People Helping People

Hello! This year I will be raising much-needed funds and awareness for food rescue during Give for Good Louisville. People Helping People began in 1987 in an effort to end local food insecurity using rescued food. To date, we have rescued over 87 million pounds of food and provided meals for countless people in need. Kentucky Harvest is important to me because I became the Executive Director of this local, grassroots nonprofit in September of 2020 after doing grant writing for them for 2 years. I believe in this mission and love seeing people's faces when the food truck comes to deliver. No one should have to go hungry when there is so much excess food in our communities.

The mission of Kentucky Harvest is to end local hunger by connecting with food donors and engaging volunteers to rescue excess food and move it from those who have it to those in need. The vision for Kentucky Harvest is to continue to develop local partnerships by connecting food companies with charities while leveraging our network of volunteers to focus on reducing food waste and getting usable food to the hungry in our local community.

Give for Good Louisville is a 24-hour giving challenge to celebrate the generosity of our great community, so please join this movement by contributing on September 12! All donations will be matched up to $10,000 by the Papa John’s Foundation for Building Community. Check out our page here: https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/kentucky-harvest-inc

Thank you for supporting me and Kentucky Harvest! Together, we can help end local hunger.

Regards,

Heather