About Us
Meals distributed to individuals, families, and food pantries across the region so far this year. With your help, we’ll serve even more food — and help even more people — in the coming months.
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Share serves through the National School Lunch Program.
Our Fight Against Hunger
Philadelphia has the highest rate of poverty of any major city in the nation, and food insecurity is an endemic problem in our community. The ripple effects of the pandemic, slashed emergency benefits, and skyrocketing inflation have only made things even worse. Our network of caring volunteers, dedicated professionals, and generous donors works to bring nourishing food to our neighbors in need.
Our History of Compassion
Share Food Program distributes food to hundreds of thousands neighbors in need each month, over 50% of whom are children and seniors or people with disabilities.
The food we distribute comes from many places including: government partners, supermarkets, wholesalers, restaurants, farms and food drives. There are complex logistics and significant funding needs to purchasing, coordinating, storing, packaging and distributing millions of pounds of food each month. Our work and impact is made possible by the generosity of our donors.
Share started in 1986 as a food co-op for communities in need of access to low-cost food in Philadelphia.
We’re a Team of Doers
We are a proud bunch of devoted staff, mighty volunteers, and generous supporters.