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Food Rescue US – South Florida Lifetime Numbers

2018

Year Established

5,418,900

Meals Provided

6,502,700

LBS OF FOOD KEPT FROM LANDFILL

165

Food Donor Partners

65

Social Service Agency Partners

845

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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Laurita Santacaterina

LauritaFlowers

laurita@foodrescue.us
504-458-3273

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2020 Impact Report

We are pleased to share our 2020 Impact Report that presents our shared work over the past year, including our COVID-19 response. Everyday we are inspired by the individuals and organizations that...

Social Service Agencies

Food Rescue US – South Florida

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