Food Recovery Network Chapter at Holy Cross Donates Leftover Food to Help Those In Need

The College of the Holy Cross’ Food Recovery Network program was featured in the Telegram & Gazette. The newly established Holy Cross chapter joins 150 colleges and universities around the county fighting back against food waste.

According to the Telegram & Gazette, the Food Recovery Network gathers food that would otherwise go to waste and donates it to local pantries and shelters. Holy Cross’ chapter was founded in December 2014 by Emily Breakell ’17 after she learned about the recovery process at a conference and saw it in action at Becker College’s program. The chapter gathers food left over from events at the Hogan Campus Center and donates it to the Food for the Poor Program of St. John’s Church in Worcester.

Connor Zanini ’17, a friend and classmate of Breakell, is one of about 25 students who represent the Holy Cross chapter. “You’re interacting with the community and you’re learning it’s directly impacting people in Worcester,” he told the Telegram. Natalie Czelusniak ’18, also a member, said, “I love the mission of the Food Recovery Network and simply don’t see the point in wasting food.”

Zanini also volunteers at St. John’s soup kitchen.  His experience with serving the Worcester community has changed his views on homelessness, food insecurity, and economic inequality.  “Now I recognize that they’re all kind of intertwined,” he told the Telegram.

Read the full article at The Telegram & Gazette.

This “Holy Cross in the News” item is by Emma Collins ’16.