My Nonprofit Reviews

The concept is almost too simple: get the food that's about to be thrown out to the people who don't have enough to eat. When I first signed up I was nervous about going in the back door of restaurants and grocery stores, and even more nervous to walk into shelters. But the employees were so happy to share their food with me and those at the shelters were so grateful to take it that I soon became confident in my role. The web site is great. You just scroll through, decide which routes fit into your schedule, and sign up for them. At first I tried out a whole bunch of routes around town, then I found my favorite routes and adopted them, which meant that I was automatically signed up to take them each week. Sometimes when you volunteer you aren't sure whether you actually contributed. But when you physically hand food to someone who needs it, you can be sure your work had meaning. The only reason I stopped volunteering here is that I moved out of the state.

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