OUR MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE LOCAL HUNGER. WE DO THIS BY RESCUING EXCESS PERISHABLE FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE AND DELIVERING IT THE SAME DAY TO A DIVERSE NETWORK OF AGENCIES THAT FEED THE HUNGRY.

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WASTE NOT NAMED CHANNEL 8'S "BE MORE AWARDS" WINNER

Winners of Channel Eight’s annual Be More Awards™ were announced at the Camelback Inn on May 7th, 2009. Nearly 300 guests attended the event honoring the outstanding achievements of Arizona’s nonprofit organizations.

Waste Not was proud to receive the BE MORE...BRILLIANT AWARD for Outstanding Achievement in Innovation as well as the BE MORE … UNSTOPPABLE AWARD for the Non-Profit Organization of the Year.

Channel 8 will be airing a 1/2 hour program on June 24th at 7:30pm devoted to the winners in each category.  Be sure to tune in!

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19TH ANNUAL CELEBRITY CHEF CHALLENGE RAISES NEARLY $40,000

Media celebrities and local restaurant chefs participating in Waste Not's 19th annual Celebrity Chef Challenge raised nearly $40,000 to help feed the Valley's hungry. The fundraiser, which took place throughout April, paired local television and print news personalities with Valley restaurants in a friendly competition to see who could sell the most featured items. Half of the proceeds from all featured items sold during April benefited Waste Not.

VIEW COMPLETE LIST OF ALL PARTICIPANTS AND RESULTS

PHOTOS FROM AWARDS CEREMONY

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RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT BY DONATING TO

WASTE NOT

Arizona Assistance to the Working Poor Tax Credit

Want to take a dollar-for-dollar tax credit (up to $400) by giving to Waste Not?

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Serving the Valley’s hungry for 20 years

Waste Not was established in 1987 because of one woman’s passionate desire to help feed the Valley’s hungry men, women and children. From humble beginnings with a donated truck, volunteers began rescuing nutritious perishable food that would otherwise go to waste, delivering it to local shelters on a regular basis. Waste Not delivered 2,500 pounds of food to local shelters in its first year. In 1990, Waste Not received its 501 (c) (3) corporate designation and has grown from a volunteer-led, grassroots effort into a full-fledged professional organization utilizing four refrigerated trucks, with a full-time staff of six people and four part-time assistants. In 2006, we delivered just under 1.5 million pounds of nutritious food to more than 80 recipient agencies. Rescuing wholesome food that would otherwise be thrown away and feeding hungry people is still our mission today and is our only initiative.

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Waste Not, as of July 1, 2008, is proud to be a primary
partner with Valley of the Sun United Way