<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Friendship Donations Network <<a href="mailto:info@friendshipdonations.org">info@friendshipdonations.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>For Release: Neighborhood Food Hubs begin on July 1</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">June 24, 2014 4:57:56 PM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">FDN Info <<a href="mailto:info@friendshipdonations.org">info@friendshipdonations.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Friendship Donations Network <<a href="mailto:info@friendshipdonations.org">info@friendshipdonations.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal"><font><a name="OLE_LINK8"></a>For Release: June 24, 2014</font></p><div><font> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Meaghan Sheehan
Rosen, Program Coordinator, Friendship Donations Network</p><p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 607.216.9522</p><p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:info@friendshipdonations.org">info@friendshipdonations.org</a> </p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Neighborhood Food Hubs begin
on July 1</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Have extra produce from your
garden or CSA share? Donate it!</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal">This summer, gardeners throughout Tompkins County will have a
convenient way to donate their extra vegetables, fruit and eggs, by dropping
them at nine Neighborhood Food Hubs in Danby,
Dryden, Groton, and Ithaca. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>How Hubs Work
</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Neighborhood Food Hubs make
donating garden produce easy! A volunteer Hub Holder hosts a cooler on
their front porch one day a week, which will serve as the drop-off location for
produce. The donations are distributed to food pantries, local meal programs,
and individuals. Gardeners donated
more than 700 pounds of produce during the 2013 pilot season of Neighborhood Food
Hubs. </p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">The 2014 season will run from July 1 – October 1. For more
information, visit: <<a href="http://friendshipdonations.org/hubs">friendshipdonations.org/hubs</a>>.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2014 Neighborhood Food Hub locations
and schedule: </b></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u>Danby</u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wednesdays, 8am-8pm, starting July 2: 222 Bald Hill Rd.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u>Dryden</u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tuesdays, 8am-8pm, starting July 1: 33 James St. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u> </u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u>Groton</u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tuesdays, 10am-9pm, starting July 1: Groton Public Library, 112 E.
Cortland St.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u> </u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u>Ithaca</u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mondays, 8am-5pm, starting July 7: Plant Science Building, Cornell
University </p><p class="MsoNormal">Tuesdays, 8am-8pm, starting July 1: 222 E. Falls St. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Wednesdays and Sundays, 8am-8pm, starting July 2: Ithaca Community
Gardens</p><p class="MsoNormal">Fridays, 10am-8pm, starting July 11: Southside Community Center, 305
S. Plain St.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Saturdays, 8am-8pm, starting July 5: 411 N. Cayuga St. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Saturdays, 8am-8pm, starting July 5: Cornell Garden Plots, Freese Rd.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Purpose of Neighborhood Food Hubs</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">▪<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Help home gardeners donate their extra garden
bounty.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">▪<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Connect neighbors and communities to fresh,
healthy, hyper-local food.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">▪<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Reduce waste.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>How Hubs Help</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">▪<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Improve community access to fresh food.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">▪<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Raise awareness about the impact of homegrown
food.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">▪<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span>Rescue lovingly grown food from an untimely end
at the compost heap.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>About Friendship Donations
Network</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Founded in 1988 by Sara Pines, MSW, Ph.D., Friendship Donations
Network’s mission is to rescue fresh nutritious food from stores and farms that
would otherwise be thrown away and redistribute it to neighbors in need. This
is accomplished by an extensive network of volunteers who pick up donations of
mostly perishable excess and day-old food and deliver them to pantries and
programs that serve in excess of 2,100 people weekly. </p><div style="text-align: center; "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">###</p>
</div><div><div dir="ltr">---<div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Meaghan Sheehan Rosen, Program Coordinator</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Friendship Donations Network: </font><i><font face="georgia, serif">Rescuing Food, Reducing Hunger</font></i></div>
<div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">607.216.9522 | <a href="mailto:info@friendshipdonations.org" target="_blank">info@friendshipdonations.org</a> | </span><a href="http://www.friendshipdonations.org/" style="font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank">www.friendshipdonations.org</a></div>
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