SINGAPORE — When I arrived at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre on a Tuesday morning, seven volunteers were shuttling busily from various fruit and vegetable vendors around the centre, clad in black aprons with the logo Fridge Restock Community Singapore (FRC) emblazoned on it.
SINGAPORE — When I arrived at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre on a Tuesday morning, seven volunteers, clad in black aprons with the logo Fridge Restock Community Singapore emblazoned on them, were already busily buzzing around to prepare for their twice-weekly food rescue missionsLike clockwork, the teams of volunteers would labour to collect unsold produce from various fruit and vegetable vendors around the centre, taking these back to the shelter.
“Before learning about food rescue, I had always given away unsold produce to temples or thrown them away,” said Mr Yap. “When we throw vegetables inside the green bin, those vegetables get contaminated, and I don't want them to take the food. I told them that I will put aside the vegetables for them, and they can come and collect from me weekly, once or twice,” said Mr Yap.Mr Daniel Yap, founder of the Fridge Restock Community Singapore, sorting and transporting vegetables at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre.
Since then, FRC’s Facebook group has grown to one that has around 4,500 followers, while it also has a pool of more than 50 regular volunteers to tap for its weekly missions.Mr Daniel Yap with other volunteers from the Fridge Restock Community Singapore at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. Instead, FRC is funded in part by donations from corporate organisations and the general public, which helps Mr Yap with covering miscellaneous expenses, including the fuel and maintenance costs of upkeeping FRC’s refrigerated truck used for its food rescues.
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