5th Massachusetts Green Career Conference Presentation: Green Nonprofits

1. Sustainable
Arlington
Food Recovery Project

2. Who
We
Are
The
Food
Recovery
Project
was
started
as
a
community
service
project
by
members
of
the
Minuteman
Parent
Associa?on
(MPA)
and
Sustainable
Arlington.
Minuteman
Parent
Associa?on
Inc.
Sustainable
Arlington,
a
chapter
of
the
Massachuse0s
Climate
Ac5on
Network
(MCAN)
• The parent organization of Minuteman High School, a regional public technical high
school, located in Lexington, MA .
• The MPA is a 501(c)3 organization.
• Sustainable Arlington (SA) is a Vision 2020 Environment Task Group Committee of the
Town of Arlington.
• MCAN is a 501(c)3 organization.

3. What
We
Do
Project
Mission
To
support
those
in
need
of
food
by
diver5ng
end-­‐of-­‐day
food
from
local
bakeries,
cafes
and
grocers
and
redistribu5ng
such
food
to
non-­‐profit
organiza5ons
serving
low
income
individuals
and
families
in
need,
including
students,
the
elderly
and
the
physically
challenged
within
local
communi5es.
In
the
12-­‐month
period
ended
September
30,
2013,
9,000+
boxes
(value
es5mate
of
$500,000+)
of
bread,
produce
and
other
perishables
were
distributed
through
the
Food
Recovery
Project
to
local
non-­‐profit
organiza5ons.
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Number
of
Boxes
Collected
4/1/12
-­‐
9/30/13

4.
The
Minuteman
Parent
Associa5on
and
Sustainable
Arlington
are
willing
to
assist
other
organiza5ons
implement
a
similar
program
in
their
community.
Loca?on
Partnering
Organiza?ons
Arlington
Trader
Joe’s
Arlington
Whole
Foods
Market
Arlington
Heights
Starbucks
Burlington
Panera
Bread
Cambridge
-­‐
Fresh
Pond
Panera
Bread
Lexington
Panera
Bread
Woburn
Panera
Bread
Donors
Recipient
Organiza?ons
(sampling)
ing
by
Loca?on
Role,
Responsibili?es,
&Opportuni?es:
§ Collec5ng
and
Distribu5ng
• Collect
end-­‐of-­‐day
food
from
partnering
bakeries,
cafes
and
grocers
(Panera
&
Starbucks
at
night;
Trader
Joe’s
at
7AM)
• Sort
and,
if
needed,
package
food
for
redistribu5on
• Deliver
food
to
non-­‐profit
organiza5ons
§ Administra5on
• Manage
/
direct
program
• Volunteer
coordina5on
• Training
• Outreach
to
donor
and
recipient
organiza5ons
• Solici5ng
dona5ons
of
supplies
• General
administra5ve
tasks
• Form
/
organize
separate
non-­‐profit
en5ty
• Grant
wri5ng
• Develop
and
maintain
web
site
Loca?on
Accep?ng
Organiza?ons
Arlington
• Arlington
Boys
&
Girls
Club
• Arlington
Food
Pantry
• Arlington
Housing
Authority
• Arlington
Senior
Center
Belmont
• Belmont
Food
Pantry
Charlestown
• Bunker
Hill
Community
College
(Single
Stop
Program)
Medford
• Medford
Community
Cupboard
Stakeholders

5. Contact
Informa5on
Organiza?on
Name
Phone
Email
Minuteman
Parent
Associa5on
/
Sustainable
Arlington
DeAnne
Dupont
H:
781-­‐641-­‐0041
M:
781-­‐439-­‐5736
FoodRecoveryProject@gmail.com
Minuteman
Parent
Associa5on
Julie
Kremer
M:
781-­‐859-­‐9363
FoodRecoveryProject@gmail.com
For
addi5onal
informa5on,
please
contact
Co-­‐Directors
/
Co-­‐Founders: