By Adam Lowy | Executive Director
Move For Hunger is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019, and we thought this was the perfect opportunity to acknowledge the amazing things we have accomplished together, to reflect upon what we have learned over the last decade, and to set a course for the road ahead.
Our network has delivered nearly 14 million lbs. of food over the last 10 years -- that's the equivalent of 11.8 million meals! We can't discuss our successes, however, without acknowledging some hard truths. There are still more than 41 million Americans struggling to put meals on the table every day. Although food waste is now widely recognized as a global catastrophe, we are still throwing away 40% of the food we produce each year. I don't say this to discourage you, because we have made some very important strides on both fronts. But we need to do more, plain and simple.
When I started Move For Hunger, I never expected that it would become the nationally-recognized organization it is today. I also didn't fully understand the scope of the problems I was attempting to solve. If the last 10 years have taught me anything, though, it's this: we can't do it alone.
Move For Hunger is continuing to expand our efforts into the multi-family space this year, where we're now working with more than 900 apartment communities! These new partnerships help us educate and engage more people than ever before to tackle the issues of hunger and food waste. We're also working more closely with our food banking partners across the country, because it takes partnership and collaboration to truly drive impact.
We have a lot of exciting things planned for the rest of the year, including the Team Ten Challenge fundraising competition! Click here to receive updates on the Challenge, details on the AMAZING prizes (Hamilton tickets and a trip to Cabo, anyone?) that you'll have a chance to win, and to learn more about how you can help us reach our goal to feed 3 million people in 2019!
Our 10th anniversary shouldn't just be an occasion to celebrate everything we have accomplished. It's a chance for us to imagine what Move For Hunger can become.
-Adam
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