FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK

 

On Cornell's campus, our team began recovering food from Becker House Dining Hall in Spring 2014. Surplus meals from the dining hall are donated to the Friendship Donation Network, where they are redistributed to pantries all over the county.

The national organization was founded in 2011 by Ben Simon, then a Maryland University student, who sought to fight waste and feed people by donating dining hall leftovers to his local food pantry. Since then, the organization has grown to more than 198 college campuses, and has donated over 1.76 million pounds of food.

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Recovery Officer Application NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FALL 2019 SEMESTER

Recovery Officers are responsible for leading our dining hall recoveries. As a Recovery Officer, you will be actively managing and teaching your volunteers while directing your recovery to ensure that everything goes smoothly. Recovery Officers are required to participate in 1 training recovery per semester, lead 2 recoveries per cycle, and attend monthly meetings with other FRN officers.
Qualifications: Has attended at least 1-2 recoveries during time in FRN
Training will occur prior to your first solo recovery (within the limits of the requirements stated above), so we encourage everybody with the necessary qualifications to apply even if you do not feel completely comfortable leading a dining hall recovery yet.

Outreach Officer Application NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FALL 2019 SEMESTER

An Outreach Officer will be complete varying tasks each week to advance FRN's community and campus outreach goals. The Officer will work with the Director of Community Outreach, the Director of Campus Outreach, and other Outreach officers. This role includes at least one of the following based on interest and need: managing the Facebook page, participating in meetings with other organizations, and organizing events such as gleanings in the fall semester. The time commitment averages out to 1-2 hours per week.