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Food Runners Recipients
Every day, somewhere in San Francisco, hungry
people wait. They wait for Food Runners to deliver excess food
from local hotels, restaurants, grocery stores and other businesses.
On Monday mornings, the kids at the Janice Mirikitani Family
Youth and Childcare Center in the Tenderloin wait for pizza
from Escape from New York Pizza and yummy cupcakes from Kara's
Cupcakes. On Tuesday afternoons Rypon House, a small group home
in the Mission waits for a hearty pasta meal prepared weekly
especially for Food Runners by Delfina Restaurant. On Thursdays,
the residents at Leland Polk Senior Community wait in the lobby
for Food Runners to drop off fresh, seasonal produce leftover
at the close of the Crocker-Galleria Farmer's Market. On Fridays,
the disabled adults at Dorothy Day Community Center wait in
the courtyard with shopping carts to help Food Runners unload
a variety of groceries donated by Trader Joe's.
Did you know that every day, 160,000 people in San Francisco
don't have enough to eat? Food Runners is working hard to change
that. There are more than 300 soup kitchens, shelters, low-income
residences, senior centers, childcare centers and group homes
among Food Runners recipients. Food Runners delivers over 10
tons of donated perishable and prepared foods per week to these
agencies on a regular or rotating basis.
Who gets what? Food Runners carefully matches the types of food
donated to the recipient program's needs. For example: Food
Runners directs boxes of eggplant, crates of lettuce, and other
bulk produce items to large soup kitchens such as St. Anthony's
Dining Room, the St. Vincent DePaul Multi Service Center and
the Haight Ashbury Food Program. Trays of ready to eat entrees
are sent to smaller group homes and halfway houses such as the
Phoenix Program in the Western Addition or Shrader House near
the Golden Gate Park Panhandle. Tenants of low-income residences
and SRO hotels such as the Union Hotel in the Tenderloin or
the Hillsdale Hotel in SOMA receive individually packaged foods,
like sandwiches or other deli items that are easily transported
to their rooms which have no cooking facilities. Pastries work
well at drop in centers like Talkline and Haight Youth Outreach
Team both located in the Haight. Members of the Mission YMCA
senior lunch program in the Outer Excelsior love taking home
a variety of breads and muffins delivered weekly by Food Runners.
Food Runners is committed to serving as many different shelters
and programs in need as possible in all neighborhoods throughout
the greater San Francisco area.
To receive donated food, call 415.929.1866 and tell us about
your agency. We will do our best to bring you food that meets
your needs.
Unfortunately, we cannot deliver to private homes. For this
service call the United Way Helplink 415.808.4357.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
You can sign up to deliver food on your own, or with a group of friends
or co-workers.
Other volunteer opportunities include working the phones or at the computer.
Everyone is welcome!
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Group Delivery:
You and your friends or co-workers sign up for a Regular Delivery and
work out among yourselves who will do it each week.
Regular Delivery:
Each week you pick up food from the same donor and take it to the same
recipient.
On-Call Delivery:
From time to time, our dispatcher will call or email you to see if you
can make a pick up and delivery that day.
Financial / Food Donations:
Your generous donation directly enhances Food Runners ability to deliver
more food to San Francisco's needy. Thank you! A contribution of any amount
will make you a member of the Friends of Food Runners. Members receive
newsletters and invitations to special events.
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"It is a known fact that there is enough food produced in this country to feed everybody. It is a problem of distribution."
| Mary Risley
Food Runners Founder |
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