National Nonprofit Day: Honoring 25

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on binje.com.

We asked for nominations of nonprofits we could honor on National Nonprofit Day, saying we would publish the best 25 in an effort to give them some attention —and, perhaps, some much-needed donations. 

We were blown away by the response. Because so, we will honor 50 nonprofits to mark the day.  

Please note, National Nonprofit Day was Sunday – but since we don’t publish on the weekends, we’re waiting for today. 

Location: Saddle Brook
Description: More than 3 billion pounds of food are wasted annually in New Jersey while 1.1 million residents face food insecurity. Table to Table bridges that gap by rescuing surplus, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste, and delivering it for free to our hungry neighbors. Since 1999, enough fresh food for more than 241 million meals has been delivered.
Leader: Heather Thompson 

Website: http://www.tabletotable.org 

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.

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