Jersey Proud: Willard Elementary Students Donate to Table to Table

Editor’s note: This article first aired on News 12 New Jersey.

People who run food panties will say that it is not difficult to get people to donate during the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They say it’s the other 11 months that are hard.

A group of Bergen County fifth graders are helping to meet that need.

As part of a service project, kids at Willard Elementary in Ridgewood donated hundreds of pounds of fresh produce. All of it is going to Table to Table.

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 276 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 133,271 tons of nutritious food — enough for 266,542,863 meals — and delivered it to our neighbors in need, saving over 612 metric tons of methane saved.

Related:

• Table to Table School Partnerships
• Table to Table Delivering Fresh Food, Hope, and Humanity Across North Jersey
• News 12 New Jersey: Table to Table’s School Partnerships
• WATCH: Food Insecurity Is Getting Worse — How Can We Help?