Nonprofit group seeks truckloads of food to combat food insecurity
Food Share Partners will dispatch trucks across the country to pick up food. Drivers return to warehouses in the five-county Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex and distribute the food within 24 to 48 hours.
A Dallas-area nonprofit organization that serves homeless shelters, food pantries, medical centers and other social services agencies is asking dairy processors and other food and beverage manufacturers across the United States to donate usable food items that are nearing their expiration date. It will accept fresh milk, butter, cheese and any other refrigerated food or beverage.
Food Share Partners is an umbrella agency that distributes the donations to 11 nonprofits serving more than 300,000 individuals. Food insecurity in the area affects an estimated 1.8 million area children, said Alex Horton, Food Share Partners' "food harvester" and a veteran of the grocery products industry. He is responsible for meeting food safety regulations and forming partnerships with grocery providers.