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Community Fridges
A community fridge is just what it sounds like – a publicly accessible refrigerator that’s stocked with free food. If you have labeled and unopened food that you would otherwise throw away, we encourage you to drop it off at a community fridge near you. Just drive up, put your items in the fridge, and drive away. It’s just that simple! Good food to be shared and eaten by all instead of going to waste.
Get on the GRID!
A Fridge GRID is a small device that attaches to the side of a community fridge. Once connected to Wi-Fi or cell service, it captures whenever the fridge has been opened and can also send alerts if the fridge loses power. Our Fridge GRID partners who host a community fridge are able to log in through the Data Portal and access their usage and temperature information and data. They are also able to generate reports for whatever time periods they would like to look at in detail. Contact us if you would like to Get on the GRID with a Fridge GRID!
Donate
Use the button to help us purchase new Community Fridges and to keep them stocked with food.
Use this link to Supply Hive if you have a food donation to coordinate.
https://admin.foodrescuehero.org/donations/intake/desmoines
