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1. Hunger Hurts… We Can Help Julie S. Nack Locke, CMP HelmsBriscoe Associate Regional Vice President
2. ATTENDEE OUTCOMES Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act What can YOU do Negotiating F&B clauses
3. TODAY How many of you currently donate your surplus? How many of your clients require you to donate their leftovers? How many currently donate food?
4. COMPANY POLICY How many of your companies have food donation policies, that you know of?
5. The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
6. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT Who What Where When How Why
7. The Skinny on the ACT Enacted by President Clinton on October 1, 1996 Purpose: Encourage donation of food and grocery products to non-profit organizations for distribution to  individuals in need This law: Protects you from liability Protects you from civil and criminal liability Standardizes donor liability exposure Sets a floor of "gross negligence" or intentional misconduct for persons who donate grocery products Gross negligence - voluntary and conscious conduct by a person with knowledge (at the time of conduct) that the conduct is likely to be harmful to the health or well-being of another person
8. FOOD LEFTOVERS CLAUSE COMPANY would like to donate all leftovers to local charity. The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects donors from liability when donating to a non-profit organization. It protects donors from civil and criminal liability should the product donated in good faith later cause harm to the needy recipient. It standardizes donor liability exposure. Donors and their legal counsel no longer have to investigate liability laws in 50 states. www.ode.state.or.us/services/nutrition/nslp/2011/good_samaritan_act.pdf
9. FOOD DONATION CLAUSE Should COMPANY not meet the minimum requirement for food and beverage, COMPANY will purchase food from the hotel in the amount of the unused food and beverage minimum and donate it to a local charity. COMPANY shall take a tax deduction from the chosen food bank.
10. GENERAL DONATION GUIDELINES Food must be within Code date Food has not been reheated Refrigerated food has been prepared within 48 hours of donation Buffet food has been served by your employees and not set out for public self–service Containers have been labeled with the preparation date, ingredients, potential allergens and any special instructions Each type of food has been packaged separately Packaged meat that is donated through the Retail Rescue initiative must have been frozen prior to its expiration date to ensure food safety and extend the shelf life of the meat All food must be maintained in safe temperature zones
11. What YOU can do Locally Become a donor: www.gbfb.org/program or call 617-427-5200
12. LOCAL CONTACT Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) Largest hunger-relief organization in New England Among largest food banks in the country Member of Feeding America Distributed almost 35 million pounds of food last year Up to 545,000 people at risk of hunger
13. What YOU can do Nationally Feeding America http://feedingamerica.org 800-771-2303
14. NATIONAL CONTACT FEEDING AMERICA Nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief-charity Network of 200 member food banks across the country who supply more than 3 Billion pounds of food and grocery products annually FA provides emergency food assistance to more than 37 Million Americans Hunger in America exists for over 50 Million people. 1 in 6 of the US Population including 1 in 4 Children
15. Q&A
16. Thank you Julie S. Nack Locke, CMP HelmsBriscoe Associate Regional Vice President