In 2009, Arlan Preblud started collecting surplus food in the back of his Volvo. Now, his nonprofit is poised to expand in a big, big way.
"It's a tremendous growth story," says Arlan Preblud, a former lawyer and University of Denver graduate who began collecting surplus food from restaurants and catering companies and packing it into his Volvo station wagon in 2009, then redistributing it. Within the first three months of operation, Preblud had collected over 270,000 servings of food and provided meals to those in need.
There is more room for staff to work, with additional offices and two conference rooms, as well as an onsite prep kitchen and classroom that will allow We Don't Waste to expand its education program. The new warehouse also has one acre of undeveloped land."It provides us the opportunity in the future to expand the physical plant if needed, but in the meantime, we're going to use it as a community garden," Preblud says."That way, we can bring youngsters and adults from the area in and teach them how to harvest and grow food. And if there's excess, we can distribute it through our channels." He's hoping to start developing the garden by next summer.
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