OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha field office of the FBI has honored a food rescue organization and its founder with the 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award.
The office presented Beth Ostdiek Smith, founder of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue, with the award earlier this week.
Started in October 2013, Saving Grace redirects perishable food that had been destined for landfills to food pantries, shelters, senior citizen centers and other nonprofits that feed the hungry in the Omaha area. Saving Grace picks up donated items from more than 50 stores, restaurants and other entities and delivers them the same day, free of charge.
The Director’s Community Leadership Award was created in 1990 as a way to honor those who combat crime and for outstanding contributions to the community, among other things.