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Share My Meals recovers surplus healthy meals from corporate cafeterias in New Jersey, and delivers them with volunteers to local nonprofits and directly to families in need. Your support helps prevent the highest-value food in our food system from going to waste and directs it to fighting food insecurity where it can do the most good.
Share My Meals not only addresses immediate hunger, it has a ripple effect leading to better health and mental health, better educational outcomes, better job performance, housing security, quality time with loved ones, and being a positive force in the community. With each dollar you give, you are saving meals, feeding families and protecting the planet!
Maximize your giving impact by making a monthly recurring gift, or ask your company to match your donation. For any questions, contact Assetou Gaudissard, Development and Communication Director.
Share My Meals is a 501(c)(3) corporation, Federal ID / EIN 84-4149439. Your donation is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Whether you have an hour a day or an hour a month to volunteer, you can make a real impact on the lives of your neighbors – and on the health of our planet. Our volunteers recover food from schools, corporate cafeterias, retail stores and farms and distribute those meals to our local community in need.
We are looking for volunteers who can drive, have access to a car, have a smartphone and are based in the following counties in NJ: Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Union, and Somerset. All volunteers receive training and have the opportunity to shadow an experienced volunteer.
Princeton, NJ Area Opportunities
Opportunities In Other Parts of NJ
Want to learn more? Complete our interest form here to be contacted by our Volunteer Coordinator. Or sign up for our info session on the second Wednesday of the month at 12:30pm at this link.
Donating meals is an easy way to protect our planet and help local communities access healthy meals. Share My Meals specializes in the recovery of prepared meals and has designed a program that ensures that your donated are delivered to families following high-standard food safety guidelines.
Our process is easy, flexible, and free to meal donors. Donors help by portioning out their surplus meals into our reusuable containers, scanning them with an easy to use app that notifies us they are ready for pick up, and refrigerating them until we pick them up. That’s it!
Share My Meals provides donors with monthly dashboards to see their direct impact on their local community and the environment.
Federal and state laws provide liability protection for food donors as long as they comply with food safety standards and donate in good faith.
Share My Meals has developed a food donation recovery protocol and the technological tools to ensure high safety standards from pick up to delivery. We work with donors to deliver donated meals safely to our families and partner organizations.
Click here to learn more about the legislation protecting food donors.
For more information, please contact Ariana McBride.
is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization, incorporated in NJ, that serves the food insecure community in New Jersey, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or faith.
