Every little bit counts.
Second-graders at Anna C. Scott Elementary School in Leonia held a fresh produce drive for Table to Table recently. One by one students packed fresh apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries, avocadoes, and other produce into boxes.
Slowly, the boxes filled up and by the end of the event, the students had donated hundreds of pounds of produce. Students also drew inspirational messages on the boxes urging people to donate more fruit and vegetables when they can.
A Table to Table volunteer brought the food to the Parent Teacher Association of the Fairmount School in Hackensack, where they distributed it.
It was the second time students at Anna C. Scott Elementary School hosted a produce drive for Table to Table.
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 work with food businesses of all types to rescued fresh, nutritious surplus food, and deliver it for free to 300+ social service organizations, pantries, shelters, community produce markets and centralized distribution hubs. Through our community partnerships, Table to Table reaches families, children, veterans, older adults, and others in need, improving food security, nutritional access, and better health. 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, while also saving over 544 metric tons of methane from impacting climate change by preventing food waste.
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- Leonia Kids Are A Force For Good
- Chatham Day School Runs Food Audit with Table to Table
- Your School Can Make a Difference
- Bag a Lunch, Help a Bunch
- Sign Up For I-Rescue Lunch
