Share Food Program Inc

Community food programs- share food program's ("share") core offerings include the administration of the emergency food assistance program (tefap), through which it ensures that hungry residents have equitable access to nourishing food. Share is also the only nonprofit in the nation to manage the regional national school lunch program, providing nutritious food to over 250,000 of the region's students across 806 schools and 60 districts. In addition, share feeds nearly 7,000 vulnerable older adults through its senior food box program and leads the region in home deliveries of food assistance to seniors, with approximately 3,000 receiving food boxes directly at their doorstep through an innovative partnership with doordash. Its philly food rescue program sources surplus food and redistributes it to communities in need, diverting 500,000 lbs. Of fresh food from landfills every month. Nice roots farm, share's onsite urban agricultural education project, donates over 5,000 lbs. Of organic produce to the surrounding community and hosts 20+ field trips for local students each year. Share food program also supplies fresh produce and nutritional education to approximately 1,100 families within the school district of philadelphia each month.