Share is a Greater Philadelphia Social Innovation Award Finalist
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Share Food Program is a Delaware County finalist for the Greater Philadelphia Social Innovation Awards Healthy Food Access & Nutrition category. Cast your vote by 12/22 to support Share Food Program and the dozens of other amazing finalists.
The 2024 Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards celebrates Greater Philadelphia Social Innovators. These awards honor our region’s most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged, yet their efforts are what makes our communities a thriving region of innovation and opportunity.
The theme of the awards, “Achieving a More Just Society,” recognizes organic leadership who re-envision the challenges that communities face and find innovative solutions to reshape communities. Social Innovators create change through innovative programs, policies, and by revolutionizing realities to bring us all forward to a more equitable and inclusive tomorrow — today.
Share’s Work in Delaware County
In July 2021, Delaware County Council signed a five-year contract with Share Food Program, making the nonprofit the lead agency to distribute food in the county.
Share now works with 16 partner pantries in Delaware County to provide nutritious, free food to residents experiencing hunger. This year, Share has distributed about a million pounds of food to the area’s families. Overall, Share serves hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and families throughout Greater Philadelphia’s five-county region.
Share is also in the midst of renovating a 9,000-square-foot warehouse in Ridley Township, Delaware County. Upon completion, the satellite warehouse will expand Share’s overall storage capacity, increase efficiency and reach, and enable Share to bolster its local response efforts around chronic hunger and sudden emergencies in the county.
