MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Over 80,000 followers within the stands noticed a Formula 1 racing spectacular. Millions extra on watched on TV. For the Miami tourism economic system and picture, the F1 Grand Prix is one other Super Bowl-like occasion tacked onto the South Florida calendar.
At Hard Rock Stadium, the place the race was run, the leftovers from all of the meals venues have gotten one other profit for the group.
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Ellen Bowen, the on-site director for Food Rescue USA advised CBS4 News, “We are packing it up, putting it on pallets and direct transfer to local social service agencies, shelters and soup kitchens.”
Food Rescue USA of South Florida together with 80 volunteers from one of many race sponsors – AutoNation – is packing, wrapping, loading and delivery all of the leftovers, a lot of which by no means left the fridges. It’s estimated as a lot as 90,000 kilos of meals will attain these in want proper right here in South Florida.
Ellen Bowen was fast to say, “We start to empty out the refrigerators, there are tons of produce, condiments, it is amazing what never left the kitchen.”
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It is a feel-good mission for the AutoNation staff, who might be right here for 3 days.
Alannah Alfonso, an AutoNation worker and volunteer, remarked whereas wrapping meals containers, “It warms my heart. I have been a volunteer all my life, grew up volunteering in South Florida.”
Besides some nice meals for individuals who will recognize it, there’s an environmental element. Food dumped in landfills produces methane fuel – this meals rescue brief circuits that problem.
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Ellen Bowen advised CBS4 News, “This is fresh produce, fruit cups, this is salads, prepared foods. It is amazing what would go into a landfill.”