| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.91 |
| Liaison | Emily Vollmer |
| Submission Date | Aug. 2, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Virginia Tech
OP-T2-9: Food Donation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Elena
Dulys-Nusbaum Sustainability Coordinator Dining Services |
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Does the institution donate leftover or surplus food?:
Yes
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A brief description of the food donation program:
Dining Services strives to be zero waste, but in the mean time, much of our unconsumed food ends up in the Southwestern Virginia community instead of in the landfill. In 2007, Jacob Moyer, a student at Virginia Tech, was inspired by the recent tragedies on our campus and decided to create something positive in our community as we healed together. He began a dialogue with Dining Services’ now-Senior Associate Director Ted Faulkner over how we handled food waste. Both Jacob and Ted were monumental in leading the department to donate excess food to those in need.
In early 2008, our “grab and go” items were donated to the Salvation Army five days a week from Au Bon Pain, Deet’s Place, DXpress, and Vet Med Café. Since then, we’ve added hot food items from D2 along with our “grab and go” items and regularly donate to two organizations that serve under the Feeding America umbrella. We are currently donating over ten times the amount that we did in any given month in 2010!
For more information about organizations Dining Services works with to donate food please see:
Feeding America, Southwest Virginia: http://www.faswva.org/
Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread: http://www.radfordpl.org/dailybread/
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The website URL where information about the food donation program is available:
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