Last year, more than six million pounds of food was rescued across Colorado, thanks to a partnership between King Soopers and a group of residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
So, instead of unsellable food from local grocery stores going to a landfill, it helps feed local families. It’s all part of the King Soopers Food Rescue Program, and most of the work happens at the Reclamation Center in Aurora.
That’s where a group of local residents are clocking in every day, Monday through Friday, to help with the effort.
Not only are residents like Samantha Mays helping to save millions of pounds food to feed local families, but they also get to earn some money while doing it.
“I have done pretty much every task there is here and those include pulling down the doors, sweeping, putting away donates over there,” said Mays, who has worked at the Reclamation Center for a few years.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, she shows up ready get the job done.
“It gets very tiring. but i’m kind of used to it,” said Mays.