Fight2Feed

Check our Day Two of the SHRM food rescue! It's so awesome when conference planners consider sustainability options. Thanks to the support o OVG at McCormick Place, Fight2Feed food rescue network was able to rescue over 5,000 boxed meals yesterday! The best part, our network repurposed every single meal to our communities in need! Today we will be back at it so stay tuned! Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Want to support us Reduce Food Waste? Register for our upcoming Food Rescue Opportunities: https://lnkd.in/dZwB8CDj Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #donateanddivert #reducefoodwaste #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity

Last week Fight2Feed was invited for the second year in a row to rescue food from the KeHE Distributors show at McCormick Place. We were very grateful to have recused over 23,000 pounds of food! We incorporate these into our 1,100 hot meals last Saturday as well shared with our partners in Lake and Cook Counties! Special Thanks to Veterans Path to Hope, Faith Acres, Grace to Share and Cuba Food Pantry in lake county for traveling eh long way to take items back to the communities in Lake County. We are grateful to share, all rescue items have been distributed and shared with our community!! Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Want to support us Reduce Food Waste? Register for our upcoming Food Rescue Opportunities: https://lnkd.in/dZwB8CDj Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #donateanddivert #reducefoodwaste #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity

It's another fun filled day of Fight2Feed in Chicago! Today we are in the East Kitchen at McCormick Place rescuing thousands of pounds of food and cooking community meals. While across town, our second #Fight2Feed team of volunteers will be cooking and serving a four course plate up meal for our seniors at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter. We are moving in all directions to serve our community while reducing food waste. Let's GOOOO #TeamF2F! Want to support us Reduce Food Waste? Register for our upcoming Food Rescue Opportunities: https://lnkd.in/dZwB8CDj Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #donateanddivert #reducefoodwaste #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity

Fight2Feed has been creating meals from scratch for our community in need since 2014. We've come a long way and we're grateful when we are called to rescue amazing ingredients to add to our meals. Thanks to our #sociallyconscious partners, our volunteers get to be creative with special details for our meals. Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and join us! Volunteer: https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us Support the Fight2Feed Truck Fundraiser help us reach our goal here: https://lnkd.in/g8xAV2Pz #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #volunteer

Fight2Feed started in March of 2014 with the purpose of serving our community a meal to those who were in need. On our dime, on our time and in our community. Along our journey we have connected with wonderful like minded humans and organizations. Today our work covers more ground than we ever imagined and we would not be here without some of our like minded partnerships. Thank you Misfits Market for your continued support and look how far we have come together. Want to support us Reduce Food Waste? Resister for our upcoming Food Rescue Opportunities: https://lnkd.in/dZwB8CDj Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity #Fight2Feed

We are grateful to have been invited for the 3rd year to the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago this year as a part of their sustainability initiative. Thanks to our amazing #EssentialVolunteers and partners McCormick Place and a few Fight2Feed supporting vendors Kraft Heinz ENTEGRA Lund's Fishery, United Installers Plumbing Libbey, Dr. Pepper Foods, North Carolina, and Air Carbon, we had a record #NRA food and items rescue this year. The most amazing part of this year's event for us was we were able to share 21 pallets the same day we rescued! Thanks to our awesome Volunteer Leads, our 21 pallets supported Grace to Share, Faith Acres, Camp Lake Geneva, Cuba Food Pantry, Elgin Holy Trinity and Veterans of Lake Zurich. Our awesome team was able to turn some of our rescue items into hot community meals in 48 Hours of our rescue. These rescue items will be a part of over 800 hot meals this Saturday! We've come a long way since 2014 and we could not be here without the village of support that show up every day with the same passion for serving our community in need while reducing food waste. Want to support us Reduce Food Waste? Resister for our upcoming Food Rescue Opportunities: https://lnkd.in/dZwB8CDj Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity #Fight2Feed

Together with GiveNKind and #HandsOfHopeOfIllinois, Fight2Feed prevented 47 pallets - 66,000 pounds of food items from adding to a landfill today. It's pretty incredible to be connected such amazing organizations that share the same goal. Want to support us Reduce Food Waste? Resister for our upcoming Food Rescue Opportunities: https://lnkd.in/dZwB8CDj Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity #Fight2Feed

It's been a crazy few weeks and we can't be more excited for our growing opportunities! Fight2Feed volunteer team Pablo, Jeanine and McKena were hired last week to staff a catering event at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter. #Fight2Feed leads Vee and Burger Alley Chicago Chef Jeffrey Benzon created this amazing spread showcasing what awesome talents we are networked with at Fight2Feed. All we can say is how Delightfully Delicious! As we volunteer together, we always find ways to help each other while we serve our community in need. You never know who you're serving next to in the #Fight2Feed kitchen. We're always in need of "Hands in the Kitchen". Come join us, be connected with some GREAT humans and our family meals are always something to talk about. 😋 We look forward to creating more opportunities with our awesome village of talented #Fight2Feed #EssentialVolunteers. Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and let's COOK together! Volunteer at McCormick Place: https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Love our Seniors and Partners at #LBFE Volunteer at Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago: https://lnkd.in/gKVgfj-x Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #JoinTheVillage #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #VolunteerOpportunity #WeCater

We're often asked what is "Food Rescue". Many food companies and restaurants have surplus, miss marked or denied items that have for one reason or another. These items typically get trashed and end up in a landfills. Fight2Feed has been actively playing a role in reducing food waste since 2015 and thanks to venue partners like McCormick Place and Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter we now rescue and repurpose food an average of 25,000 - 30,000 pounds of food every week. Check out a few of our amazing food rescue items in the last week. Why should we be concerned about food waste? "Nineteen million tons of waste is landfilled in Illinois every year. Food waste accounts for as much as 20 percent of that 19 million tons, which is more than any other single waste stream found in landfills. When food waste decomposes, it produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that is 25 times more harmful than carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases trap radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere, which gradually raises the average temperature." - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency That's just one state. Imagine is this statistic multiplied by 50. This is an alarming number. To date Fight2Feed has rescued almost 5 million pounds of food, shared over 3 million pounds of food and cooked and served over one million meals all while remaining 100% volunteer run, managed and operated. Have time to support us in the kitchen? Register and join us! Volunteer: https://lnkd.in/gZkp__Ae Limited time but want to support our cause? Donate at your pace, we’ve got options that you can feel great about at any level! Donate: https://lnkd.in/gXk6M8us Support the Fight2Feed Truck Fundraiser help us reach our goal here: https://lnkd.in/g8xAV2Pz #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #werestillhere #reducefoodwaste #ourvillagerules

We're proud to have hosted the Southside Occupational Acad High School ProStart Program students in the Fight2Feed McCormick Place kitchen last week. These talented students helped us prep over 500 meals! We can't wait to see these students shine in all their endeavors. We look forward to serving with you again soon! As a part of our #LearningWhileYouGive program we offer student groups the opportunity to learn from our leads and chefs to cook in commercial kitchens and create meals from scratch with rescued food items. Not only does it encourage creativity but these students are a part of our community service. Does your school want to work with #Fight2Feed and support a mission to get meals to those in need while reducing food waste? Send us an email and let's plan your day to learn and serve to #FeedItForward : E: Volunteer@Fight2Feed.org! #feeditforward #community #Fight2Feed #togetherwearestronger #Gratitude #sociallyconscious #volunteer