?? Today marks the start of our 24/25 Winter Appeal! This season, we’re all about growing healthy communities together. Every donation helps provide fresh, nutritious food to our neighbors across Eastern Massachusetts, creating the foundation for a future where everyone in our community has what they need to thrive. Join us in making a difference—let’s grow stronger together! ?? #GrowingHealthyCommunities #FoodForFree Donate now: https://lnkd.in/eH9dyZ7N
Food For Free
非盈利组织
Somerville，Massachusetts 2,220 位关注者
We believe that every human has the right to fresh, healthy food.
关于我们
At Food For Free we believe everyone should have access to healthy, delicious food. Our many programs work to fight hunger in our communities: Food Rescue We rescue fresh food that might otherwise be discarded and distribute it to over 100 programs in 25 communities across Eastern MA. We distribute over 2 million pounds of rescued food each year. Heat-n-Eats Food For Free takes prepared food from corporate, university, and hospital dining services and turns it into attractive, balanced, single-serving meals that they distribute to food-insecure populations. These meals are donated through schools, colleges, homeless shelters, etc. Weekend Eats Carrot Cards This program distributes reloadable debit cards to over 1,185 food-insecure families across Cambridge and Somerville, providing over 2,100 PK-12th grade students with critical funds to purchase food every weekend. Debit cards instead of physical food allow families to have autonomy over their dietary needs and freedom to choose culturally-appropriate options. School Markets We partner with both public charter schools and district public schools in Somerville & Cambridge to host monthly markets for the school families and members of the community to access free food, right where they are. Healthy Eats Since 2001, Food For Free has delivered food to low-income Cambridge residents who are unable to access food pantries due to disability or chronic illness. We offer twice-monthly deliveries of food, including fresh vegetables and fruit, to over 350 clients each month. Just Eats Developed during the pandemic to meet increased demand, this boxed food program distributes 1,600 grocery boxes and 50k lbs of bulk food every single week to food programs for safe, nutrition-focused distribution. Transportation Partnership In 2010, the Greater Boston Food Bank asked Food For Free to pick up food orders for several food programs that lacked their own transportation. We are now their largest transportation partner.
- 网站
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https://foodforfree.org
Food For Free的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 非盈利组织
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Somerville，Massachusetts
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1981
- 领域
- Food Access、Food Rescue、Anti-Hunger、Collaboration和Food insecurity
地点
Food For Free员工
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Paul Seabury
Operations and Logistics Management Professional
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Trish Fontanilla
Community / CX / Hypewoman for Hire
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Kristen Watkins
Chief Operating Officer | Mission-driven operations and strategy leader
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Alex Gladwell
Associate Director of Programs and Partnerships at Food For Free Advocate for Social and Economic Justice
动态
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Four students from Approach International Student Center, Inc. joined us at Just Eats this week ?????? During this academic quarter, these students are focusing on gratitude as part of their ongoing efforts to give back to the community. As a part of this effort, they chose to volunteer with us at Food For Free. Together, they packed 360 grocery boxes of nutritious and fresh food that we'll deliver to food pantries and housing sites across Eastern MA. We are grateful to be surrounded by students and rising leaders who never give up, and who believe in our mission to fight hunger in our community. Thank you for joining us!
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We're so grateful to be able to partner with Cambridge Health Alliance to grow healthy communities by providing consistent access to healthy food to our neighbors who need it most.
CHA's Zinberg Clinic has received much needed pre-Thanksgiving items for distribution from Food For Free. Our Clifton Hughes Food Pantry reopened in January 2023 and is thrilled to be going strong as we near our two year anniversary. The fresh foods delivered are just part of how we help Zinberg patients stay healthy, not to mention the exercise created by our dedicated staff! Thank you, Food for Free!
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Colleagues from Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. joined us at Heat-n-Eats last week, and it was a pleasure to have them in the kitchen with us!?? Together, this group packed 240 frozen individual meals that will help ensure students in our community have access to a nutritious meal. Thank you for your commitment to our mission, Sustainability Roundtable Inc!
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Harvard and Food For Free volunteers teamed up to bag beans on Halloween ???? Check out our latest blog post that shows some of the innovative work we've been doing this fall to get healthy, culturally familiar foods onto our neighbors' plates through our School Markets program. Did you know that Harvard and Food For Free have been partnering to fight hunger and food waste for 10 years? We were delighted to have a group from Harvard join us for this festive shift, and are grateful for their ongoing partnership.
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We invited Matt Robinson of MATTS MEALS to our Party Under the Harvest Moon last month, and he's still talking about what he learned about the work we're doing to reduce food insecurity and food waste in our community. Check out a conversation he had last week with WBZ News Radio reporter, Jordan Rich, on Connoisseurs Corner with Jordan Rich - linked below! Thanks for continuing to help raise awareness for our work, Matt!
Home - Matt's Meals
https://matts-meals.com
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Together, we can cultivate healthy communities ???? Join us and become a part of the solution to food insecurity in your community this season. Food For Free is dedicated to providing consistent access to fresh and nutritious food to Eastern Massachusetts communities. Today, we serve more than 132,000 of our neighbors facing food insecurity and distribute 6.2 million pounds of nutritious fresh and prepared foods annually. ?? Give the gift of hope for a healthier community today by making a donation to Food For Free: https://lnkd.in/eH9dyZ7N #GrowingHealthyCommunities #GiveBack
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Students from Somerville Public Schools culinary arts program joined us last week at Heat-n-Eats! ?? Together, this group created 145 healthy frozen meals which were distributed to our community partners to serve students facing food insecurity. It was so special to fill our Heat-n-Eats kitchen with the future of the culinary scene. Thank you for helping us fight food waste and food insecurity in our community.
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Seasoned Greetings is a gift that gives back to the community?? We are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Curio Spice Company for another year of these beautifully curated spice gift boxes. Each purchase will provide a minimum donation of $20 to Food For Free, allowing us to continue reducing food insecurity and food waste in the community. These boxes will make the perfect holiday gift, host gift, or a gift to simply express gratitude and love for a friend or family member. Or treat yourself to some comfort and feel good about supporting a local business and Food For Free's mission. Purchase your Seasoned Greetings box today! Use the link below https://lnkd.in/e_y5NTJT
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What a joy it was to have CarGurus volunteer with us four different times this month! They joined us at Food For Free for their volunteer days of service.???? Over their two Just Eats shifts, this group packed a total of 720 boxes of fresh produce and pantry staples that were delivered to our community partners throughout Eastern MA. During their two Heat-n-Eats shifts, they packaged protein, grains, and veggies into 390 frozen meal trays that were then distributed community colleges and school programs. Thank you, Car Gurus, for your dedication to Food For Free's mission and helping us to get healthy food into our communities!
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