Mission & Impact
We drive food because the way to end hunger is to take care of each other.
The mission of The Food Drive can be summed up in three words: we drive food. Formed in 2020 during the pandemic, we work to feed our community through grassroots, hyperlocal solutions to food insecurity and food waste.
One-third of the residents of Massachusetts are facing empty plates. At The Food Drive, we believe there is no “us and them” when hunger is affecting so many people in our community…there is only “us.” We fill the plates of our neighbors seven days a week year-round through our Food Rescue distribution, Community Freezer, Food Donation Bins, Neighborhood Food Drives, No-Cost Grocery program, and Hot Meal deliveries. All the food we provide is free and all are welcome to receive it.
800,000 pounds of food distributed to date
696,000 equivalent in meals
$1.3 million total value of food
125,000 people served annually
150 volunteers (ages 4 to 84!)
10 communities served
Simply stated, WE DRIVE FOOD.
We drive food from Point A (donor) to Point B (recipient).
We drive food to people, not to a warehouse.
We drive food within a 10-mile radius.
We drive food roughly the same amount of time as a trip to the grocery store.
We drive food on holidays and weekends and snowy days.
We drive food in cars, trucks, SUVS, vans, and sometimes even on bikes and scooters and walkers and on foot.
We drive food that fits special diets.
We drive food to 10 communities.
We drive food in small quantities because a few sandwiches matter when you’re on a fixed income.
We drive food thanks to over 150 volunteers, not a fleet of trucks.
We drive food because the way to end hunger is to take care of each other.
