Surplus food provides meals
By Stephanie Sisson
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Foot) For I.ano County pic ks up
about 1,000 pounds ol food from
more than 20 Eugene sites
The program, called Food Res
cue Express, specializes in pro
pared and perishable fcw>ds from
restaurants and other food ser
vices. The food collected pro
vides meals on a regular basis for
.15.000 people in Lane County
"We’re doing two wonderful
things We're stopping hunger,
and we're ending waste,” said
Ellen Knepper. assistant director
for Food For Lane Counts
"Hunger and waste are totally
incompatible.”
The program provides food for
fi5 nonprofit agencies, all of
which serve Lane County resi
dents. The agencies include shel
ters. soup kitchens, foster core
programs, halfway houses and
services that provide emergency
food boxos.
"The Food Rescue program is
a response to a growing need and
a recognition of the potential for
waste in the prepared foods
industry," Knepper said. "What
we recover is surplus food —
food that has been cooked, but
not served.”
After the food is collected, it is
transported to Kelly/da Vinci
Middle School. Volunteers at the
school package the food into fam
ily-size units for three to four peo
ple. The food is then taken to the
Food For Lane County ware
house, frozen, and then distrib
uted.
Knepper said eight volunteers
are needed for the collecting and
packaging process. Food is col
lected Tuesday through Saturday,
and is packaged from 7 to 11 p.m.
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Dan Norton arrives to pick up tha Univarsity ’s excess food that
Food For Lana County will freeze and help distribute.
ty back into work party." Knep
per said. "Wo have a good time.
There is such a sense of accom
plishment to start out at ground
zero, and average 1,000 pounds
a night. ... You work hard for four
hours, and you can really see
what you've done."
Since its creation 10 months
ago. Food Rescue Express has col
lected 207,240 pounds of food.
"Wo anticipated the first year
would be a start-up year, and
we'd make 100.000 pounds."
Knepper said. "Well, as you can
see, in less than a year we're over
200.000 pounds, and prolmhly in
the coming year we have the
potential to go up to 300,000."
Four of the collection sites are
part of the University: Carson
Hall, Hamilton Hall, University
Inn and the Casanova Center
Knepper said the vegetarian
food collected from the Univer
sity sites fills a sp»x ial need.
"Many clients look for vege
tarian food and have a difficult
time finding it." she said. "It's
opened up whole new areas of
service."
Collecting food from restau
rants and redistributing is not
only legal, but is encouraged.
Knepper said a law passed in
1989 called the Good Samaritan
Act alleviates the food donor
specifically from liability as long
as the donation was made in good
faith.
To volunteer or to find out
more alxmt Food For Lane Coun
ty. call 249-2822
Exhibit documents domestic violence
By Meg Dedolph
Oregon Deify [ met aid
More than 500 battered women and children
fled their homes in Lane County last year, accord
ing to statistics from Womenspace. This month,
some are getting a chance to tell their stories
through drawings and collages displayed at the
Lane County Courthouse.
The exhibit is part of the We Will He Safe”
campaign observing Domestic Violence Awureness
Month, which runs through October
Shaped like a large house, the exhibit display*
not only art from children and mothers, but pho
tographs of the children and information on
domestic violence
The ( hildren's drawings and paintings, done in
Womenspace's children's program, are a< cornpa
nied by explanations such as the one beneath a
painting of a house.
"The seven-year-old paints a heart havering over
the roof," the accompanying card reads "She
wishes for a home where the love is inside the
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