Our volunteer "staff" consists of an executive director and a dedicated board of directors. We are few but mighty!
30-40% of food produced in the United States is wasted every year
40% of food wasted in the United States comes from restaurants, grocery stores, and food- service companies
According to the US Department of Agriculture, 11% of the Lowcountry's population is "food insecure"
We're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that rescues un-plated leftover food from restaurants/caterers/food suppliers, salvaging edible food that would otherwise be thrown away. And then delivers it, free of charge, to Lowcountry nonprofits serving the food-insecure population.
After two retirements--first from the Air Force and then from a second career in construction / facilities management--Chuck Smiley now serves the local community by rescuing and redistributing leftover food in the Charleston, SC, area. Inspired and driven by the impact his daughter's Food Rescue nonprofit (Rescuing Leftover Cuisine) has had in NYC, he's motivated to address the scourge of food insecurity in the Lowcountry and reduce the wastage of perfectly good food.
Since beginning operation in April 2022 , we'e performed 1050 Food Rescues and redistributed over 120,000 pounds of leftover food...that's over 100,000 meals!
Local afterschool care foundation which assists with food insecurity.
Daniel Island, SC
Mount Pleasant, SC
Mount Pleasant, SC
Mount Pleasant, SC
Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC
Reach out to us if you're a nonprofit in need of food donations, a food donor, or would like to volunteer!
www.cuisinerescue.org
Every little bit helps us to enhance our Food Rescue efforts here in the Lowcountry. Thanks very much!
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