In America, stores and restaurants throw away LOTS of perfectly good food: one-quarter of all food produced in the US.
In America, LOTS of children, adults, and seniors do not always have enough to eat: 1 in 6 of all Americans.
In North Florida, Waste Not Want Not prevents the discarding of food that can be used to fight hunger here at home. Our volunteers rescue surplus food within a 15-mile radius of Orange Park and provide it to charities serving the less-fortunate in 14 counties.
Last year, Waste Not Want Not volunteers rescued food 364 days (thank you Hurricane Ian) and distributed approximately 2 million pounds of food to people struggling to make ends meet.
Welcome Kathleen! Waste Not Want Not is pleased to welcome our new Executive Director – Dr. Kathleen Spears. Dr. Spears started September 3, 2024 and has hit the ground running! You may be able to catch her at the Castle or buzzing around at the Challenge Enterprises
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I’m delighted to share some great news! When I announced my retirement, I explained that my departure would not be the end of Waste Not because our mission is more important than me, because our volunteers would continue our work,
