These programs affect the communities in so many different ways. In terms of engaging the public as volunteers and food providers such as restaurants in the program, we make people become more engaged in the community and they begin to care more. The food that would have been wasted does not go to landfills, and instead feeds people. This reduces landfill pile up, which in turn reduces methane gas emission, and helps to provide supplementary food for people who need it. These people are then able to focus more on getting themselves out of the situation that they are in. The homeless shelters that we drop off the food also are able to use less of their limited budget on purchasing food, and more on providing other homeless services such as jobs skills."
So how can restaurants help?
"The best thing is to email the organization at info@rescuingleftovercuisine.org and say they want to participate and how to reach them," says Suescun. "There are so many restaurants, if we can get at least a few to get started there are so many people in need.