Today we spoke to Lori Martin, Executive Director of Haven's Harvest at the Travelers Championship!
The mission of Haven's Harvest is :
We create relationships — with our donors, receiving partners and our volunteers. Businesses often have excess food and business owners struggle to find community partners to accept the food and find transportation for that food. That is where Haven’s Harvest comes in! Creating a robust community network is necessary to direct the food to people rather than letting the food go to waste. This network increases the resiliency of our community.
Havens Harvest Has 3 different programs:
- Food recovery: Volunteer driven, direct delivery, hyper-local
- Food advocacy: Supporting Federal legislation, work with Connecticut state agencies to support food donations, New Haven Food Policy Council, Food Access Working Group
- Product development: Selling creative new food products using recovered food
Haven's Harvest now has an app that you can download with easy access to donate and volunteer!
For more info visit https://www.havensharvest.org/about-us
In 2004, The Travelers Championship launched the Birdies for Charity program, adopting a national model that has seen great success in other markets. Today, the Birdies for Charity program continues to develop and thrive and has become an easy and effective fundraising opportunity for every 501(c)(3) organization. Birdies for Charity is a giving platform that utilizes the excitement around the Travelers Championship to help nonprofits across the region raise awareness and funds to support their missions. Thanks to the support of Webster Bank, organizations have the opportunity to receive a 15% bonus on every donation through the program.