Free the Need
FREE the NEED is a community-based all-volunteer nonprofit corporation dedicated to the distribution of surplus food, clothing and shelter to needy families in
San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area communities.
Homeless News Service
Communication for a Sustainable Future (CSF) would like to announce the development of the first global news service for homeless newspapers. News stories from
registered homeless newspapers will be uploaded on a regular basis and available for public downloading. Contributors are encouraged to submit: News Items,
Commentary From Your City Related To Homelessness, Short Stories Related To Homelessness, Homeless Poetry, Local Events In Your Region Or City Of Relevance To
The Homeless
The Hunger Strike Force The Hunger Strike Force (HSF) provides food for millions of hungry children and adults across the United States. Utilizing its fleet of tractor-trailers,
HSF transports millions of pounds of food, clothing, medical supplies, disaster relief and building supplies to OBI's huge network of churches and community
food pantries.
Maryland Food Bank
The Maryland Food Bank is a resource for non-profit feeding organizations that care for the needy distributing donated or unsalable products that might
otherwise be thrown away.
Second
Helping
Second Helping, a food rescue program, collects unserved, prepared (ready-to-eat!) and perishable foods from commercial kitchens, events or local caterers and
delivers them to soup kitchens, emergency shelters and feeding programs in central Maryland.
Minnesota Food Share Minnesota FoodShare, an interfaith collaboration, achieves solutions to hunger through community action. The March 1998 Minnesota FoodShare Campaign raised
4.3 million pounds of food (2.3 million pounds, and $2 million) by resourcing and coordinating 4,800 food and cash drives in congregations, corporations,
schools, and civic organizations throughout Minnesota to benefit the 250 local foodshelves. FoodShare also is an active voice in advocating for public policies
affecting people living in poverty and hunger. In October 1997, FoodShare launched The Twin Cities Building Blocks Project to ensure that children have access
to food programs for which they are eligible.
Open Door Mission, Rochester, New York The Open Door Mission was founded in 1952 to provide spiritual and material comfort to the less fortunate. The Mission does not receive government funding
and relies entirely on donations from the community to run its programs.
Partnership for the Homeless The Partnership is recognized as one of the nation's largest service-providing agencies dealing with homelessness. Through its array of services, homeless
men, women and children are moved off the streets of New York City and into housing and employment.
Phoenix Data Center
Index of free and low income service for Santa Clara County
SHARE
A nationwide, nonprofit organization that enables people to obtain food in an atmosphere of human dignity. Participants in SHARE, Self Help And Resource
Exchange, pay $14 in cash or food stamps to receive a monthly, supplemental food package containing about 30 pounds of groceries worth $25 to $30. Each
participant is responsible for providing two hours of volunteer service sometime during the month. SHARE operates through a network of host organizations such
as places of worship, schools, tenant groups and community centers.
Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength (SOS) is the nation's leading anti-hunger organization that mobilizes industries and individuals to contribute their talents to fight hunger.
SharingWeb SharingWeb is a resource for citizens, administrators, volunteers, or anyone who is concerned with or experiencing hunger or homelessness on the South Shore
of Boston
Tampa Bay Harvest An all volunteer charitable organization operating in West Central Florida including Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. Food recovery and gleaning -
volunteers pick up leftover, sale dated and excess food items from local supermarkets, hospitals, schools, restaurants, as well as other food related
businesses, delivering the rescued food to one of the more than 150 local area charities served by TBH.
