DMACC Ankeny Student Fridge

Community Fridges are communal places where surplus food is shared with the local community by local businesses and individuals. So far, they've helped thousands of people connect to their communities, access nutritious food, save money and reduce waste. They are a proven way of stopping good food from winding up in the trash. Surplus food is provided by local businesses or members of the public, and is then available for collection by people who need it. Community Fridges are housed in accessible public spaces, making surplus perishable food freely available to all community members. Community Fridges work on the honor system.

Over 3 months, one Community Fridge can:

Redistribute 12 tons of food waste,
Save households and community groups over $10,000 worth of food
Provide local employment opportunities.

Community Fridges are also known as Solidarity Fridges and Honesty Fridges. They have been successfully introduced in Spain, Germany, the UK, and Ireland, and are starting to take hold in the U.S. Each fridge operates in different ways depending on local circumstances. Demand for Community Fridges has been growing very quickly and Hubbub, based in London has recently launched The Community Fridge Network to support new Fridges and build a supportive, collaborative network of people to share resources and experiences. For US fridges, they will help to navigate local laws around health and safety and provide you with as much knowledge and information as possible to help get your Fridge off the ground.

Find out exactly what's involved in our 5 Step Guide.

Over 3 months, one Community Fridge can:

Redistribute 12 tons of food waste,
Save households and community groups over $10,000 worth of food
Provide local employment opportunities.

Find out exactly what's involved in our 5 Step Guide.

Jasmine McAleavey

5 bulan yang lalu

Our fridge is an ongoing success with continued support from local non-profits and food businesses. Here are some photos of the snacks we purchase weekly with our ChangeX funds, food rescue donations from local businesses and a delivery from a Local Food Program that brings food from local farms to community fridges. Our students provide highly positive feedback on having access to this fridge on campus and we hope to be able to continue to provide quality meals and snacks for them going forward.

Jasmine McAleavey

lebih dari 1 tahun yang lalu

Over the past 6 months we have been able to increase the variety and volume of food available to our students to ensure they are not going to class hungry. Between our fridge and 2 dry goods pantries, we are now able to offer more on the go food and take home options. With the expansion of the pantry services, we have significantly increased our ability to offer "rescue food" from local restaurants that has been well received by our student population. We hope to continue these efforts into the future and bring more rescue partners on board to keep our fridge stocked throughout the week in addition to snack foods and fruits purchased with grant dollars.

Jasmine McAleavey

hampir 2 tahun yang lalu

At the Des Moines Area Community College campus in Ankeny, IA we are expanding our existing dry goods food pantry to include a refrigerator. Pamela's Pantry has been helping to feed students since 2003 with grant funding from The Bayer Foundation and Prairie Meadows Foundation. We have pantry shelves in two buildings on campus and recently added a fridge to provide more fresh and healthy foods for our community. Students can learn and retain information better if they are not struggling with hunger, we aim to ensure our students have access to food so they are set up for success.

In October 2022, Eat Greater Des Moines purchased a fridge for us. We receive weekly food rescue deliveries from volunteers through their app and additional donations from our International Culinary Institute on campus, our food businesses on campus, and we are working to develop partnerships with local businesses and non-profits to help us keep our fridge stocked.

Grant Funding from ChangeX

We plan to use the first $3,500 of grant funding on the following:

Cleaning supplies

Wi-Fi thermometer

Labeling and repacking supplies for bulk donations

A cart for transport

Dry goods pantry shelving

Food for the fridge - We will purchase food for the fridge to keep it stocked in-between food rescue deliveries while we work on developing new partnerships.

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