Kid's Coin Drives Add up to 2,000 Pounds of Food Distributed to Help Hungry
Teen non-profit spent summer raising funds for food distributions. Donate Don’t Dump encourages grocery stores & food co to donate surplus or short dated products to food banks & raise awareness about hunger. Companies that donate are recognized with “Proud Donor” Logo. The logo was created by Gabrielle, age 12 to raise awareness and influence consumers. "Sadly, this food could be saved from the landfills before it becomes waste, with 1 in 4 children suffering from hunger, it is an outrage!"
San Diego, CA, October 04, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Donate Don’t Dump, a teen run non-profit, announced that they will distribute 2,000 pounds of donated food monthly at the Summit Church (292 E Barham Drive across from Cal State San Marcos) in San Marcos, California. The first free food distribution will take place October 9, 2012 from 2:00-3:00PM. The distribution is a partnership of the North County Community Services Food Bank and CSUSM KINE Chapter of Donate Don’t Dump. Donate Don’t Dump now has 14 Chapters at high schools, elementary schools, youth groups, and universities in three states.
Several Chapters of the teen organization were holding coin drives and other fund raisers since last summer, to pay for the cost of the food distributions. By partnering with the North County Food Bank, their change added up to thousands of pounds of food for distribution. Michael Lawson, Director of the North County Food Bank said, “This partnership makes me excited about the future and what we can accomplish when we reach out to meet the needs of the community!” Previously the food bank and teens partnered to get donated food such as freezer burned steaks and over ripe fruit to a local animal sanctuary. This food went to help rescued animals instead of the landfill.
Donate Don’t Dump has set out to change the paradigm of food waste. Over 96 billion pounds of edible food is dumped in US landfills each year, enough to fill 91 Empire State Buildings! So much food is wasted, the government recently reported that 40% of methane emitted into the environment, is from food rotting in landfills. “Sadly, this food could be saved from the landfills before it becomes waste, and with 1 in 4 children suffering from hunger, it is an outrage,” said Don’t Dump Founder, Gabrielle Posard (age 15).
The mission of Donate Don’t Dump is to encourage grocery stores and other food companies to donate their surplus or short dated products to food banks and raise awareness about hunger. Companies that donate are recognized and awarded a “Proud Donor” Logo to display. Modeled after the recycling symbol, the logo was created by Gabrielle when she was 12, to raise awareness and influence consumers. “Customers routinely look for the recycle symbol when making purchasing decisions and our goal is to get them to do the same when choosing where to shop for food,” said Gabrielle.
“We want to usher in the next generation of recycling; to alleviate hunger, while saving the environment. We don’t toss cans and paper, so why dump good food?” said Co-Founder Camille Posard.
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Lisa Posard 760-815-0667
Several Chapters of the teen organization were holding coin drives and other fund raisers since last summer, to pay for the cost of the food distributions. By partnering with the North County Food Bank, their change added up to thousands of pounds of food for distribution. Michael Lawson, Director of the North County Food Bank said, “This partnership makes me excited about the future and what we can accomplish when we reach out to meet the needs of the community!” Previously the food bank and teens partnered to get donated food such as freezer burned steaks and over ripe fruit to a local animal sanctuary. This food went to help rescued animals instead of the landfill.
Donate Don’t Dump has set out to change the paradigm of food waste. Over 96 billion pounds of edible food is dumped in US landfills each year, enough to fill 91 Empire State Buildings! So much food is wasted, the government recently reported that 40% of methane emitted into the environment, is from food rotting in landfills. “Sadly, this food could be saved from the landfills before it becomes waste, and with 1 in 4 children suffering from hunger, it is an outrage,” said Don’t Dump Founder, Gabrielle Posard (age 15).
The mission of Donate Don’t Dump is to encourage grocery stores and other food companies to donate their surplus or short dated products to food banks and raise awareness about hunger. Companies that donate are recognized and awarded a “Proud Donor” Logo to display. Modeled after the recycling symbol, the logo was created by Gabrielle when she was 12, to raise awareness and influence consumers. “Customers routinely look for the recycle symbol when making purchasing decisions and our goal is to get them to do the same when choosing where to shop for food,” said Gabrielle.
“We want to usher in the next generation of recycling; to alleviate hunger, while saving the environment. We don’t toss cans and paper, so why dump good food?” said Co-Founder Camille Posard.
DonateDontDump.org
FaceBook.com/DonateDontDump
Contact:
Lisa Posard 760-815-0667
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