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We could not do what we do without all the food that is donated to us
Lying awake last night from all of the excitement around the Jefferson Award story on KPIX/Channel 5 and KCBS 740 radio, I was thinking about the wonderful markets that have set up systems in their stores to make sure that the food that is close to date, too ripe or packages that are a little [...]
Jefferson Award Honor
Curt and I are totally thrilled and honored to have been selected for this week’s Jefferson Awards for Public and Community Service by KPIX/Channel 5. Here’s a link to the story, complete with the video that aired tonight on Eyewitness News at 6PM. It will also be aired on the following days and times: Thursday, [...]
Exciting News regarding Whole Foods stores
We are very excited to make two announcements: 1. Whole Foods Novato is opening on April 22 and we have been selected as one of the “out the back” donation nonprofits. This means that we are picking up every evening at 8:30 PM, seven days a week, and also on Sunday mornings. There are some [...]
Thank you Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods
Curt and I and almost 20 other Respecting Our Elders volunteers had an awesome time sharing in the pick up and delivery of more than three van loads of food by the time we got home around 10PM last night. We started at Trader Joe’s San Rafael where we picked up a few boxes of [...]
Paradise Foods Chooses Respecting Our Elders
We are very pleased to announce that we have started picking up food donations from the new Paradise Foods store in Novato on Ignacio Blvd. This is a great store, and they are excited to have found a local Novato nonprofit to receive their “spoils.” Do stop by, do some shopping, and if you can, [...]
Check out the new Respecting Our Elders blog and website
We have set up a brand new website chock full of everything you could possibly want to know about Respecting Our Elders, what we do, how we do it, and who we serve. Do come visit and feel free to make comments, suggestions and ask questions. We will blogging regularly soon!