Scrap industry CEO funds charity food service facility renovations

The Syracuse, New York-based Rescue Mission Alliance serves free meals year-round to anyone located in the Syracuse area who is in need. Adam Weitsman, CEO of New York-based Upstate Shredding, has committed $100,000 to the renovation of the organization’s Clarence L. Jordan Food Service and Culinary Education Center, which is a charity facility that serves three meals a day to people in need and offers training in the food service industry to help its patrons secure jobs.

In 2018, the center served more than 190,000 free meals to people in need—meals are served three times a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year. Rescue Mission Alliance launched The Capital Campaign to raise $185,000 to renovate the current food service facility. With Weitsman’s donation, the center is $85,000 away from completion.

Named after the organization’s past director who died in 2018, the Clarence L. Jordan Food Service and Culinary Education Center is set to open in November with enough dining space to accommodate anyone in need.

The renovations are about 75 percent complete. The facility’s dining hall will be named after Weitsman’s three daughters—Clover, Rae and Monroe—to recognize his contribution.