Omaha食物救援机构Saving Grace获152,855美元拨款：回收商家多余易腐食品转送饥饿救助伙伴
位于内布拉斯加州Omaha市的非营利机构Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue获得152,855美元拨款。拨款由慈善团体Women Investing in Nebraska（WIN）在Omaha举行的年度颁奖仪式上宣布，资金来自其419名成员的个人捐赠。
Saving Grace的工作模式是食物救援：把本地商家来不及售出或用完的多余易腐食品回收起来，在变质之前转送给服务饥饿人群的非营利伙伴机构，让本会被丢弃的食物变成餐桌上的饭菜。易腐食品包括面包、乳制品、肉类与果蔬，回收与配送讲究时效，需要冷藏车辆与稳定的商家、受赠机构网络。
WIN今年共发出两笔152,855美元拨款，合计305,710美元；另一笔授予内布拉斯加大学医学中心Munroe-Meyer研究所的自闭症早期诊断项目。WIN联合主席Lisa Smith说，该组织15年来已资助30个项目，展示了集体慈善的力量。
食物救援在美国是减少浪费与救饥并行的做法：农业部估计美国每年有大量食物在零售与消费环节被浪费，而食物银行网络长期面临生鲜品类不足，救援模式正好把两端接起来。
（来源：内布拉斯加大学医学中心）
Omaha's Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue Receives $152,855: Collecting Businesses' Excess Food for Hunger-Relief Partners
Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue, a nonprofit based in Omaha, Nebraska, has received a grant of $152,855. The award was presented by Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) at its annual awards ceremony in Omaha and is funded by the personal contributions of WIN's 419 members.
Saving Grace works on the food-rescue model: it collects excess perishable food that local businesses cannot sell or use in time, and delivers it, before it spoils, to nonprofit partners serving people facing hunger, turning food that would have been thrown away into meals. Perishables include bread, dairy, meat and produce, and the work depends on speed, refrigerated transport and a stable network of donor businesses and recipient agencies.
WIN made two grants of $152,855 this year, totaling $305,710; the other went to the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute for early autism diagnosis. WIN co-chair Lisa Smith said the organization has invested in 30 projects over 15 years, demonstrating the power of collective philanthropy.
Food rescue tackles waste and hunger at the same time in the United States: large volumes of food are lost at the retail and consumer levels each year, while food bank networks chronically lack fresh categories that rescue operations supply.
(Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center)
来源：内布拉斯加大学医学中心
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图片来源：志愿者在食物银行传递食品箱（资料图）。Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster 摄，Public domain，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Volunteers passing food boxes at a food bank (file photo). Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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