Chatham Day School Runs Food Audit with Table to Table

Hats off to our friends at Chatham Day School, who participated in a food audit led by our staff.

At lunchtime, students placed their food waste in the buckets to be weighed. At the end of each lunch period, students could see and better understand how food can easily be wasted. We had a great time and are grateful to the students, families, faculty and administrators for supporting our mission to reduce food waste and feed neighbors in need. Go Chatham Day School! 

Schools like yours can join us in our mission to reduce food waste and relieve hunger in New Jersey! We offer several school-focused programs, including:

• Student-led fundraising through our signature Bag a Lunch, Help a Bunch program
• Cafeteria food rescues through our I-Rescue Lunch program
• Food drives: We especially encourage produce and holiday turkey drives!

Click here for more information about our school-based initiatives.

Table to Table is New Jersey’s first and largest food rescue nonprofit, bridging the gap between food being wasted and people facing food insecurity. We bring rescued fresh, nutritious food to 303 community partners, including social service organizations, pantries, shelters, fresh produce markets and centralized distribution hubs. Food is provided free of charge. Through this, Table to Table touches a diversity of those in need, including families, children, veterans, and older adults, making good nutrition accessible while serving as a stimulus for other longer-term benefits. Since 1999 we have rescued more than 120,700 tons of nutritious food—enough for 241,400,846 million meals—and delivered it to our neighbors in need, saving over 544 metric tons of methane from entering the environment.

Related:

• Your School Can Make a Difference
• Bag a Lunch, Help a Bunch
• Sign Up For I-Rescue Lunch
• Ridgewood Expands Food Composting Program, Report Says
• How One Livingston Teen Is Rescuing More Than Just Leftovers