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Contact Rita Eichenger 632-0803
Food Shuttle of Western New York, Inc.
200 St. Gregory Court
Williamsville NY 14221
tel: 688-2527
web site: http://www.foodshuttlewny.org
email: webmaster@foodshuttlewny.org
Mission
Food Shuttle of Western New York Inc. is an all-volunteer program that transports surplus perishable food from food-related businesses to the more than 100 soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters and care facilities in the Buffalo, New York area.
Purposes
- To transport excess and unused food from Western New York restaurants, caterers, bakeries, grocery stores, hotels, and hospitals to soup kitchens and homeless shelters in Western New York areas.
- To increase community awareness of food waste and the needs of the many hungry people in Western New York.
- To aid Western New York soup kitchens and homeless shelters in securing food to serve to the homeless and hungry people of Western New York.
How You Can Help ANYONE (retirees, working people, students, at-home parents, professionals) in the Erie or Niagara County region can be a Food Shuttle volunteer driver. Shuttle runs fit into any schedule: week-days or week-ends.
Volunteers join Food Shuttle by signing up with one of Food Shuttle's three branches: Amherst, Ken-Ton, or SouthTowns. Leave your name and phone number on Food Shuttle's Hot Line: 688 - 2527 and one of our volunteers will respond with more information.
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