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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   A concept of sharing that is long overdue.  If anyone is nervous about serving   
   left-over foods to those who would love to have it, simply ask the donor of the   
   food to sample a bit of each dish at the donation end.  And bring his/her own   
   kid along to help with the sampling  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
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   CBC News Posted: Dec 04, 2014   
      
   Leftover party, banquet food used to feed less fortunate   
   Rules, regulations vary by charitable organization   
      
      
   'Tis the season for office parties and year-end banquets. That means leftover   
   food — lots of it in some cases.   
      
   All that food doesn't have to be composted or sent to the dump.  It can be used   
   to feed those in need.   
      
   Ontario's Donation of Food Act and the province's Good Samaritan Act protect   
   those who are willing to donate leftovers and fresh food.   
      
   Still, not all charities accept leftovers.   
      
   The Unemployed Help Centre accepts food donations but not everything.   
      
   Chef Roger Poirier says the rules around donated food are pretty strict.   
      
   "We're getting it second hand, so if it's not handled properly to begin with,   
   it's really hard to judge to give it to someone else," the Unemployed Help   
   Centre's chef Roger Poirier said. .   
      
   He said while he wouldn't pick up food from a house or office party, he says   
   the system is very user-friendly.  The centre does have a procedure in place to   
   collect food from a banquet hall.   
      
   "If they have a banquet and there's too much food leftover, they would make   
   sure it gets cooled properly, stored properly; they would label it for us with   
   the date, the temperature and the item," he said.  "So when our guys get there,   
   they take the temperature of the fridge, the temperature of the truck and the   
   temperature of the food again, so when it gets here, I know 100 per cent that   
   it's safe to serve."   
      
      
   Street Help in downtown Windsor has a different perspective.   
      
   Serving 200 homeless people a day, with no government funding, Christine   
   Wilson-Furlonger of Street Help says any food is welcome.   
      
   "We often get food in from banquets, leftovers from weddings, funerals, and   
   other events, gatherings in the workplace and I see no harm in taking that   
   food," she said.   
      
   Wednesday, Street Help accepted pastries from a church Christmas party.   
      
   "We have our own rule here and it's a very simple rule: if I won't eat it   
   myself, I won't serve it," Christine Wilson-Furlonger said.   
      
   Back at the the Unemployed Help Centre, while it has strict guidelines on   
   leftover food, the agency has accepted more than 725,000 kg or 1.6 million   
   pounds of rescued food this year.   
      
   "This is food that is otherwise destined for landfills, that a lot of the areas   
   farmers and greenhouse growers are more than happy to provide rather than throw   
   them out," said Mike Tunbull, food rescue manager at the Unemployed Help   
   Centre.  "This is beautiful produce that certainly would go to waste if we were   
   unable to rescue that."   
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   CBC Windsor's Sounds of the Season   
      
   CBC's Sounds of the Season event in support of local food banks takes place   
   Friday.   
      
   There will be an open house at CBC Windsor at 825 Riverside Dr. W. at the   
   corner of Riverside and Crawford Avenue.   
   Everyone is invited to drop by throughout the day with food donations and to   
   watch our local programming go to air live   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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