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Food Rescue US – South Florida Lifetime Numbers

2018

Year Established

6,544,000

Meals Provided

7,853,000

LBS OF FOOD KEPT FROM LANDFILL

200

Food Donor Partners

80

Social Service Agency Partners

1,175

Volunteers

Our Food Rescue US – South Florida Team

Site Director

Ellen Bowen

EllenFlowers

ellen@foodrescue.us
203-984-0485

Ellen Bowen is the Site Director for Food Rescue US – South Florida. As Founder and Managing Director of popular Miami food blog, MIAbites, she heard from many of her contacts and chefs about the excessive amounts of food wasted every day at hotels, restaurants, events, and markets and partnered in 2018 with national non-profit Food Rescue US to launch their technology-based food rescue platform in Miami and Broward counties.

To date, using the app to connect donors with social service agencies and volunteer rescuers, more than 4.5 million pounds of food have been kept from landfills and directly provided to local shelters, soup kitchens, and individuals experiencing food insecurity. At the 2020 Super Bowl LIV, over 40,000 lbs. of food were rescued from Hard Rock Stadium and NFL related events and delivered to over 8 different social service agencies. During COVID-19, the Food Rescue US – South Florida Community Kitchens provided over 65,000 fresh meals and supported over 25 partner restaurants that had been impacted by the pandemic.

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Site Associate

Laurita Santacaterina

LauritaFlowers

laurita@foodrescue.us
504-458-3273

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Food Rescue US – South Florida

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Social Service Agencies

Food Rescue US – South Florida

Adopt a Family Miami LLC (Miami Beach)
All Souls Episcopal Church (Miami Beach)
Be the Change South Florida (South Miami)
Bread of Life (Miami)
Broward Outreach Center/Caring Place (Hollywood)
Broward Partnership (Fort Lauderdale)
Buddy System – check website for locations (Miami)
Caring for Miami (Miami)
Carrfour/Royalton House (Downtown Miami)
Camillus House (Downtown Miami)
Centro Mater Childcare (Little Havana)
Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry (Coconut Grove)
Coral Gables United Church of Christ (Coral Gables)
Cornerstone Ministries International (Miami)
Cosac Shelters (Fort Lauderdale)
Curleys House (Liberty City, Miami)
Enriched Foods Miami (Homestead)
Greenhaven Project Urban Farm (Overtown)
Grove Outreach (Coconut Grove)
Joseph Dreamhouse (Fort Lauderdale)
Joshua’s Heart (North Miami)
Kristi House Miami (Little Haiti)
Las Marianitas Convent Food Pantry (Opaloka)
Lighthouse Angels (Miami)
Miami Central Spanish SDA Church (Little Havana)
Miami Peniel Church of Nazarene (Little Haiti)
Miami Rescue Mission/ Caring Place (Wynwood)
MiamiChapman Partnership (Downtown Miami)
Miami Gateway Outreach Center (Deerfield Beach)
Miami Iglesia Rescate Food Pantry (Hialeah)
Ministerio Unidos en Amor Church of God (Hialeah)
Mirimar United Methodist Church (Miramar)
One World One Heart (Downtown Miami)
Salvation Army Shelter (Allapattah)
St. Andrews Episcopal Church (Pinecrest)
St. Hugh’s Parish (Coconut Grove)
Sundari Foundation, Inc. dba Lotus House (Overtown, Miami)
Village FREEdge Pantry (Liberty City, Miami)
YMCA of Allapattah (Allapattah)

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