{"id":51,"date":"2009-12-17T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T16:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:01:11","slug":"sfr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/programs\/sfr\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Food Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Student Food Rescue: Fighting Food Insecurity in Boston\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/313-H7XpusA?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">About SFR<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center>Student Food Rescue (SFR) aims to connect student volunteers with the Greater Boston community through service, education, and food justice. We strive to empower our neighbors who face food insecurity and create a tangible impact on hunger in the Greater Boston Area through weekly food runs and direct service opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>SFR primarily serves its 12+ Community Partners through consistent, weekly, volunteer-led food pickup and delivery runs. The donations we receive are locally sourced from bakeries, large grocers, and restaurants. Our amazing volunteers, who are the heart and soul of this program, then drop off the food to our various community partners, including women\u2019s transitional homes, homeless shelters, children\u2019s programs, and low-income communities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to food routes, we have a handful of monthly experiences that give our volunteers the opportunity to engage in a variety of food justice initiatives. In the past, these experiences have included preparing meals, organizing produce, interacting with our community partners\u2019 clients, and assisting our community partners with other partner-identified needs.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/csc\/files\/2023\/12\/1024x460.jpeg.e4d2de241b004db88d7434065467c93c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"431\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/files\/2023\/12\/1024x460.jpeg.e4d2de241b004db88d7434065467c93c.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/files\/2023\/12\/1024x460.jpeg.e4d2de241b004db88d7434065467c93c-636x286.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/files\/2023\/12\/1024x460.jpeg.e4d2de241b004db88d7434065467c93c-768x345.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>SFR History<\/h3>\n<p>The program started in the Spring of 1988 when a group of BU students decided that they wanted to make a difference in the food-related challenges observed in the community. Over the course of the last three decades, the SFR program has been one of the largest student-run food salvage programs in the country, receiving and distributing over 50,000 pounds in food donations annually. Boston University students gain a mutually beneficial connection to the community through weekly food runs, direct service experiences, and reflection.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Get Involved<\/h3>\n<p>Student Food Rescue is a great opportunity for Boston University students looking to serve a few hours a week with friends or people they may otherwise never met and explore the Greater Boston Area\u2019s diverse communities and make a difference. Volunteers sign up for a weekly, 2-hour shift where they will work with 2-3 other students to pick up food from one of our food donors in the Boston area, and deliver the food to one of our Community Partners in need.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently recruiting van drivers and volunteers for our Spring 2026 food runs.<b> Please email sfr@bu.edu if you&#8217;d like to get involved with SFR this upcoming spring, and we will follow up with more information.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span>Program Managers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span color=\"black\">For more information, contact Program Managers Ocean Bruinius and Allishba Syeda <\/span><span color=\"black\">at\u00a0<span color=\"blue\"><a href=\"mailto:sfr@bu.edu\">sfr@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About SFR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Student Food Rescue (SFR) aims to connect student volunteers with the Greater Boston community through service, education, and food justice. 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