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A student organization is tackling two of the world’s biggest threats: hunger and climate change.
The Illinois State University Food Recovery Network (FRN) chapter collected the most leftovers in the nation in 2020 to provide those in need with meals.
ISU FRN members are the ones who put the lids on the food and load it up in their cars and take it directly to Home Sweet Home Ministries from ISU’s dining halls. ISU Catering Chef Phil Cade said the leftovers collected even went to some Bloomington-Normal families through lunch programs that help schools like Thomas Metcalf.
“Through our lunch programs that serve the University High School and Metcalf, we know that there's a lot of families that even go to those schools that struggle with food security. I just think every little bit helps,” said Cade.