Access to high quality, nutritious food can be a challenge for many within our community. In response, a group of volunteers have created a Community Fridge in Utica to help address this need.
A group of volunteers, Troy Lockwood, Liz Horner, Amanda Kendic, and Hana Selimovic worked with an artist to repurpose a fridge - well, it s still a fridge - but it s also so much more.
According to the group, A community fridge isn’t charity, a community fridge is an exercise in Mutual Aid. Maintained, stocked, cleaned and rotated by a core group of local volunteers and in partnership with local grocers, a community fridge reduces food waste, and increases accessibility to healthy, high-quality food to people that are not as easily able to access inexpensive groceries.
Utica Community Fridge - an exercise in mutual aid
There’s now a way to help reduce food waste, while increasing food accessibility to those who could use a bite to eat.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 5:42 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 6:00 PM
Posted By: Kirk Tupaj
UTICA, NY - There s a refrigerator set up on the sidewalk outside the Oneida Mini Mart on Oneida Street meant to help feed anyone who’s hungry. Anyone can take from it, and anyone can add to it.
Hana Selimovic and a small group of friends started the Utica Community Fridge, but in order for it to be successful they need help.