Waste No Food
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Formation | 2011 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Headquarters | Silicon Valley |
Founder | Kiran Sridhar |
Website | wastenofood |
Waste No Food is a
Background
The nonprofit was founded in 2011 by Kiran Sridhar, then a 12-year-old 7th grader at a Bay Area school, as a way to improve the distribution of food and reduce waste. Sridhar received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes in 2014, at the age of 16.[3] PayPal provided funding and engineers to help launch the initiative, which also had partners in Appcelerator and Winwire.[4]
Sridhar still[when?] heads the organization.[5] Waste No Food was initially focused in the Silicon Valley area and expanded to San Francisco.[6]
Impact
Waste No Food had delivered over 1,000,000 meals by the end of 2015.[7] Its partners include Levi's Stadium, the City of San Jose Mayor’s Office, PayPal and the San Francisco 49ers. Waste No Food Tampa Bay is a partnership between Waste No Food and the Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger, with the goal of eradicating hunger.[8]
References
- ^ "Waste no food: A teenager's bold idea to end hunger". TED. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Boy wants people to pass extra food to hungry". KGO-TV. August 24, 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ "Indian American teenager Kiran Sridhar is a recipient of The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes". The American Bazaar. October 20, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Feeding Silicon Valley gets excess food to California's hungry". The Intersector Project. September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Who We Are". Waste No Food website. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ Sovern, Doug (April 1, 2012). "Bay Area Teen Takes Innovative Approach To Helping The Hungry". CBS San Francisco. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ Bailey, Jon (November 25, 2015). "Changing the World: Waste No Food To Hit One Million Meals Delivered!". Axway Blog. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Waste No Food Tampa Bay – Tampa Bay Network To End Hunger". Retrieved September 15, 2021.