Food Security United States Project #7590

Help Us Fight Hunger Across America

by Move For Hunger

Project Report | May 24, 2017
Happy National Moving Month!

By Heather Keefe | Director of Fundraising

Make Your Move a #GOODMOVE

The “bread and butter” of the Move for Hunger movement is encouraging people to donate food when they move. Move for Hunger is proud to work with more than 750 moving companies across North America to rescue unopened, non-perishable food from their customers and deliver it to local food banks.

As a result of widespread community support, Move for Hunger has collected an astonishing 8 million pounds of food in less than 8 years! We’re thrilled to have earned this accomplishment, but we know we can be doing so much more to rescue food that should nourish someone in need.

One way that we’re expanding the Move for Hunger movement is by partnering with corporate relocation companies. Most large corporations have some kind of formal relocation policy to help attract and retain talent. Today’s employees, however, demand more than just perks; they want their company to be socially-responsible, sustainable, and green.

That’s why we’ve started encouraging several large companies to incorporate Move for Hunger into their employee relocation process. Giants like Facebook, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Bridgestone, and Sodexo have already committed to integrating Move for Hunger into their policies! These new relationships will help us recover thousands of additional pounds of food every year.

By introducing Move for Hunger through employee relocation, we hope to open the door to further action with corporations outside of the moving industry. Perhaps it’s something as simple as organizing a company-wide food drive, or motivating employees to join Team Move for Hunger and fundraise at an upcoming race. Ultimately, we want to empower our partners to make fighting hunger and food waste part of their corporate culture.

In this NJTV interview, Move for Hunger’s founder and executive director, Adam Lowy, explains how Move for Hunger compels community action in our home state of New Jersey.

https://twitter.com/SteveAdubato/status/863136836784459777

If you or a family member are planning a move this summer, check out these simple tips from Move for Hunger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OITIspJqfxs

Move for Hunger will help you Find a Mover who gives back. Our movers are active across the United States and Canada!

https://moveforhunger.org/find-a-mover/

THANK YOU for championing Move for Hunger and making your own donation! Please continue spreading the word that hunger and food waste don’t have to go hand-in-hand. By working together, we can rescue food and get it into the pantries of families who need it most.

#MOVEOUT17 Food Rescue on College Campuses

Think Move for Hunger when you move!

Move for Hunger CAN't stop, won't stop!

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Feb 22, 2017
Move for Hunger "foodraisers, friendraisers, and fundraisers" tackle hunger and food waste

By Heather Keefe | Director of Partnerships

Interns Move for Hunger

Move for Hunger is a grassroots non-profit with a national reach. We’ve achieved this distinction thanks to you! Move for Hunger is proud to have created a robust network of partners who believe passionately that we can work together to reduce hunger and food waste.

We’ve been analyzing our successes in 2016 and planning how to improve the lives of even more families in 2017.

Last year, Move for Hunger collected more than 1.4 million pounds of food, which provided more than 1.2 million meals to families in need! We were busier than ever mobilizing food drives – more than 550 of them! Move for Hunger is proud to partner with individuals, associations, community groups, and businesses – including more than 700 moving companies – to harness our collective power to get food onto the tables of those who need it most.

It’s hard to believe that nearly 50 million Americans don’t have enough to eat when 40 percent of all food produced in the United States ends up being thrown away. Food insecurity and food waste are prevalent in every community, among all ages, including families who “never thought they’d need a food bank.” In 2017, Move for Hunger will conduct more “foodraisers, friendraisers, and fundraisers” because food, people, and money are at the heart of our collaborative success.

Together, we can bring the Move for Hunger movement into our everyday lives – raising food, awareness, and funds at corporate and community events, telling the Move for Hunger story, and reminding people that food insecurity and food waste are unacceptable in 2017.

THANK YOU for energizing our cause, taking action, and inspiring others to Move for Hunger.

Proud honoree, Mazda Drive for Good

Food drive expansion

Move for Hunger race team!

Donate your food when you move!

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Move for Hunger Year in Review 2016 (PDF)

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Nov 28, 2016
What I'm Thankful For

By Adam Lowy | Executive Director

We are thankful for YOU - the everyday people help

The holidays are here, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you all the things I am thankful for this year.

I am thankful for my family: They are always there for me and made me who I am today. Even more, I was lucky enough to marry the girl of my dreams this year!

I am thankful for my friends: I've met so many amazing people from all across the globe. They keep me inspired, humble, and motivated to continue to press on with the important work we're doing.

I am thankful for my staff and our interns: I wish you all could see how hard they work behind-the-scenes. Our team may be small, but we sure are mighty!

And I am thankful for all of the people who are helping us do extraordinary things. I'm thankful for movers like Bill and Freddy, who wrapped five of their company's trucks to help raise awareness about hunger in our nation's capital. I'm thankful for partners like Victory Packaging, whose fourth annual company-wide food drive brought in over 25,000 pounds of food. I'm thankful for people in the relocation industry like Christine and Mary Ann of the Corporate Housing Providers Association, who organized a volunteer shift at a homeless shelter in New York City as part of their regional conference last month. I'm thankful for individuals like Jay, who turned his weekly card game into an opportunity to fight hunger in Indianapolis, and Jordan, who just competed in his 5th race as a member of Team Move For Hunger.

And, last but not least, I am thankful for the hundreds of people from all across the United States and Canada who have hosted food drives with us this year, like the students at the University of Michigan who collected 2,300 meals for their local food bank.

I am so thankful for everything we've been able to accomplish together, but the sobering truth is that our work is far from finished. Most of us will come together on Thursday to celebrate our good fortune; meanwhile, nearly 50 million of our fellow Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal, let alone a Thanksgiving feast.

On behalf of the entire Move For Hunger team, thank you. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend in the company of your family and friends.

-Adam

The Circle K International Group UMich

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