Our organization is guided by community members and rooted in the principles of kaizen, or continuous improvement. We center community perspectives, lived experience, and local knowledge in everything we do to ensure our work stays responsive, relevant, and effective.
Our board, community advisors, volunteers, and site managers come from the communities we serve, and many have firsthand experience with food insecurity. Their leadership helps shape our programs, strengthen our decision-making, and advance long-term solutions to hunger and food access in the Denver Metro area.
We welcome supporters who want to invest their time, skills, and resources in this work to join us as a volunteer and help create lasting change.
Visionaries of Kaizen Food Rescue
Kaizen was founded by Thai Nguyen and Shawn Traylor, whose shared commitment to food access, food waste reduction, and nutrition insecurity helped launch the organization.
Community Advisory Members
Em Nguyen, Elder Community Member.
Noah Nguyen, Youth Community Member.
Owen Nguyen, Youth Community Member.
Pam Jiner, Montbello Walks and GirlTrek.
Shannon Francis, Spirit of the Sun.
Volunteers
Kaizen is supported by a large volunteer community, with over 150 volunteers contributing each week.
We are always excited to connect with community members who bring diverse skills, board governance experience, food access experience, or lived experience with nutrition insecurity to help guide our work. If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity, please email info@kaizenfoodrescue.org.