Fairfield, CT - On Tuesday, August 1st several members of NBC’s Team Ninja Warrior champions, James McGrath “the Beast,” Allyssa Beird (Team Ninja Warrior 2017 Champion) and Joe "The Weatherman” Moravski (Team Ninja Warrior 2017 Champion) partner up once again with b.good Fairfield and Food Rescue US (Formerly Community Plates) to meet their fans. The ninjas will help raise awareness about Childhood Summer Hunger.
On August 1st, The Ninjas will be at b.good at 3:00 pm to meet their fans. The joint partnership between b.good Fairfield, Food Rescue US and the Ninjas will kick off the “Kids Eat Free Until School Starts” campaign (one kid’s meal per purchase of adult entrée) as an effort to help stomp out Childhood Summer Hunger. 5% of b.good’s retail sales that day will be donated to Food Rescue US. Throughout the day there will also be a fun showing of a video made of the Ninjas on their food rescues a couple of weeks prior.
The Ninja food rescue is part of an ongoing relationship between the two companies. Since b.good opened in August 2015, it has donated $1,975 in cash to (Food Rescue US) FRUS, giving its guests the opportunity to participate in each donation. As part of its unique charitable mandate, the restaurant holds quarterly benefit days on which it donates FRUS 5% of sales. A b.good mobile app gives guests the ongoing opportunity to donate as well. These donations have funded more than 39,000 rescued meals.
“Because healthy, fresh food, is an important part of Ninja’s physical training, our Ninja customers like Allyssa and Joe are perfect advocates to help raise awareness about the availability of wasted healthy food to end childhood hunger. The ninjas will film a video of their food rescue that shows their fans first-hand what a simple solution Food Rescue US presents.” says Molli Hourihan, who along with her husband Steve, own b.good Fairfield.
“There’s nothing better than partners who respond creatively and passionately to the problems in their community and b.good Fairfield is exactly that kind of partner. Food Rescue US is so honored to be working with them to help provide for children in need over the summer. They’re an inspiration to us,” says Food Rescue US Executive Director, Kevin Mullins.
Food Rescue US is a volunteer-driven, technology fueled process coordinates with restaurants, farms, grocers, bakeries, caterers and other food-service organizations who have foods destined to be thrown away, and delivers it to community kitchens, food pantries and other hunger relief organizations who serve food insecure individuals and families.
Through Food Rescue US, over 19 million meals have been rescued and delivered in the US, saving over 29 million pounds of food from landfill. Volunteer food rescuers login to the company’s app to select a food rescue that fits their schedule. Food Rescue US has made it simple and easy for everyone to help end hunger in their own communities. For more information and to sign up to become a food rescuer, go to the website at www.foodrescue.us.
About b.good
b.good is an innovative, healthy, fast-casual restaurant concept serving “food with roots” that is sustainably sourced and hand-prepared fresh in-house. The brand brings a broad menu that includes everything from Greens & Grains Bowls, Salads, All-Natural Burgers, Sides of Veggies and Oven-Finished Fries, Smoothies and Kids’ Meals with sides of broccoli and apple sauce. By sourcing as much as possible from local, independent farmers and being genuinely committed to social impact, b.good has a unique connection to the communities the brand calls home. b.good belief that food can positively transform communities inspired the creation of the b.good Family Foundation, which awards micro-grants to help inspired individuals improve their communities. After opening its doors in Boston in 2004, b.good currently operates 55 locations in the United States, Canada and Switzerland and expects to reach 70 locations by 2018. Learn more at bgood.com.
About Food Rescue US
Founded in January 2011, Food Rescue US is committed to ending American food-insecurity through direct-transfer food rescue. Established as a 501(c)3 non-profit food-rescue platform, Food Rescue US is focused on transferring healthy, usable foods to where it can help feed those in need. This volunteer-driven, technology fueled process coordinates with restaurants, grocers, bakeries, caterers and other food-service organizations who have foods destined to be thrown away and delivers the food to soup-kitchens, food-pantries and other hunger relief organizations who serve food-insecure individuals and families.
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