PHOENIX — Regardless of the final outcome of the World Series, the community will come out as a winner thanks to efforts to make sure fewer people experience hunger.
Waste Not, a Scottsdale-based non-profit group, is collecting “all edible excess” from the World Series home games and redistributing it same-day to those in need.
The organization picks up perishable foods, like produce, ready-to-eat meals, or those nearing expiration, and delivers them to dozens of local partners. Those partners then distribute the food to people experiencing food insecurity.
The Arizona Diamondbacks recently started donating food to Waste Not, D-backs Charities has given monetary donations to the group for more than two decades.
Through Waste Not's partnership with the Diamondbacks, they were able to pick up and donate more than 2,000 pounds of leftover food from the World Series to a number of local nonprofits feeding the hungry.
