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Sharing Excess is connecting those who have extra food with those who need more

6ABC Action News
November 25, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market is the largest fully enclosed and refrigerated produce terminal in the world, a place where you can buy fresh fruits and vegetables from across the globe. When vendors have more of a particular item than they can sell, or perhaps produce that's misshapen, they give it to the food rescue organization, Sharing Excess...

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So You Want to Start a Nonprofit to End Food Scarcity

Inside Philanthropy
November 14, 2024

For Evan Ehlers, the 28-year-old founder and executive director of the food collection and redistribution nonprofit Sharing Excess, one unexpected boost came through YouTube. This past spring, YouTube mega-influencer MrBeast, who has 329 million subscribers and his own foundation, featured Sharing Excess on his philanthropy...

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How Philadelphia nonprofit Sharing Excess is feeding the community and eliminating food waste

CBS News
November 14, 2024

Hunger is often described as one of the world's dumbest problems, particularly when one considers all the food that goes to waste. But now, one man's hustle is creating change in the Delaware Valley and beyond...

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Mt. Joy Partners with Sharing Excess for Nationwide Canned Food Drive Tour

Grateful Web
September 13, 2024

The popular indie rock band Mt. Joy is teaming up with Sharing Excess for an inspiring canned food drive initiative that will span their entire headline tour this summer and fall. Fans across the nation are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to Mt. Joy’s concerts, supporting local communities while enjoying the band’s electrifying performances...

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Community Food Projects Program Feeding Philadelphia

National Institute of Food and Agriculture
September 5, 2024

When Darnell Thomas took a job at , Philadelphia’s largest food-rescue organization, he was so excited to help people, he came out of retirement. After a successful career running a printing business and an adjacent nonprofit, Thomas gravitated toward Sharing Excess’ mission: to fight food waste and food insecurity at the same time, saving perfectly good surplus food and redistributing it to organizations who serve those in need.

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A Waste Prevention Strategy For Excess Produce

Forbes
April 23, 2024

There is a new non-profit organization whose focus is on developing efficient ways to turn intermittent oversupply events into a resource for those who might not otherwise be able to afford fresh produce. It is called and was founded by Evan Ehlers...

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New nonprofit partnership aims to help bolster Bronx community fridges

Bronx Times
February 20, 2024

Thanks to a new partnership, more excess food from retailers, wholesalers and farmers will make its way to community fridges in the Bronx. Services for the Underserved (S:US) announced last week a partnership with, a nonprofit that “rescues” extra food and redistributes it throughout communities.

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We're Giving Away $30 Million in Free Food - YouTube Video with Beast Philanthropy

YouTube
November 12, 2023

Debuting at #2 on YouTube's globally trending videos, Beast Philanthropy spotlights the founding of Sharing Excess and the partnership between the two organizations that has helped rescue and redistribute over 10 million pounds of food.

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Mt. Joy’s concerts at The Mann doubled as a food drive. Fans donated roughly 3,000 pounds of food

WHYY
August 20, 2023

Thousands attended the concerts held at the Skyline Stage, including a sold-out first night. Sharing Excess requested fans donate healthy nonperishable items, and they delivered, bringing in lots of soup, granola bars, pasta, and more.

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Sharing Excess Rescues 10 Million Pounds of Food in the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market

YouTube
June 15, 2023

Sharing Excess hits a major milestone with their partner the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market. The pair has collectively saved over 10 million pounds of produce from reaching landfills..

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Philly food rescue nonprofit Sharing Excess receives $250K grant from Pew

The Philadelphia Inquirer
March 30, 2023

The funds will allow Sharing Excess to expand its footprint to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and make key hires in sourcing, fundraising, and technology development...

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Pew awarded $3.25M to tech-enabled nonprofits supporting access to college and food security

Technical.ly
March 29, 2023

Heights Philadelphia and Sharing Excess will use the grants to expand their reach in college and career readiness, and in tech-enabled food access, respectively...

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Sharing Excess named in Forbes 30 under 30 for 2023

Forbes
November 29, 2022

As a college student in Philadelphia, Evan Ehlers began sharing his excess meal passes in 2018. Four years later, Ehlers and his cofounder, Victoria Wilson, have built Sharing Excess to a regional non-profit that collects surplus food from grocery stores...

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Evan Ehlers & Victoria Wilson of Sharing Excess awarded Drexel's '40 Under 40'

Drexel University Magazine
March 19, 2023

Sharing Excess, a nonprofit that Evan Ehlers and Victoria Wilson launched in 2018 to fight hunger in Philadelphia by diverting food from landfills, is helping more communities than ever...

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Philadelphia nonprofit gives away thousands of avocados

ABC News
October 21, 2022

Sharing Excess, a nonprofit focused on fighting food waste, is giving away thousands of avocados in Philadelphia. Founder Evan Ehlers talks about the effort...

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Avocado surplus results in giveaway of 380,000 fruits in Philadelphia

Washington Post
October 19, 2022

A nonprofit group in Philadelphia passed out hundreds of thousands of avocados on Wednesday to everyone who drove up in a car at FDR Park and asked for a case...

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Philly was wasting tons of produce. Then a scrappy start-up stepped in.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
September 28, 2022

The nonprofit Sharing Excess has redistributed 11 million pounds of surplus food that would have gone to landfills...

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Governor and First Lady Wolf visit Sharing Excess in Philadelphia

Medium
October 19, 2022

Sharing Excess hosts First Lady Frances, Governor Tom Wolf, and PA Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding at their wholesale rescue operation in the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market..

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Philadelphia Food Rescue Organization Develops a Scalable Model for Food Donation

Food Tank
July 29, 2022

Through their ongoing partnership, Sharing Excess is able to recover edible food and bring it directly to communities. Their volunteers set up pop-up events where community members can choose what they take home...

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Food Sharing Program Prevents Waste and Sparks a Movement

PBS WHYY
July 5, 2022

Sharing Excess came to be when a Drexel student gave away 50 meals left in his dining account to people in need. He inspired others to join his efforts, which grew to include excess “food rescue” from a network of grocers, restaurants, farmers, and wholesalers.

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This Student-Run Food Rescue Program Delivers 100,000 Pounds of Food to Philadelphians Per Week

Philly Mag
February 23, 2021

Last March, as Philly scrambled to adjust our lives to Governor Tom Wolf’s new shutdown orders, Drexel alum and Sharing Excess founder Evan Ehlers realized something: Restaurants prepared for a busy week would suddenly find themselves awash in leftover food. Sharing Excess, the fledgling food rescue nonprofit...

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Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market and Sharing Excess Collaboration Donates Over 2M Pounds of Food

PerishableNews.com
December 24, 2021

PHILADELPHIA — After nearly six months of collaborating to provide free fresh produce to low income Philadelphians, the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market and Sharing Excess have been able to donate 2,039,323 pounds of food back to the community. With food insecurity continuing to impact 38 million...

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National TV Ad: Because community can't wait.

Drexel University
December 15, 2020

Evan Ehlers, an alum from the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, built Sharing Excess, a nonprofit organization with a mission to address food insecurity in Philadelphia and around the country. Dragons are extraordinary and making a difference in this changing world. Because community can't wait...

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There's Enough Food to Feed Everyone, the Issue is with Distribution

Milky Change
December 5, 2021

On November 30th, we joined the student-run NGO “Sharing Excess” in their mission of tackling the problem of food insecurity. In communities everywhere, food is going to waste while people suffer from food insecurity. This is a disconnect created by the logistical barriers between excess and scarcity. If solved, this connection...

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Food Sharing During Covid-19

Bloomberg
May 17, 2020

Meet the 24-year-old founder of Sharing Excess that is getting good food to the people that need it most during the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: QuickTake)

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As Philly restaurants shutter, massive amounts of food are at risk of going to waste. Here’s how to help.

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 16, 2020

On Monday, Philadelphia restaurants responded to Mayor Jim Kenney’s order that they restrict operations to pickup and/or delivery. While some partnered with third-party carriers or prepared to offer curbside delivery, other establishments decided to temporarily close — which creates the potential for a massive amount of food...

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Nonprofits Join Together to Share LOVE

NBC 10
May 28, 2020

A group of Philly nonprofits has joined together to give back to the community during the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Sharing LOVE’ is providing meals to anyone in need. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle talks to Evan Ehlers about how you can help.

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Sharing Excess Addresses College Student Food Insecurity

Food Tank
December 1, 2019

Sharing Excess is an organization working to fight food insecurity and address the root causes of hunger in Philadelphia, PA. The new nonprofit serves the Philadelphia through its chapters on college campuses across the city. And Sharing Excess is especially devoted to helping college students improve their food security...

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Sharing Excess: Using College Meal Swipes to Close the Gap Between Food Waste and Food Insecurity

Newsweek
July 17, 2019

The waste going on in America is immense. Approximately 1/3 of all food produced in the United States (126 billion pounds) is thrown in landfills each year. This waste is due to a variety of reasons like non-standardized expiration dates, aesthetic imperfections, and supply chain inefficiencies.

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CITIZEN OF THE WEEK: EVAN EHLERS

Citizen
July 25, 2018

Two years ago, the Drexel student donated 50 uneaten dining hall meals to the homeless. Now he’s started a company to share college food excess citywide

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