HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as

soon as possible.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as

soon as possible.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

TOUCHING LIVES

Food Runners touches lives. For years, my husband Robert and I couldn’t wait for our Saturday food run to the Fillmore Farmers Market. At the market we would collect food donations from the vendors for delivery to Walden House. Recently, illness has forced Robert to

FOOD RUNNERS: 2020

The kitchen crew is headed by Chef Victor Parra, an amazing cook who served as Executive Chef at the St Regis Hotel prior to being furloughed due to COVID-19. FOOD RUNNERS: JULY 2020 Here’s what’s happening at Food Runners during the pandemic. In April, Food Runners created the Food Runners Meal Program. Under the guidance of a professional chef using a bare bones staff and a host of Volunteers, the Meal Program cooks and packages approximately 2,000

meals on a

TAP TO FEED

On November 18th, Food Runners partnered with Uber and Munchery for a one-day campaign that allowed the San Francisco community to donate a Thanksgiving meal to a San Franciscan in need. FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: FOOD RUNNERS GOES TO THE GROCERY STORE Food Runners has many donation partners in San Francisco: restaurants, bakeries, caterers, tech cafeterias. Among our most generous donors are local grocery stores: Bi-Rite Market, Gus’s Community Market, Mollie Stone’s, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.Whole Foods has been donating perishable food to Food Runners for 22 years. FOOD RUNNERS: A FOOD RUNNERS CHRISTMAS CAROL When I was a little girl my mother was a Sunday school teacher and I was one of her pupils. I remember coloring bible story pictures: a star, a manger, a donkey, a lamb. STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as

soon as possible.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as

soon as possible.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

TOUCHING LIVES

Food Runners touches lives. For years, my husband Robert and I couldn’t wait for our Saturday food run to the Fillmore Farmers Market. At the market we would collect food donations from the vendors for delivery to Walden House. Recently, illness has forced Robert to

FOOD RUNNERS: 2020

The kitchen crew is headed by Chef Victor Parra, an amazing cook who served as Executive Chef at the St Regis Hotel prior to being furloughed due to COVID-19. FOOD RUNNERS: JULY 2020 Here’s what’s happening at Food Runners during the pandemic. In April, Food Runners created the Food Runners Meal Program. Under the guidance of a professional chef using a bare bones staff and a host of Volunteers, the Meal Program cooks and packages approximately 2,000

meals on a

TAP TO FEED

On November 18th, Food Runners partnered with Uber and Munchery for a one-day campaign that allowed the San Francisco community to donate a Thanksgiving meal to a San Franciscan in need. FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: FOOD RUNNERS GOES TO THE GROCERY STORE Food Runners has many donation partners in San Francisco: restaurants, bakeries, caterers, tech cafeterias. Among our most generous donors are local grocery stores: Bi-Rite Market, Gus’s Community Market, Mollie Stone’s, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.Whole Foods has been donating perishable food to Food Runners for 22 years. FOOD RUNNERS: A FOOD RUNNERS CHRISTMAS CAROL When I was a little girl my mother was a Sunday school teacher and I was one of her pupils. I remember coloring bible story pictures: a star, a manger, a donkey, a lamb. STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

TOUCHING LIVES

Food Runners touches lives. For years, my husband Robert and I couldn’t wait for our Saturday food run to the Fillmore Farmers Market. At the market we would collect food donations from the vendors for delivery to Walden House. Recently, illness has forced Robert to FOOD RUNNERS: JULY 2020 Here’s what’s happening at Food Runners during the pandemic. In April, Food Runners created the Food Runners Meal Program. Under the guidance of a professional chef using a bare bones staff and a host of Volunteers, the Meal Program cooks and packages approximately 2,000

meals on a

FOOD RUNNERS: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME As I approach my 80th Birthday, I have been thinking about how fortunate I am! Just think I could have been born into a family with an absent father and an addicted mother; I could have been born into a family where all the kids were born before the mother was 24 years old; or, I could have been born with mental health problems and no

possible care.

TAP TO FEED

On November 18th, Food Runners partnered with Uber and Munchery for a one-day campaign that allowed the San Francisco community to donate a Thanksgiving meal to a San Franciscan in need. FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

FOOD RUNNERS: A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHEFS AT FOOD RUNNERS Kate: What about when you’re off the clock and cooking at home? Victor: When I’m off duty my favorite meals to cook are cioppino (a stew of fish and shellfish with tomatoes, wine, spices and herbs) and fresh pasta. Francisco: I love to cook Japanese food with a twist – like miso glazed salmon, and goma ae (a Japanese side dish of spinach with sesame seeds), and short grain rice with PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: FOOD RUNNERS GOES TO THE GROCERY STORE Food Runners has many donation partners in San Francisco: restaurants, bakeries, caterers, tech cafeterias. Among our most generous donors are local grocery stores: Bi-Rite Market, Gus’s Community Market, Mollie Stone’s, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.Whole Foods has been donating perishable food to Food Runners for 22 years. FOOD RUNNERS: A FOOD RUNNERS CHRISTMAS CAROL When I was a little girl my mother was a Sunday school teacher and I was one of her pupils. I remember coloring bible story pictures: a star, a manger, a donkey, a lamb. STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

FOOD RUNNERS: SEPTEMBER 2020 With the addition of the meals produced by Nopa and Seaglass, Food Runners is now delivering more than 14,000 meals a week to help feed the hungry of our city. If you would like to become a Volunteer, please call 415.929.1866 or visit Food Runners website. And, even more important please, please support Food Runners financially by going to

www

FOOD RUNNERS: AUGUST 2020 It was an eye-opener delivering food to recipient services in buildings that I drove by for years and never knew about: the Dore Clinic and Shelter, the All Star Hotel, Golden Gate for Seniors, Mother Theresa’s.I asked about who and how many people were being

served.

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: 2019

My duties between 2003-2019 went from managing 200 Volunteers and one full time truck driver for 200 pick ups per week to managing 400 Volunteers, one full-time Truck Driver, three Bike Couriers and two Van Drivers for an average of 700 pick ups per week. Nancy and Volunteer Sally G at Food Runners bi-annual Volunteer Appreciation

Party. May 2019.

STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of FOOD RUNNERS: BEAUTIFUL GIRL So, what happened to the old truck? Food Runners Executive Director Mary Risley donated it to the Sisters at Fraternite Notre Dame, a tiny soup kitchen doing big things on one of the worst blocks in the Tenderloin.Sister Marie Benedict (the tall one) and Sister Marie Bernadette (the petite one), work tirelessly to serve 300 meals per day, Monday through Wednesday in their itty-bitty dining FOOD RUNNERS: HOSPITAL BOUNTY I call ahead to say that I am on the way – although residents are each stop usually are waiting as I pull up. The first stop is Zygmund Arendt House, a modest building for low-income seniors on a quiet

residential street.

FOOD RUNNERS: SIX DAYS A WEEK Food Runners volunteer Vivi B. never thought of herself as anything more than an average citizen. In possession of a halo of white hair, a deep no-nonsense voice and a commanding don't-mess-with-me attitude, Vivi was the stuff of volunteerism legend.

FOOD RUNNERS: 2018

Ethan looks forward to doing it every weekend and talks about it at school and among friends. Together we do a little to give back to the city and the community of San Francisco, and it touches the lives of many, many people who would otherwise go hungry. HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

FOOD RUNNERS: SEPTEMBER 2020 With the addition of the meals produced by Nopa and Seaglass, Food Runners is now delivering more than 14,000 meals a week to help feed the hungry of our city. If you would like to become a Volunteer, please call 415.929.1866 or visit Food Runners website. And, even more important please, please support Food Runners financially by going to

www

FOOD RUNNERS: 2019

My duties between 2003-2019 went from managing 200 Volunteers and one full time truck driver for 200 pick ups per week to managing 400 Volunteers, one full-time Truck Driver, three Bike Couriers and two Van Drivers for an average of 700 pick ups per week. Nancy and Volunteer Sally G at Food Runners bi-annual Volunteer Appreciation

Party. May 2019.

FOOD RUNNERS: JANUARY 2020 When I was a little girl my mother was a Sunday school teacher and I was one of her pupils. I remember coloring bible story pictures: a star, a manger, a donkey, a lamb. STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of FOOD RUNNERS: JULY 2019 Food Runners has many donation partners in San Francisco: restaurants, bakeries, caterers, tech cafeterias. Among our most generous donors are local grocery stores: Bi-Rite Market, Gus’s Community Market, Mollie Stone’s, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.Whole Foods has been donating perishable food to Food Runners for 22 years. FOOD RUNNERS: JUNE 2019 The tech company office is airy and bright. In the reception area, two leather chairs make wait time incurred feel like a trip to the spa.

The clack of

FOOD RUNNERS: HOSPITAL BOUNTY I call ahead to say that I am on the way – although residents are each stop usually are waiting as I pull up. The first stop is Zygmund Arendt House, a modest building for low-income seniors on a quiet

residential street.

FOOD RUNNERS: AUGUST 2009 Esther prepares the fruit salad. Ann concocts the savory salad. Pearl boils the eggs; 50-60 of them at a time. Casey lays out the bread. Sheila, Phil and Myron share the head chef duties on rotating Saturdays, planning the menus, choosing the recipes and directing the cooks. Joan, who buys the weekly supplies of plates, cups and utensils (all compostable, thank you) has the most celebrated job

FOOD RUNNERS: 2009

Food Runners volunteer Bill W. pulled up to the curb at 2:30PM, his white Saab riding low from the weight of the load in the trunk. "The food's here," Dorothy announced as Bill stepped out of his car accompanied by his 9 year old son , Ryan, who'd come along to help "bring food to the people." HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

FOOD RUNNERS: SEPTEMBER 2020 With the addition of the meals produced by Nopa and Seaglass, Food Runners is now delivering more than 14,000 meals a week to help feed the hungry of our city. If you would like to become a Volunteer, please call 415.929.1866 or visit Food Runners website. And, even more important please, please support Food Runners financially by going to

www

FOOD RUNNERS: 2019

My duties between 2003-2019 went from managing 200 Volunteers and one full time truck driver for 200 pick ups per week to managing 400 Volunteers, one full-time Truck Driver, three Bike Couriers and two Van Drivers for an average of 700 pick ups per week. Nancy and Volunteer Sally G at Food Runners bi-annual Volunteer Appreciation

Party. May 2019.

FOOD RUNNERS: JANUARY 2020 When I was a little girl my mother was a Sunday school teacher and I was one of her pupils. I remember coloring bible story pictures: a star, a manger, a donkey, a lamb. STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of FOOD RUNNERS: JULY 2019 Food Runners has many donation partners in San Francisco: restaurants, bakeries, caterers, tech cafeterias. Among our most generous donors are local grocery stores: Bi-Rite Market, Gus’s Community Market, Mollie Stone’s, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.Whole Foods has been donating perishable food to Food Runners for 22 years. FOOD RUNNERS: JUNE 2019 The tech company office is airy and bright. In the reception area, two leather chairs make wait time incurred feel like a trip to the spa.

The clack of

FOOD RUNNERS: HOSPITAL BOUNTY I call ahead to say that I am on the way – although residents are each stop usually are waiting as I pull up. The first stop is Zygmund Arendt House, a modest building for low-income seniors on a quiet

residential street.

FOOD RUNNERS: AUGUST 2009 Esther prepares the fruit salad. Ann concocts the savory salad. Pearl boils the eggs; 50-60 of them at a time. Casey lays out the bread. Sheila, Phil and Myron share the head chef duties on rotating Saturdays, planning the menus, choosing the recipes and directing the cooks. Joan, who buys the weekly supplies of plates, cups and utensils (all compostable, thank you) has the most celebrated job

FOOD RUNNERS: 2009

Food Runners volunteer Bill W. pulled up to the curb at 2:30PM, his white Saab riding low from the weight of the load in the trunk. "The food's here," Dorothy announced as Bill stepped out of his car accompanied by his 9 year old son , Ryan, who'd come along to help "bring food to the people." HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

HOME - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCODONATE FOODDONATE TIMEDONATE MONEYABOUTBLOGCONTACT 0:00 / 2:16. Live. •. Whether it is called Food Waste, Food Rescue, or Food Recovery, Food Runners is a leader in the effort to keep edible food from being discarded. Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias,

and hotels

ABOUT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO About Food Runners. The mission of Food Runners is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can

DONATE FOOD

FOOD RUNNERS APP

Food Runners App

CONTACT - FOOD RUNNERS SAN FRANCISCO To Donate Food. Just package the food and fill out the online donation form. To learn more email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org or call

(415) 929-1866.

DONATE TIME

Become a Food Runners Volunteer. Please fill out the form below, or email us at dispatcher@foodrunners.org with your name, phone number, address and the best time to reach you and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Name *. Email *. Phone *.

DONATE MONEY

To show our appreciation for your gift, donors of $250 or more will receive their choice of a Food Runners t-shirt or apron. Contributors of $1000 or more will be invited to a dinner cooked by a well-known chef. If you have any questions regarding donations please call: (415) 929-1866. Food Runners is a

FOOD RUNNERS

Keith: I yell out “Food Runners! Bring out your food!” at the end of every market and collect the boxes of excess food. I deliver to Martin De Pores, Salvation Army, the Mission Free Food stand and many other places where the food is distributed to those in need. I know all of the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Market as well as the staff at

DONOR LIABILITY

No Donor Liability! Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 2017, effective January 1, 2018, the California legislature passed the “Good Samaritan Food Donation Act” (AB 1219), which amended the 1988 “Russell Bill” to provide

even

PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONATIONS TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Protections for Food Donations to Non‐Profit Organizations Distributing to Those in Need 2 consciously acts anyway – i.e., gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Under the Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence is a much higher standard than ordinary

negligence.

FOOD RUNNERS: IT'S A MIRACLE! Our management team could not handle the distribution of food when delivered by Food Runners, for them it was a burden. Tenants started fighting over food in line, or, they just were rushing and not lining

up at all.

FOOD RUNNERS: SEPTEMBER 2020 With the addition of the meals produced by Nopa and Seaglass, Food Runners is now delivering more than 14,000 meals a week to help feed the hungry of our city. If you would like to become a Volunteer, please call 415.929.1866 or visit Food Runners website. And, even more important please, please support Food Runners financially by going to

www

FOOD RUNNERS: 2019

My duties between 2003-2019 went from managing 200 Volunteers and one full time truck driver for 200 pick ups per week to managing 400 Volunteers, one full-time Truck Driver, three Bike Couriers and two Van Drivers for an average of 700 pick ups per week. Nancy and Volunteer Sally G at Food Runners bi-annual Volunteer Appreciation

Party. May 2019.

FOOD RUNNERS: JANUARY 2020 When I was a little girl my mother was a Sunday school teacher and I was one of her pupils. I remember coloring bible story pictures: a star, a manger, a donkey, a lamb. STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FOOD DONORS TO 2 meals, schools, youth centers and food delivery services to counteract the hunger faced daily by those in need. It is to programs like these to which Food Runners delivers more than 10 tons of FOOD RUNNERS: JULY 2019 Food Runners has many donation partners in San Francisco: restaurants, bakeries, caterers, tech cafeterias. Among our most generous donors are local grocery stores: Bi-Rite Market, Gus’s Community Market, Mollie Stone’s, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.Whole Foods has been donating perishable food to Food Runners for 22 years. FOOD RUNNERS: JUNE 2019 The tech company office is airy and bright. In the reception area, two leather chairs make wait time incurred feel like a trip to the spa.

The clack of

FOOD RUNNERS: HOSPITAL BOUNTY I call ahead to say that I am on the way – although residents are each stop usually are waiting as I pull up. The first stop is Zygmund Arendt House, a modest building for low-income seniors on a quiet

residential street.

FOOD RUNNERS: AUGUST 2009 Esther prepares the fruit salad. Ann concocts the savory salad. Pearl boils the eggs; 50-60 of them at a time. Casey lays out the bread. Sheila, Phil and Myron share the head chef duties on rotating Saturdays, planning the menus, choosing the recipes and directing the cooks. Joan, who buys the weekly supplies of plates, cups and utensils (all compostable, thank you) has the most celebrated job

FOOD RUNNERS: 2009

Food Runners volunteer Bill W. pulled up to the curb at 2:30PM, his white Saab riding low from the weight of the load in the trunk. "The food's here," Dorothy announced as Bill stepped out of his car accompanied by his 9 year old son , Ryan, who'd come along to help "bring food to the people."

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ALLEVIATING HUNGER AND PREVENTING WASTE IN SAN FRANCISCO Our volunteers relay food for over 20,000 meals in San Francisco each

week

WHETHER IT IS CALLED FOOD WASTE, FOOD RESCUE, OR FOOD RECOVERY, FOOD RUNNERS IS A LEADER IN THE EFFORT TO KEEP EDIBLE FOOD FROM BEING

DISCARDED.

Food Runners picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias, and hotels and delivers it directly to neighborhood food programs. YOU CAN DONATE FOOD ONLINE

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