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Opportunities at Your School
Start a Food Recovery Program on Your Campus
Does your campus have a food recovery program to donate the leftover food from your dining halls? If you haven’t heard of one on your campus, your school is probably throwing away thousands of pounds of good food every year!
Donating food that would otherwise go to waste not only feeds hungry people, but helps the environment by reducing food waste, which releases methane, contributing to global warming.
Chapters are the heart and soul of FRN’s grassroots network. Any college student can start a food recovery program on their college campus – and it’s easier than you may think. The FRN New Chapter Team can help guide you through every step of the process. We have organizing tools to help you get started and we even provide mini-grants to cover any start-up expenses!
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Volunteer on Campus
Volunteering with the Food Recovery Network is an incredible opportunity to make a huge difference on your campus and in your community while gaining valuable experience and meeting great people. Recoveries are fun and hands-on, and in less than an hour you’ll typically recover enough food to feed between a dozen and several hundred people. All training is provided by our members, so no prior experience is necessary!
Find your school’s food recovery program below to get involved!
Make Your Campus Program an FRN Member
FRN is the largest network of student-led food recovery programs in the country. If you are part of an existing food recovery program on your campus, we would love to have you join our network. Whether you are an established, successful program looking to share your expertise with other schools, or a fledgling program looking for some tips on how to improve, we can help! There is no cost to join, and we provide a range of support to improve your program, including mini-grants, an annual national conference, and connections to other college food waste activists. You can find a full list of benefits here!
If you’d like to join the network, contact our Director of Expansion Lauren Behgam.
Opportunities with FRN
FRN is looking for 3 full-time summer interns to join our team and learn valuable skills in nonprofit management, movement-building, and food justice organizing. The interns will work as part of the staff of students that lead the national organization. FRN is looking for a Program Development, Graphic Design, and Fundraising Intern to join us in D.C. for the summer. FRN is a young organization and interns will be given a wide range of responsibilities, as well as the chance to take on leadership roles.
If interested, please send a cover letter, resume, and two professional references to info@foodrecoverynetwork.org by April 23, 2013.
Program Development Intern
FRN is looking for a full-time Program Development summer intern who will work as part of the staff of students that lead the national organization. The Program Development Intern is responsible for working with the Executive Director, Program Director, Director of Expansion, Director of Member Support, as well as other members of the National Team to enhance FRN’s programming and overall function as an organization as a whole.
You can find a complete job description HERE.
Graphic Design Intern
FRN is looking for a full-time graphic design summer intern who will work as part of the staff of students that lead the national organization. The Graphic Design Summer Intern is responsible for working with the Executive Director, Program Director, and also various other members of the National Team to update the website/serve as a webmaster, create promotional materials, create and edit video content, and provide other types of graphic design support.
You can find a complete job description HERE.
Fundraising Intern
FRN is looking for a full-time development (fundraising) summer intern who will work as part of the staff of students that lead the national organization. The Fundraising Summer Intern is responsible for working with the Executive Director, Program Director, and also various other members of the National Team to work to fundraise money for an annual operating budget of $300,000, as well as develop an earned-income model for FRN. The intern will help to diversify FRN’s funding sources to ensure long-term financial sustainability for the organization.
You can find a complete job description HERE.




