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Community Food Response, Inc., is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 to meet the growing need of families to have a supplemental source of food. This program focuses on "rescuing" food from hospitals, hotels, restaurants, schools, grocery stores and other resources, and getting this food into the hands of individuals and families that need it. All of the food has been prepared in licensed kitchens, but has not been needed. It would normally be disposed of at the end of the day. Drivers from CFR pick up the food in coolers and return it to our distribution site at the Bethel Lutheran Church. Other volunteers sort the food for distribution and a third group of volunteers distributes it to the clients.
Food is picked up five days per week, and distribution takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Most of the volunteers come from churches or service organizations. The entire program operates with volunteers.
The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Rochester staffs the volunteer needs for sorting and distribution on one or two days per month. This requires approximately 10 to 12 volunteers per day of service. A signup sheet is available in the church commons area.
This program has brought together members of the church for a work project that requires a lot of physical activity and hard work, combined with an opportunity for socializing while at work. Most of all, the participants can see the direct results of their devotion as the food is passed directly to persons in our community.
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