Lakeshore Food Rescue West Coast Way Feature

Our friends at the Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce highlighted Lakeshore Food Rescue in The West Coast Way magazine this month!

Lakeshore Food Rescue Manager, Krista, shared about our countywide expansion in 2023, our utilization of the nationally recognized Food Rescue Hero app, and how partners like Bowerman Blueberries Farm Market are joining the movement to end food waste and fight hunger in our community.

Read the West Coast Way article by visiting https://www.westcoastchamber.org/chamber-media-videos/ 

Holland Sentinel: Lakeshore Food Rescue

Lakeshore Food Rescue is a community-powered initiative of Community Action House, in partnership with Ottawa Food, the county’s food policy council. LFR works with partners across sectors to collect and redistribute excess food that would have otherwise gone to the landfill.

Designed to harness volunteer power and scale food recovery efforts, Community Action House is utilizing the Food Rescue Hero app, which has redirected 150 million pounds of food across the country since its launch in 2016! Lakeshore Food Rescue is seeking new food donors and nonprofit partners to utilize the app. Restaurants, grocery stores, farmers markets, government agencies, and other businesses can donate food quickly and easily online, submitting information that prompts volunteers to select a pickup through the Food Rescue Hero app. Nonprofit organizations can sign up to receive food, and the program is looking for agencies who can receive and distribute prepared food to guests.

You can read more from the Holland Sentinel article HERE!

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WZZM: Lakeshore Food Rescue Launch!

As part of our recent Lakeshore Food Rescue program expansion, Community Action House is launching the local use of a nationally recognized food rescue app! The app will connect food donors to nonprofits, with a focus on keeping food local and close to its source.

Starting July 13, volunteers who download the app can sign up for flexible shifts, driving their own vehicles to recover food from donors and transport it to local food access partners. By recruiting individual volunteers, Lakeshore Food Rescue plans to expand across the county to rescue more food and increase healthy food access for the 10,000 individuals in the area who are food insecure.

“The Food Rescue Hero app will be a huge step forward for Lakeshore Food Rescue. By inviting individuals to volunteer with us, we can dramatically expand our service and offer fresh, healthy food to more partners across the county! Students can fill time in between classes, seniors can find meaningful structure for their retirement, and parents can show their kids the impact that individuals can make in our community.” - Krista Burgett, Lakeshore Food Rescue Manager