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Food Assist is a club composed of students at the University of Virginia who volunteer to deliver food donations from local restaurants and University organizations to community members in need. How would you like to get involved?

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Donations Tracker:

As of 03/03/2025...

31,707.7 pounds of food donated, which equals

126,830.8 lbs of greenhouse gasses

26,423 meals &

$69,756.94 worth of food

"From 2017-2020, food insecurity rates in Charlottesville decreased from 17% to 12% percent (Feeding America). While this is still higher than the national average, we are grateful for the organizations and people that have worked hard to increase food access for neighbors in need, especially the FRN Chapter at UVA. It is an honor to support the passionate and driven student leaders that are fighting to reduce hunger and food insecurity in their community."

- Erin Price, Program Manager, Food Recovery Network

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Taking a Bite Out of Food WasteThe FLIK Hospitality Group at Darden is partnering with UVA’s Food Assist student group to donate excess food to community members in need.

University of Virginia students fighting food insecurity in CharlottesvilleA group of University of Virginia students is fighting food insecurity in and around Charlottesville with Food Assist.

Darden to Reduce Food Waste in new Food Assist PartnershipFLIK Hospitality Group at Darden will begin donating excess food to community members in need through a Food Assist partnership in January.

FoodAssist relocates excess food from local restaurants to charitiesFoodAssist has donated 5,000 pounds of food that would have otherwise gone in the trash. This equates to about 4,500 meals and around 20,000 pounds of greenhouse gasses that would have been anaerobically digested had the food been wasted. 

Virginia ranks 7th in nation for annual money lost to food wasteNew data from Trace One, a product lifestyle management company, shows Virginia ranks 7th in annual money lost to food waste per household.

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