Food Pick-Up

An Indian Springs Food Rescue

Stop by the Library for some fresh proteins, produce, prepared salads, and treats! This program is brought to you by our amazing local volunteers, Three Square, Celestial Manna, and Trader Joe's!

Is this your first time visiting for our Food Pick-up?  You're in for a treat!  We offer a comfortable, boutique-like food rescue experience unlike any other in Indian Springs.  We do have a line and limit the number of folks in the Library space to ensure safety, we have staff and volunteers to walk you through your experience, and even offer car-side service! 

What a food rescue?

Food rescue is a little different from food pantries.  Food rescues have little to no barriers, like income requirements.  In our case, we only ask for a sign-in to record our numbers.  Food rescues take food that is still good but about to come up on its expiration and best-by dates and gets it into the hands of people like you! This reduces food waste.  Based on an EPA estimate, "Food waste comprises about 24 percent of municipal solid waste disposed of in landfills. Due to its quick decay rate, food waste in landfills is contributing to more methane emissions than any other landfilled materials."  With one vehicle transporting all this food, we can also reduce emissions.

See below for additional details:

The Indian Springs Library will be ready for our food pick-up with our first person being in at 11:30 am.  We will host the pantry until 3:30 pm or until the food is gone!

For those arriving early, please note we will have limited chairs in the lobby, courtesy of our local Clark County Parks and Rec crew.  Doors and entryways that must remain clear for traffic are marked by blue tape, and we ask chairs not be put in those areas.  

• If you are coming in only for Library services, please skip the line and come on in! We'll have staff to help you out.
• If you are here for Library services AND food, please wait in line.  We'll have staff come out to get returns, get your holds checked out, etc.
• If you are only here for food, please hop in line.  We don't want you missing out on your spot signing in.
• If you are feeling under the weather, don't do well in crowded and busy areas, have mobility limitations, etc., please give us a call after 11:30 when you arrive in the parking lot.  We'll do our best to put you on the list in the order people have arrived and will call you when it's your turn.  Staff will shop and curbside your items for you!

Due to limited food availability and high demand, we are asking that everyone be present to pick up their food, that sign-ins are per household, and to please note that items are limited to ensure there is enough food for everyone.  Everyone is welcome to return between 3 and 3:30 pm to pick up additional food items without the item limitations.

This program is possible only through our amazing team of volunteers and our friends at Celestial Manna, Three Square, and Trader Joe's.  

This program is free and open to the public.  Food items are on a first-come, first-served basis and most items are limited to ensure there is enough for everyone to get some fresh goods.  Please contact us with any questions you may have at 702.879.3845.

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