by Ben Southworth | Jul 9, 2019 | Donations, Eat Local, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Supporter, Uncategorized, Volunteer
This time of year, you’ll hear us talking a lot about it being our ‘peak season’ – the time when we’re out gleaning at our highest capacity. It’s when we start getting calls from farms, orchards, and home gardeners, and when even...
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 | 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 | Jun 12, 2018 | Community Event, Eat Local, Farmers Markets, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Volunteer
The vendors at the Lexington Farmers’ Market are some of GleanKY’s longest-standing supporters – back in the summer of 2010, GleanKY volunteers approached farmers at the market to ask what they did with all that produce they had left over at the end...
by GleanKY | Apr 22, 2014 | Farmers Markets, Fundraising, Gleaning, Hunger, Neighborhood Ambassador, Partner, Recipient Hightlight, Supporter, Volunteer
There are so many people in need of loving care. It is overwhelming to think about all the need in our community. It is easy to say, I can’t make a difference – my contribution is just a drop in a bucket. The problem is so great, I can’t fix it. Hunger 1 in 6 people...
by GleanKY | May 13, 2013 | Partner, Recipient Hightlight
Recipient Spotlight: Nathaniel Mission – by Rachael Brugger, Faith Feeds Board Member Today’s a Sunday afternoon, and 40 sweet potatoes donated from Faith Feeds are baking in the oven at Nathaniel Mission for tonight’s dinner. The mission, located in the Davis...
