ICT Food Rescue

We invite you to join us in distributing unavoidable food surplus to those who are food insecure in Wichita. We use a web-based app that allows you to choose when, where, and how often you rescue🚗 food. Most rescues take only 30 minutes. Will you join us?
https://app.foodrescue.us/signup

Chick-fil-A Derby Marketplace donates their food surplus to Carpenter Place every week & the girls love it!! We so appreciate the awesome rescuers that volunteer to divert food surplus to the food insecure of Wichita!💙❤️

👀 at a few of the pictures our rescuers took of the fabulous veggie surplus rescued this week! In case you didn't know, we partner with K-State Research & Extension - Sedgwick Master Gardener Plant-A-Row program. Do you have a favorite veggie! Or are you a fruit person?

We're so thankful for receiving a Good Neighbor grant from the Starbucks Foundation! Thank you for supporting our mission is to distribute unavoidable food surplus, sharing with the food insecure of Wichita.

Hey supporters, ICTFR could use your help. We have quite a few unclaimed rescues for this week that are highlighted in orange. If you have ~30 minutes, we would be grateful if you could rescue the surplus food from those donors and divert it to the recipient organization. Thank you in advance!! 🫶
Here is the web based app to sign up to rescue: app.foodrescue.us/signup. If you have questions, comment below or DM us.

We wanted to share some pics from Old Town Farm & Art Market last Sat. Thank you to all that dropped off your factory sealed condiments and utensils! See you next month.😁

Monday Rescue Madness!
Partners in crime Cheri and Carol spend time together on Mondays. They just like to have fun! "So here are our two loads of watermelons. 38 all together! I'm not sure, but they weighed at least 5 lb or more a piece. I guess that is over 200 lb of watermelon! That will make many people happy."❤️
Let's give them a shout/out for rescuing all that watermelon in this heat. 🥵

TODAY is the day!🌞 FUND4U Take a screenshot of this post so you have this code. You'll need it. 😁📲📸
An opportunity for you to support ICT Food Rescue's mission to to distribute unavoidable food surplus, sharing with the food insecure of Wichita. Stop by and enjoy Panera's breakfast, lunch and/or dinner or just pick up a loaf of bread/sweet treats at:
Panera Bread at 1605 N. Rock Rd (This location only): Tomorrow Mon July 15th from 8a-8p. 20% of your sale will benefit ICTFR and it's mission. We would love it if you could share to get the word out.❤

Join us in celebrating the week's heroes - these incredible rescue pictures will lift your spirits! Which one is your favorite?

We love it when we get to meet a new rescuer! Meet Joe. He's newish to ICTFR but has been burning up the the roads rescuing all kinds of food surplus. Stephanie, Exec Dir. was there when Ken met up with Joe to take Turbo on one of our larger food rescues. They delivered it to New Life Church and Outreach Center Wichita where Walt was waiting to help out in unloading!🫑🍉 🚐

Who says rescuers can't have a little fun? We caught some awesome ones taking a break and indulging in some seriously delicious eats at NICHE! Stephanie, Exec. Dir. of ICTFR, arranged a last minute tour with Lexi Michael, Program Dir., who gave us a quick lowdown on all things NICHE. The food was exceptional! Thanks to Ken, Theresa, Cindy and Nick for sharing their experience with us.🫶

Let's give a huge s/o to Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center Savor Catering! Chef Michael and Chef Josh donated their surplus veggies so that Stephanie Bahre Merritt, ICTFR Exec Dir. could assist Chef Wilson in making delicious salads for our awesome recipient organizations! Gotta love it...Right?

We hope that you are enjoying your holiday! Give us a thumbs up if you saw any fireworks!!!🎆🎇

It's such a joy to be a part of a community that supports food surplus rescue! Thank you !
Meet one of our wonderful recipient organizations, The Treehouse. Have you of heard them, if not ✅️ them out. BTW: The Upcycle Kitchen, Reverie Coffee Roasters, Paradise Donuts Wichita, and Crumbl Cookies Wichita donate treats weekly for their classes and activities with the moms and littles. 👩👪🍪

You ask: How does ICT Food Rescue work? Generous food donors (restaurants, grocery or caterers, schools) set up an account with us. If or when they have an unavoidable food surplus, a fabulous human volunteers to rescue that food through a web-based app. The food is then delivered to our recipient organizations who care for those who are food insecure. Thus avoiding the food being thrown away and ending up in the landfill. DM or email: [email protected] for more info. To rescue food: sign up here on our app: https//:app.foodrescue.us/sign-up
Pictured
Paradise Donuts Wichita, a fabulous long-time food donor
Karen Hepler, a super awesome food rescuer
Cory at HumanKind Ministries recipient organization

It's International Joke day. Enjoy! 😂😂😂

Did you know that even though we moved from Town West Square, The Upcycle Kitchen continues on at Woodland United Methodist Church? Pictured is unavoidable food surplus (meat and cheese) donated from Red Bird and delivered by Ken, an awesome rescuer, to the kitchen to be made into nutritious meals for our recipient organizations who serve the food insecure. 💙❤️

For those of you who are new to our FB page, we are partnering with K-State Research & Extension - Sedgwick County Master Gardeners' program Plant A Row for the Hungry! If you have surplus harvest items, bring them 🧺 to a drop-off location. Then ICT Food Rescue awesome rescuers will pick them up and take them to our food insecue recipient organizations. Thanks so much for being a part of the change in reducing food waste and feeding the food insecue.

For over 20 years, Plant a Row for the Hungry has honored the tradition of gardeners sharing their bountiful harvests with others. We encourage local home gardeners, hobby farmers and community gardens to take a hand in reducing hunger in the community by planting and harvesting extra produce, fruits, and herbs with the intention to donate in mind.
Locally, the cooperative effort between the Sedgwick County Extension Master Gardener volunteers and ICT Food Rescue makes it simple for people to contribute fresh produce that will be used to feed those in need in our community. When you donate by dropping fresh vegetables, herbs, or fruit off at one of the local collection sites, it becomes bags of produce for families or seniors in need, meals for those in shelters or low-income housing, or a healthy snack for kids in daycare.
The Plant a Row program is happening now! Drop off sites are located in several areas of Sedgwick County. Please see the flyer for a drop off site near you.

Did you know that it takes 12 rescuers to bring in a new food surplus donor⁉️
Do you have 30 mins⏰️ in your day to help reduce food waste in Wichita and feed those who are food insecure? Just click the link for our web based app. Sign up and your ready!!
https://app.foodrescue.us/sign-up
Pic: Theresa's niece from Boston joined her on her rescue this morning from Reverie Coffee Roasters to Wichita Fellowship Club, Inc.

Thank you to NICHE for donating their food surplus. Our Exec. Dir. says: "Sometimes you plan on a banquet for 125 people and only 70 show up. Things like this happen! The only failure portion of this is when the food ends up in the trash!!!”
Thankfully, this amazing chef prepared, with love and passion, Meatball Marinara, Rigatoni, and Chicken Alfredo will feed approx. 75 meals to our neighbors right here in Wichita that experience food insecurity for various reasons. Our whole team at ICT Food Rescue is thankful to be a part of a solution that is offering a hand up to our friends and community!

Summer is here!!! What would you choose?
PAR donations are the best. Rescuers pick them up from several garden centers and now and take them to New Life Church & Outreach Center for those who are food insecure. Thank you to all.

👀Stephanie, founder/Exec Dir. is excited to highlight one of our long-time food donors! Have you ever been to Reverie Coffee Roasters? They are awesome. Our recipient organizations, such as The Treehouse love to see our rescuers on Weds with their delicious pastries and treats.🍪☕️

Take a peek at food rescues across the country! Let us know if recognize one of the pictures.😜

Hey there! Are you a fan of fresh tomatoes? 🍅🍅🍅 Or do you prefer onions, cucumbers, zucchini, or apples? 😋 Either way, we're sad to say goodbye to our cold weather veggies, but can't wait to say hello to the summer harvest you may be donating through K-State Research & Extension - Sedgwick County Master Gardeners' Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Program. Thank you to awesome rescuers Ken, Mary and Joe for taking great pictures!

It's a blessing to deliver rescued surplus food to the dedicated staff and men at Union Rescue Mission of Wichita, who are tirelessly working towards a brighter future! Big thank you to our food donors Panera Bread & Senior Services, Inc. of Wichita you're awesome! Can you give them a high five?

We're so excited! 😁 Please share to get the word out.
Paradise Donuts Wichita at Maple/Maize, one of our fabulous 🤩 food donors, has graciously offered to be a condiment / utensil drop off site. Yay! So now we have three sites to drop off your surplus condiments.
Old Town Farm & Art Market 2nd Sat of the month thru Sept. 8a - 1p
Passageways, Ltd, an awesome recipient organization, at Towne West Square: avail. open mall hours
Paradise Donuts Wichita 5a -12p

The holiday season is upon us with lots of food and cheer! 🎄🕎🕯
Do you know of any caterers or restaurants who are having a events/parties such as an work holiday event? 📢Please let them know that they can DM ICT Food Rescue before the event date. We then can plan a rescuer ready to call to see if you have any food surplus and pick it up from your location. Pictured is Mosley Street Melodrama donating their catered food surplus to HumanKind Ministries and Wichita Fellowship Club, Inc. Feel free to share with your friends so we can get the word out.

👀 Lots of yummies rescued today from one of our newer food donors: The COOP Coffee House & Cooperative Bakery. Rescuers delivered them to The Treehouse where they were so appreciated!🍪🍞😋

Did you know you can vote daily until Jan 8th? Please consider supporting ICT Food Rescue with your daily vote. These funds will stay 100% in the City of Wichita and help us to provide meals for the food insecure in our community.

DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers and KWCH 12 News lent a “Helping Hand” in 2023 by giving $1,200 grants each week to non-profit organizations and individuals who continue to make a difference in our community. Now that the year is coming to an end, we want to celebrate and honor those organizations by giving away $2,500 to one lucky winner!

Click this link to vote for who you think should win: https://woobox.com/tgao58

Check out a few of their pages below:

Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County
Mirror, Inc
Park Hill Elementary
Chisholm Place - An Anthem Memory Care Community
Sistahs Can We Talk
Youth Educational Empowerment Program
Kansas Braille Transcription Institute
Gordon Parks Academy STEM Leaders in Applied and Media Arts
United Way of the Plains
A1 Barbershop
Launchpad Bingo
ICT Food Rescue
Carpe Diem Cafe
Wichita Black Nurses Association
J&B Hot Dog Stand
Passageways, Ltd
Wichita Family Crisis Center
Empowered Senior
She Speaks SAA