OzHarvest Newcastle recently saved their 1.6 millionth meal.
The Newcastle charity which collects food from local businesses and distributes it to charities, reached the milestone by saving five hundred thousand kilos of food from landfill.
The charity began in February 2010 and has grown from a hand full of business to collecting, on average, five tons of food a week.
OzHarvest delivers to over 70 charities a week in Newcastle, Lake Maquarie, Raymond Terrace and Maitland.
OzHarvest manager, Monique McGuire says their service is valued by Hunter charities.
"I think if OzHarvest wasn't around a lot of [charities] would really really struggle," says Ms McGuire, "every time I visit a charity or ring them to see if they're happy with our service they always say 'thank god for OzHarvest'.
"They really appreciate what we do and we could [sic] only do it because of all the food business that are happy to provide their surplus food to us."
