NOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC

Founded on May 26, 2011, Nourish Now has rescued and redistributed more than 18 million pounds of food to more than 500,000 people struggling with hunger. To date, Nourish Now has rescued food from more than 200 licensed food service providers throughout the DC metro area. Our dual mission of ending food waste and hunger not only helps individuals and families combat hunger, but has led to eliminating approximately 40 million pounds of CO2 from our entering our atmosphere and causing pollution

Food collected is brought back to Nourish Now's facility where the food is inventoried and re-packaged into individual meals for those we serve. On a monthly basis, Nourish Now redistributes food to more than 20,000 people in need and nonprofit organizations that, in turn, deliver it to the clients they serve. Nourish Now has been able to save area nonprofit agencies hundreds of thousands of dollars by not having to purchase as much food. In addition to the cost savings, our food donations provide partner agencies an expanded opportunity to donate perishable foods in which many of these agencies unfortunately may not have the resources to do so. We donate to various groups including public and private schools, at-risk youth programs, food pantries, senior group homes, veteran group homes, religious institutions, and other various types of nonprofits throughout the area.

Beginning in 2022, Nourish Now began providing thoiusands of poiuynds of bread to Montgomery County Government's eight food hubs. The Coiunty, in turn, distributes the bfread to its clients in need.

Nourish Now, through its Multi-Cultural Mobile Food Assistance Program, which began as the pandemic struck our area in 2020, distributed Family Relief Boxes (FRB's)--containing a five day supply of nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for individuals and families in need. The distributions take place in neighborhoods considered to be "food deserts", at houses of worship, low-income apartment complexes and schools primarily in Montgomery County, MD, in addition to Anacostia, DC, Baltimore, MD and Prince George's County, MD .

Through our S.N.A.C.K. Program, we donate nutritious healthy snacks to at-risk students who may face hunger on any given day during the beginning of school and during afterschool. If children do not eat properly when in school their concentration suffers measurably. Parents, teachers and school counselors have provide feedback to Nourish Now that their children/students grades have improved significantly because of our S.N.A.C.K. Program. We donate to an average of four thousands students at ten schools during the school year weekly and this program continues over the summer through donating to free camps that need help with distributing food and beverages to campers due to funding contrasts.

Beginning on July 5, 2022 the Offsite Family Food Distribution Program began providing a five-day supply of food, which includes fresh produce, dairy, and an assortment of perishables and non-perishable items and feature high-quality prepared meals from Nourish Now’s food donor partners. Currently, monthly, we are serving some 20,000 people in Montgomery County and Southeast Washington, DC struggling with hunger.
A typical day of recovering and delivering food includes about 10 regularly scheduled pickups from area grocery and big box stores, farms, sporting venues, corporate cafeterias, restaurants, and more.

Among our major food donor partners are Whole Foods, AstraZeneca and Leidos- food cafeterias, Levy Restaurants at Nationals Park, FedEx Field, and other locations, multiple Targets, Occasions Catering, Coastal Flats, Norman’s Farm Barn, H&S Bakery, and COSTCO.

Not only do our food donation deliveries help to alleviate hunger, but they also improve health and economic conditions. We help provide individuals and families in need to use more of their income for key life basic essentials such as rent, childcare, and clothing. Through our client surveys, we have learned that our support provides savings on an average of $250 a month per household.

We are proud to have moved to a new location in Jukly 2022 that provides us with additional space to help serve a greater number of people who suffer from food insecurity. The creation of the Nourish Now Food Recovery Center was made possible through the generosity of the state of Maryland who awarded Nourish Now with a capital bond grant.