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March Meal Madness

A Friendly Competition to Support Our Programs

🏀 March Meal Madness 🏀
Compete. Give. Change Lives.

Join the ultimate showdown to fight food waste and hunger—every dollar gets us closer to victory!

Welcome to March Meal Madness, where generosity meets competition! Teams across the community are rallying together to support Cultivate Food Rescue, an organization that turns excess food into meals for children and families in need. Your donation fuels this mission—and helps your team climb the leaderboard! Whether you’re here to support a friend, a local business, or just make a difference, every contribution counts. Who will take the title of top donor? Let’s find out—make your gift today!

Team Resources

Thank you for being part of the Madness !

Check out these resources for all things March Meal Madness. Do you have a question that isn’t answered here? Email [email protected].

Team Deadlines & Reminders

Cultivate Quick Facts

Team Flyers for Printing

How to Register as Fundraiser (for my team)

Social Media Posts and Email Templates

Fundraiser Ideas

By the numbers

Key Statistics and Metrics

The Bad:

Children eligible for free and reduced lunch in our three counties

Children are living in poverty across these three counties

Billion pounds of food wasted in the United States annually

The Good:

Students are now supported by Cultivate

Frozen meals are provided weekly

Backpack meals made by volunteers

Thank you for the frozen meals. My granddaughter uses them to easily fix herself a good nutritious meal. It is a wonderful program to use excess food, and to serve good meals for the students at their homes on the weekends. Thank you!

Tammi

Caregiver/Grandmother

Thank you so much for working with the Wa-Née Community schools and Cultivate to provide my 3 children with 5 delicious meals each weekend during the covid pandemic while the schools were closed.  It meant the world to our family to know that each Friday there would be 3 backpacks delivered to our front porch full of delicious and nutritious meals. I’m not sure how we could have done it without you. We can’t thank you enough to you and the volunteers that made this all possible.

Backpack Family at Wa-Nee Community Schools

The Cultivate meals are easy for me to grab after school, and just as easy for me to make at home for a meal.  When our family is busy, it is easy for me to fix a good and healthy meal without having to go out and get something.  There are many great meals to choose from. My favorite is the oatmeal with sausage.  Thank you for making a variety of foods for families in our area to enjoy.

Bremen

Student

Cultivate has been an incredible blessing for our school. It’s hard to concentrate, behave and perform while hungry! Cultivate has removed barriers for our students in need. Each week, 35-40 of our students receive 6 high quality meals to take home with them. Our families are grateful for the extra support in this particularly difficult time.

Hope Amor

Principal at LaVille Elementary School