Food Rescue of Sky Valley

Preventing Waste And Benefiting Our Community

Food Rescue of Sky Valley (FRSV) is a non-profit organization serving the Sky Valley region of Snohomish County in Washington State. We work to reduce food and goods waste by re-distributing to the community where those items can be used.

The Problem

“In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30-40 percent of the food supply.”
— USDA Economic Research Service — https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs —

How We Help

Our partnerships with local businesses allow us to collect items that would be discarded and deliver them to people who can use them most.

Local Organizations

Throughout the week, our team distributes food to private organizations that help people in our local community. The Boys and Girls Club, Take the Next Step, Matthew House and Women’s Gospel Mission are a few of the locations we service on a regular basis.

Community Food Share

Twice a week, our group hosts a community food share for all to come benefit from our food recovery work. We ask participants to please take and share the food to neighbors, friends and all in need; the goal is to minimize what needs to be thrown out.

Farmers and Recycling

Spoiled, aged, or undesirable foods can still be used for feeding animals. We maintain connections with local animal farmers for this purpose.

What It Takes

The vision of Food Rescue of Sky Valley is to establish an environmentally sound, full circle use of resources by reducing waste, assisting businesses in lowering their carbon footprint, and aiding families and individuals within our community. This is best accomplished through a closely unified volunteer team, a clearly delegated set of responsibilities, and donations from supporters like you!

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Members

FRSV is composed of 30 to 40 member volunteers who commit to scheduled tasks that take an average of 12 hours a month. Members on the Leadership Board additionally run the business side of the non-profit by managing bills, arranging maintenance for the food storage facility, and building relationships with donor businesses and recipient organizations.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Tasks

It takes a lot of work for a non-profit to reliably save food from becoming waste!

Volunteer members can routinely be found driving and loading/unloading items, boxing/sorting food for distribution, hosting community sharing events, and cleaning.

Donations

FRSV needs ongoing funding for day-to-day expenses (rent, electricity) as well as grants for periodically necessary larger expenses (new refrigerators, new roofs, food storage building and parking maintenance).

Any costs not covered by donations are ultimately paid by the serving member volunteers via their yearly financial contributions – so your donations are extremely appreciated!

Please donate through Venmo to @foodrescueofskyvalley – visit https://account.venmo.com/u/foodrescueofskyvalley

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