resources that allow for the donation of safe and healthy food, and discuss how to launch and grow a successful donation program and community awareness campaign on your campus.

Food Donation Connection provides an alternative to discarding surplus wholesome food by linking food service donors with surplus food to local hunger relief agencies.

But hunger relief agencies and food recovery groups want to see more of the 90,000 eateries stop discarding and start donating.