February was busy for our team at Food Recovery Network! We recovered nearly two tons of food from the Bullseye Event Group Player’s Tailgate in Las Vegas with Hellmann's and our student volunteers. That is the equivalent of 3,328 meals that were donated to The Just One Project in Las Vegas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting food insecurity in southern Nevada.
Our recovery and partnership with Hellmann’s was featured in several news stories:
Food Recovery Network Teams Up with Local Students to Recover Surplus Food During Super Bowl LVIII
What happens to leftover Super Bowl food? Here’s where some of it goes
Food Recovery Network Rescues 4,000 Pounds of Super Bowl Food
You can also read our Executive Director Regina Anderson’s perspective on what made this year’s recovery so special in her op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun.
This was our first time in Las Vegas. We were excited to be joined by two students from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the recovery. While we don’t currently have a chapter in Nevada, these students are determined to bring food recovery to their campus, which sits right in the middle of one of the most decadent cities in the world.
“Food Recovery Network played an integral role in my college experience. It taught me the importance of creating strong community connections. As a member of the Syracuse University / SUNY ESF chapter, we were able to maintain meaningful relationships with local agencies in Central New York. Therefore, this unique opportunity to expand my involvement with FRN across the country as an alumni was such an exciting experience. Packaging, transporting, weighing, and recovering approximately 4,000 pounds of food with both new and old FRNds was so fun!
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Want to be part of the solution? You can be a part of helping us to create positive change in the food landscape in southern Nevada—far beyond the Super Bowl!
Help us bring a chapter to Las Vegas and support FRN’s mission to fight waste and feed people in every community all year long.