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In a difficult economic climate,
Forgotten Harvest is growing to
meet the increasing needs of the

Forgotten
Harvest Facts:

unfortunate in our community, the
Bloomfield Hills resident says.

• Founded in 1990 by Nancy
Fishman, Ph.D.

"The concept of eliminating
waste and turning that into very
usable product that can be dis-
tributed at no cost is a simple, but

• Mission: Relieve hunger in the
Detroit metropolitan community
by rescuing surplus, prepared
and perishable food — meat,
dairy, vegetables, fruits and
breads — and donating it to
emergency food providers.

powerful strategy," Cohn says.

That, combined with the effi-
ciency with which it is being
run (95 cents of every $1 goes
directly into food delivery and it
has received the top rating from

Charity Navigator), shows the
value provided, he says.
"We consider Forgotten Harvest

a perfect partner in our efforts
to alleviate hunger in Southeast

Michigan," says Lea Luger, co-
director of Yad Ezra.

"What they do for us is to pro-
vide fresh produce and baked

goods," Luger says, helping Yad
Ezra serve 1,600 families — up 35

percent since December 2007.

ileart And Soul

Nancy Fishman acknowledges
she didn't foresee the extent of
the lifeline that Forgotten Harvest
would become. "I was so busy

with the food — how could I know
it was going to turn into this?

"The biggest hurdle," she says,
"was leaping over the masses of

people who said, You can't do
this.' But every time we've needed

something along the way, we take
a deep breath and an angel walks

in and makes it happen."
One of those angels was come-
dian Tim Allen, who headlined the

organization's first fundraiser in

1993 just as his television career
was taking off. The event enabled

the organization to purchase a
third truck and set the pace for
the 18 annual Comic Relief ben-

efits that followed.
Funds raised at this year's

event, starring comedian and
Michigan native Dave Coulier, will

provide summer feeding programs
for children who are out of school.

So far, $162,000 has been raised,
with every dollar providing five

meals.
The simple plaque in the lobby

of Forgotten Harvest's headquar-

ters reads: "Forgotten Harvest
Founded 1990 By Dr. Nancy

Fishman."
"My work is my head," Nancy

says. "My family (daughter Beth is
also a psychologist) is my heart.

Forgotten Harvest is my soul."

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• Metro Detroit's only food rescue
operation and the second- larg-
est food rescue operation in the
country. On a per-capita basis
for major metropolitan areas,
rescues more food and distrib-
utes that food at the lowest
cost per meal of any organiza-
tion in the country.

• This year, the agency will rescue
19.5 million pounds of food in the
tri-county area that otherwise
may have gone to a landfill.

• Twenty-three donated refriger-
ated trucks rescue food six days
a week, picking up from 455
food businesses (grocery stores,
farms, warehouses, distributors,
dairies, restaurants, caterers
and entertainment venues).
They include: Kroger, Whole
Foods, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club,
Meijer, Plum Market, Hollywood
Markets and Trader Joe's.
Forgotten Harvest has initiated
the national pilots for food res-
cue operations at Kroger, Meijer
and Costco.

• Distributes free of charge to 165
emergency food providers (pan-
tries, shelters and soup kitch-
ens) in Macomb, Oakland, and
Wayne counties. These include:
Focus Hope, Salvation Army,
Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Mariner
Inn and Michigan Veterans
Foundation.

• Volunteers assemble more than
1,750 healthy meals a day at its
Oak Park headquarters for dis-
tribution, using prepared food
from donors like Comerica Park
in Detroit, the Henry Ford in
Dearborn, Motor City Casinos in
Detroit and many more.

• This year, the agency's Mobile
Pantry will distribute 1.9 million
meals to Detroit and suburban
neighborhoods without access
to emergency food provider
agencies.

Source: Forgotten Harvest

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