by Ben Southworth | Oct 8, 2019 | Community Event, Education, Gleaning, Hunger, Networking, Volunteer
Some of GleanKY’s most active and vital volunteers are those who spend a considerable portion of their retirement helping us connect excess produce to those who need it. It turns out, many of our volunteers are also busy all over the area with other groups when...
by Ben Southworth | Jun 6, 2019 | Community Event, Education, Gleaning, Networking, Partner, Recipient Hightlight
From our Fayette County Coordinator, Jimmy Earley: “A few weeks ago I received an email from Family Care Center informing me that they had chosen GleanKY as their Community Partner of the Year. The award was to be presented at the 2019 Family Care Center...
by Ben Southworth | Apr 9, 2019 | Education, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Networking, Partner, Volunteer
Our Master Gleaner Webinar Series is all wrapped up for the year, with all six videos now available online to view. The series covers everything from GleanKY’s history and a basic volunteer training, up through how to start gleaning in your community and...
by Ben Southworth | Nov 7, 2018 | Donations, Gleaning, Hunger, Networking, Partner, Volunteer
Sydney Wilk is still fairly new to volunteering with GleanKY, but has already had some great experiences in her time with us. Read on to learn about her experiences: ‘When I first heard the concept of gleaning I instantly loved the idea of distributing...
by Ben Southworth | Sep 6, 2018 | Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Networking, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Supporter, Volunteer
Volunteers like Garth Lehman enable GleanKY to fulfill our mission of keeping produce from going to waste and making sure that it gets to people who need it. Garth has been volunteering with GleanKY for years and makes weekly gleaning trips to Good Foods Co-op, many...
by Ben Southworth | Jan 18, 2018 | Fundraising, Gleaning, Hunger, In the News, Networking, Uncategorized
Working with GleanKY these last two years has been a total dream – I’ve been so grateful to put my education to work right out of school, to meet the incredible people in and around the organization, and to contribute to something so vitally important in...
