Last Mile Food Rescue Updates

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You Get What you Give

September 13, 2021

By Sean Arnold, Last Mile Intern We have volunteers of all ages. Some are in high school trying to pick up some extra service hours. Others are in retirement taking…

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Here’s to 500,000 more!

May 27, 2021

We did it! Thanks to the amazing efforts of our Food Rescue Heroes we have saved half a million pounds of food since the fall! Not only does the work of…

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Watch Your Back!

May 13, 2021

Rescuing food is a big job! If you have a heavy rescue, you can ALWAYS ask the workers at the donor and non-profit to help load and unload. See tips…

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Finding Solutions in the Midst of Uncertainty

April 29, 2021

Food for the Soul, a soup kitchen & food distribution program based out of Transfiguration Spirituality Center, started as a response to the shutdown in March of 2020. As the…

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Tips for Counting Quantities

April 15, 2021

One frequent question our team receives on rescues is how to count boxes and types of food on the quantities screen. To start off, you should know that quantities are…

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Meet Todd: Food Rescue Superhero

March 30, 2021

“The fact that we have kids going to bed hungry at night and yet fresh food going to the landfill – it just makes my head want to explode. When…

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Feeding the 2,000

March 24, 2021

Written by Olivia Cook I grew up with the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with just 5 loaves of bread and two fish. The most perplexing part of the…

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Tikkun Olam.

February 23, 2021

To repair the world through acts of kindness. Tikkun Farm started as an after-school & summer camp program in Mt. Healthy. They gave city kids a chance to meet animals,…

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Welcome, Benita!

February 19, 2021

From the moment she walks in the door – or jumps onto a zoom call – her positivity fills the room. She has never met a stranger and sees potential…

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Meet Patty!

February 19, 2021

Hi, my name is Patty, and I love to rescue food! I have four grown children, for the last several years have not worked at a job – just concentrated…

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