by GleanKY | Jan 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
GleanKY is more than excited to partner with Aldi grocery stores in Lexington, KY! With two stores, GleanKY is able to glean twice as much for our recipients. Furthermore, we are able to increase access to produce to even more feeding organizations,...
by GleanKY | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
We redistributed over 200,000 pounds of fresh produce to over 50,000 people in need in 2015! We can’t wait to see what the future holds. Thank you for your continued support of our work to end hunger and food waste in Kentucky. Because of committed supporters...
by GleanKY | Dec 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
All fundraising conventional wisdom says that I’m supposed to tell you a story about an individual we have served. Rachael did this beautifully on Tuesday in her story about Jerry. I have stories … There was the time that we were delivering food to a refugee community...
by GleanKY | Dec 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
About four years ago, I read a story about people in California called “gleaners” who would go to the farmers market and pick up extras—“seconds,” as I knew them from my high school summers working at a farmstand—to donate to soup kitchens and the like. The idea...
by GleanKY | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Thanks for the zucchini and squash. Can you tell us how to prepare it? Many of our recipients have never seen them before!” In my role as Gleaning Coordinator, I have heard this statement or something very similar at our recipient sites. With little...
