Dear Saving Grace Friends, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to inform you about a significant change inleadership at Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue. After careful consideration, I have decided to step down from my role as the CEO and Presidentof Saving Grace. My last day in this position will be…
September 30, 2013 – the first day Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue began operations. Fast forward 3,650 days and Saving Grace has reached a milestone in its history, celebrating ten years of operations. Founded by CEO/President Beth Ostdiek Smith, Saving Grace continues to reshape the conversation in the Omaha metro around wasted food and its…
It is our pleasure to announce Lenli Corbett has accepted the COO/Vice President position with Saving Grace. Lenli has been involved with Saving Grace in volunteer roles since its inception. She served on the Saving Grace Board 2017-2023 while serving as chair in 2019, and most recently until she stepped down to join our staff…
The Saving Grace model of reducing wasted food is built on community partnerships. We connect surplus perishable food from our network of food donors with nonprofit partner agencies that serve people experiencing food insecurity. These partnerships are essential to our work. This focus continues to grow our network of food business partners committed to reducing…
Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue has experienced phenomenal growth during its nearly 10-year history, and Judy Rydberg, director of field and logistics, has been instrumental in this success. After nine-and-a-half years in her position, Rydberg is retiring at the end of the year. Rydberg said she is honored to have played a part in Saving…
It’s hard to believe it was eight years ago today, Sept. 30, when Saving Grace began operations. At that time, we had one refrigerated truck and driver who picked up excess perishable food from three food donors and delivered it to three food pantries. It’s been gratifying to watch as community support for our mission…
Mid-year Report (download full report below): Saving Grace has continued to remain flexible to respond to emerging needs for food during the pandemic and to provide leadership for new initiatives addressing food insecurity and food equity. During the first six months of this year, we rescued and redistributed 766,874 pounds of perishable food to feed…
Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue is helping raise awareness of wasted food beyond the Omaha area. In November, Beth Ostdiek Smith, CEO and founder, was a keynote presenter at the Sustainable Food Management Summit hosted by Wichita State University’s Environmental Finance Center. She later was interviewed for an article that was posted on Wichita State’s…
If there’s one word that describes our community’s response to food insecurity last year during the pandemic, it is “inspiring.” Saving Grace was privileged to be part of the many conversations and partnerships addressing the increased need for food during these challenging times. In 2020, our work led to 1,347,981 meals being fed to children,…
February is the month of love, and Saving Grace wants to share a little of it with those who support us. It’s heartwarming to see how much our community cares about their less fortunate neighbors. We are grateful for our financial donors, food donors, nonprofit partner agencies, collaborating partners, team members, volunteers, and other supporters…
