The Feed the Hungry program started initially on the 3OB unit. Jen Dash, BSN, RN, SN IV jump started this program when she identified the amount of waste that was taking place each shift. She advocated and worked with the nutrition director at the time to develop a workflow that included trays from the previous shift being placed in a bin at the bottom of the patient refrigerator if they were not used by patients the previous day.
This made an easy workflow for the nutrition team to pick up and bring it back to their department to get ready for donation. Once the process was streamlined, Jen helped get it started on the 6OB unit as well. We currently provide approximately 5-10 meals a day to: Replate, Epiphany House, and Food Runners within the city of SF. Since it has been such a large success, Jen is helping to move this project hospital wide hoping to make even more of an impact within the community. In total, this project has donated approx. 2,000 meals to local San Francisco non-profit organizations.