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Food rescue, rooted in community

Good food.
Good people.

Gather brings businesses, recipient organizations, and volunteers together to help good food move where it can do more.

Join the movementSee how it works
  1. BusinessesShare appropriate surplus food
  2. VolunteersHelp move each rescue
  3. Recipient organizationsReceive food they can use

Our shared purpose

Less waste. More nourishment. Stronger communities.

Gather is building a clearer way for appropriate surplus food to reach local organizations—with volunteers helping each rescue happen.

Follow the rescue

  1. Reduce food waste

    Keep appropriate food in use and out of the waste stream.

  2. Fight hunger

    Help more good food reach organizations serving their communities.

  3. Make service easier

    Create a clearer path for students and adults to help locally.

Choose your path

There's a place for you.

Good food moves farther when every part of a community can take part. Find the role that fits how you want to help.

Volunteers organize packaged food for distribution.

Volunteers

Find nearby food rescues that fit your schedule, make a tangible local difference, and keep a trustworthy record of completed service activity.

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Volunteers organize packaged food for distribution.

Volunteers

Find nearby food rescues that fit your schedule, make a tangible local difference, and keep a trustworthy record of completed service activity.

Explore volunteering
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Businesses

Share appropriate surplus through a clearer coordination process that helps reduce waste and support community organizations.

Join as a business
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Recipient Organizations

Set preferences, coordinate what works for your organization, and receive appropriate food that supports your mission.

Learn about receiving
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Schools & Programs

Connect students with meaningful community service and trustworthy records of completed activity, subject to each program's own policies.

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Supporters

Help enable more rescues and responsible growth through individual support, sponsorship, foundation funding, or community partnership.

Support Gather

How Gather works

Good food, kept in motion.

A rescue connects one appropriate surplus opportunity with a volunteer and a recipient organization—then records what was completed.

See how a rescue works
  1. A baker arranges fresh loaves on a tray.Share

    1. Appropriate surplus is shared

    2. An opportunity becomes available

  2. Volunteers organize packaged food for distribution.Move

    1. A volunteer claims it

    2. Pickup is coordinated

  3. A person carries a box filled with fresh vegetables.Complete

    1. Delivery is confirmed

    2. Impact and service activity are recorded

Our impact

Building impact together.

Gather is building a clear picture of food rescued, service completed, and communities involved. Verified public metrics will appear here as completed activity grows.

Explore our impact

Reporting status

Verified reporting is coming as Gather grows.

Published figures will reflect verified rescue and service activity as Gather grows.

Food rescued

Verified totals will track appropriate surplus moved through completed rescues.

Rescues completed

Completed rescues will be added as confirmation data becomes available.

Volunteer hours

Volunteer hours will grow from time recorded through completed service activity.

Good food moves with all of us

Join the movement.

Share food, move a rescue, welcome a delivery, or help Gather grow. Every role helps more good food reach people who can use it.

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