Impact Report: Spring 2024
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Willing Hands Begins Work to Double Negative Carbon Footprint More than a year ago, we set out with an ambitious goal: measure the climate impact of our work, and then identify ways to double that impact. With support and guidance from a group of community climate leaders, we identified and refined dozens of strategies for
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Reducing Food Waste is a Climate Solution Climate change is a big, daunting issue. It’s clear that we must take meaningful action. The good news is that reducing food waste is one of the most exciting community-scale climate solutions. According to Project Drawdown, a resource on climate solutions, reducing food waste is one of the
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Every week, Ross Edwards quietly sorts boxes of wholesale produce in the Willing Hands warehouse alongside our Warehouse Coordinator, Scott. The good-looking food goes straight on the delivery truck, the too-far-gone items go straight in the compost, and everything in between will be carefully sorted by volunteers the following day. The work can be slimy
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When Morgan Duncan first heard about Willing Hands, she was immediately drawn to the idea of gleaning produce from local farms to feed food-insecure community members. But she was nervous to get involved. With some gentle encouragement from her manager at King Arthur Baking Company, she took the leap and attended her first volunteer session.
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Jane & Charlie A few years ago, Jane Finlay and Charlie Lindner crouched over a row of kale at a local farm. It was 40 degrees and raining, but they were determined to glean every last leaf. Jane and Charlie, who have been volunteering with Willing Hands since they retired in 2018, laugh as they
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