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Good Samaritan Society – Moscow, Idaho donates its leftover food to local organizations you serve the poor. After making sure their residents are fed, leftover food is packed into containers provided by a Good Samaritan Society social accountability grant. To see how this fits in to our mission, read more at https://www.good-sam.com/about/ministry.

Chris Cummings, a food and nutrition employee, saw excess food going to waste as he worked in the kitchen at Good Samaritan Society – Moscow Village.
He knew there were hungry people in the community, and he realized there was a way to help them.
That’s where a social accountability grant from the Good Samaritan Society came in.
Chris brought his idea forward to leadership at Moscow Village, and they applied for a grant this past winter. They were awarded money in March to help them buy food storage containers to make the food recovery project possible.
Now, Chris’s idea is turning into something that is making a difference in the community.
The food recovery project involves packaging excess food into containers and delivering it to agencies in Moscow.
The kitchen staff puts the food into containers and adds expiration dates. Then residents or employees volunteer to take it to local agencies — the senior center on Mondays; Latah Recovery on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse on Thursdays. They plan to add another agency soon.
If your location is considering starting a similar program, check your state’s Good Samaritan laws to make sure there’s no liability for giving away food. In Idaho, food can be re-purposed as an effort to fight hunger.