Impact By The Numbers

May 2024

Pounds of food rescued - 316,148.30 lbs
Via LFR fleet and Food Rescue Hero

Pounds of food shared- 187,783.50 lbs
Via LFR fleet and Food Rescue Hero

36.40 million gallons of water saved*
*water used in the growing process, saved from being wasted!

31 Volunteer Drivers
Picked up food rescues through the Food Rescue Hero app

151 Rescues Completed
Through Food Rescue Hero

Join Us At The Holland Farmers Market

It’s summer time, which means our Holland Farmers Market is in full swing! Our local market is home to over 70 vendors throughout the summer, featuring vast amounts of fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, cheese, eggs, jams, and much more! Lakeshore Food Rescue actively participates in the market in a variety of ways throughout the summer, powered by volunteers. We hope you’ll consider joining us!

We’re now actively gleaning at the Farmers Market, and we invite you to join us as a Volunteer Gleaner! As a Volunteer Gleaner, you’ll help collect produce that local farmers and vendors donate at the end of the Market. Gleaning is an essential part of our Lakeshore Food Rescue operations each summer, ensuring we’re capturing excess fresh, healthy produce that might otherwise go to waste, and making it available to those who need it most. This wouldn’t be possible without volunteers powering gleaning each Saturday & we’re actively seeking volunteers to join this season’s Gleaning crew! 

We also provide a Produce Donation table on Wednesdays throughout the summer, powered by volunteers! As a volunteer, you’ll staff the booth, talk about Action House & LFR with interested individuals, accept and weigh produce donations, and clean up at the end of the day!

Please sign up to glean or collect produce with us this summer, or share the links above with your friends & family to help us spread the word. We’re thankful for our partnership with the Holland Farmers Market, and for the variety of opportunities to engage in the market throughout the summer. We’ll see you at the Market!

Thank You, Inontime!

Our friends at Inontime Transportation & Warehousing have been incredible partners of our food rescue efforts! Each week, their team transports 15,000 - 16,000 pounds of food to our Food Club, and assists with our community’s Mobile Food Pantry.

Recently, Inontime generously lended their unused truck space on a return trip from Detroit to Holland to transport rescued food from the Detroit area. 

Partnerships like these are what make a lasting impact and our work possible - it takes a huge network of support to make sure our neighbors have the healthy food they deserve. Thank you, Inontime, for showing up for our community!

Food Rescue Hero Technical Support

For any Food Rescue volunteers in need of technical support, please feel welcome to  access our Food Rescue Hero App Technical Support on our Lakeshore Food Rescue webpage. Otherwise, please reach out to our team if your question is not there and we will work to answer it promptly. 

LFR Volunteer in need of help?

Are you an LFR volunteer and need to get in touch? Contact Joe at jguzman@communityactionhouse.org