- New truck on its way!
- Starting in August, we’ll be able to move more food in fewer trips—we’ll be replacing our current Little Truck with a new refrigerated truck that boasts a higher cargo capacity. Good news for our food rescue partners, and for the environment, too!
New grants: Speaking of generous granters, we are honored to have been selected for grants from two more amazing foundations!
- Thank you to the Cummings Foundation, which recently granted us $100K as part of their #100Kfor100!
- The Philanthropy Connection, a Massachusetts women’s giving collective, recently awarded us $30K—thank you, women of TPC!
- New food donors:
AmazonFresh recently launched in Boston, and has been donating surplus food to Food For Free since Day One. Welcome, AmazonFresh!AmazonFresh recently launched in Boston, and Food For Free has been partnering with the Greater Boston Food Bank to rescue their surplus food since Day One. Welcome, AmazonFresh!- Harvard Business School is now donating sandwiches, sushi, and baked goods every week. Glad to have you on board, HBS!
- New food programs & partnerships:
We’ve been supporting the Falcons’ Food Project’s summer food pantry, available to support any CRLS students who need it!- We’ve launched a new pilot program: Market in the Park, a free farmers’ “market” much like our in-school markets, only outdoors.
-
This summer, we delivered food to Sisters Unchained, a summer learning experience for young women with formerly or currently incarcerated parents.
-
We’ve also added Vinfen’s Magazine Street location, where we’re providing fresh produce.
- Staff update: greetings and goodbyes!
We’re sad to bid goodbye to Ross Richmond, who’s done so much great work to get our Family Meals Program up and running. Please join us in wishing Ross a bon voyage as he begins a new chapter of life on the West Coast, where we know he’ll continue to do great work!- Fiona Crimmins, longtime Food For Free volunteer, started on Monday as our Program Manager for Family Meals. She’s picking up where Ross left off, working to get rescued Prepared Foods out into the community!
- Krissy Scommegna, our Kitchen Manager for Family Meals, is going back to school in the fall, but we’re fortunate to be keeping her on as our Home Delivery Coordinator!
- Food For Free in the news:
Our own Alanna Mallon won an Unsung Heroine Award, nominated by Representatives Marjorie Decker and Tim Toomey for her work founding the Cambridge Weekend Backpack Program!- Sasha and Adam are in The Huffington Post, rescuing food from Harvard! These 4 States Are Doing Something Truly Revolutionary With Food
- Learn about the nuts and bolts of Prepared Food Rescue in this Earth911 article: Food Rescue Program Fights Food Waste Intelligently.
- Shoutouts to Harvard and Google in this TriplePundit article on our Prepared Food Rescue: Food For Free Provides Meals From Google and Harvard.
