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As the single largest food consumer on the peninsula, Stanford food services feed thousands of people each day. Food service
employees work hard to reduce the amount of food wasted, but prior to SPOON's existence, most leftover food was thrown away.
Recognizing this waste and the need for food among the homeless in the Palo Alto area, a dedicated group of Stanford students
founded SPOON in 1987. Since then, enthusiasm for SPOON among campus cooks and food service managers has grown tremendously.
Through the combined efforts of student volunteers, cooks, and kitchen managers, SPOON’s donations continue to increase.
During Winter 2004, SPOON’s efforts resulted in 2000 pounds of salvaged food. This food is donated to one of the main
shelters in Palo Alto: Urban Ministry.
Every day, unused food (food that hasn’t been placed on a plate) is carefully packaged into aluminum tray and ready for
transport to the Haas Center freezers. Student volunteers collect the food to a central freezer on campus (located in the
Haas Center shed behind the Haas Center), where the trays are weighed, labeled, and recorded into log books. Later in the
week, the food is picked up by Urban Ministry to be served to the hungry. Urban Ministry works with SPOON to help channel
unused food to those who need it in our local area. Over fifty SPOON volunteers, donating 30 minutes to an hour of their
time each week, provide thousands of meals for hungry and homeless people each year.
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800 million hungry: 1/7 people in the world
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