News & Updates

2020 was a year of growth at Cultivate Food Rescue. As challenging as the world is that we live in today, we have continually been able to provide food and hope to the most vulnerable in our community. As schools settle back into a new year, we will soon begin to...

Clean Your Plate! Or Donate to Cultivate  Did your mom ever tell you not to waste your food because there were starving children…somewhere else? But those kids were so far away, what good could your green beans possibly do them? Well, your mom was right that...

2020 has been a year of hardship, not to mention change for everyone. These hardships have been extreme, especially for those we serve together. Because of the incredible generosity of our financial donors and the help of our wonderful partners, food donors, and...

Expanding Our Reach to Serve More in Need Your gifts and support are serving thousands of meals each week to food-insecure children and their families, and with each passing week you are doing even more! This is our seventh rapid response update on what your donations...

Your Impact, Today Thanks to your support! Since February 1st, over 116,000 meals have been produced and distributed to those in need. Because of your support, thousands of families are being fed during these painful days. And that’s something you can be proud of....

Your Impact, Today Your gifts and support are making it possible for Cultivate to produce and distribute 16,000 meals per week. Make sure you follow us on Facebook to get more up-to-the-minute news, live videos, and see photos of the impact you’re making with us here...

Today is #GivingTuesdayNow – a global day of unity in giving as the world fights COVID-19. Together. Your gift today will join together with millions of others around the world to help communities overcome the losses and challenges of the Coronavirus. Give securely...

When Life Gives You Lemons… …Make Lemonade! Have you ever thought about how this common adage applies to food rescue? When you use this phrase, you’re probably talking about taking something not so great and making it into something good. But if you think about it,...

We’re back this week to share some more encouragement and hopefully bring a smile to your face as we take a look at all of the amazing ways our community has stepped in to help feed those in need. If you would have told us a month or two ago that we would be producing...

Each week we’re popping into your inbox to share some hope and encouragement during these uncertain and frightening days. Read on for some great stories of how your community is coming together to feed those in need during the COVID-19 crisis, and more information...

Recent school and business closures put even more pressure on families struggling with food-insecurity. Children are no longer being fed at school during the day, and their parents may be hourly workers whose industries are suffering.  These children need you now...

Cultivate was also pleased to host the Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event in January. Around 30 people attended and toured our new facility, sampled one of our chef’s delicious food, and learned more about our program.  “Like” Us on Facebook!...

A group from the Ladies of Notre Dame & St. Mary’s was the first to volunteer in Cultivate’s new facility. They worked hard to pack 400 backpacks for nine elementary schools in St. Joseph, Elkhart, and Marshall Counties.  Thank you to all of our hard-working...

Students in a Notre Dame philanthropy class were tasked with finding worthy nonprofits to support last semester. They researched a variety of organizations, reached out to request proposals from those they were interested in, and Cultivate is honored to have been...