Giving Marin Community Partnership Awards ExtraFood $10,000
December 20, 2018

Community Spotlight:
volunteersTobey J.

Tobey joined ExtraFood in August of 2017 and has been an amazing regular volunteer that we can count on every week! She just reached a new milestone with 303 food trips and recovered over 11,000 pounds of food. Tobey recovers a variety of foods from Safeway Novato, Philz Coffee, and picks up a great donation from the wonderful “My Thai” restaurant.

Not only does Tobey make her regular stops, but she enthusiastically jumps in to cover spontaneous food trips whenever she can! In the summer, Tobey also volunteers to recover the amazing produce at the seasonal Novato Farmers’ Market on Tuesday evenings.

Tobey delivers donations to SR Rotary Manor, Centerpoint and Community Action Marin where she has developed great relationships with the teams at each location - and they are so grateful for her commitment and positive attitude.

Tobey has a background in nutrition and appreciates the need for healthy and nutritious choices for people - she started volunteering with ExtraFood because she wanted to find a new way to help with this and to help reduce food waste.