By Tori Goodrich

While many of us were blessed to have a lovely Holiday feast last Thursday, there are too many in our community that did not. Wanting to contribute, but not always knowing the best organization or where it will make the most difference, I read an amazing article by one of my colleagues, Adina Laver, MBA, M.Ed., CPC.

She had the privilege of speaking with two members of the Philabundance’s team on her podcast, Wonder Your Way to Brilliant.  Philabundance’s primary focus is fighting and ending hunger in the greater Philadelphia area; they currently feed over 90,000 people per week through a range of programs.

One of the things that was so impressive about how Philabundance operates is the way in which the organization has expanded its capacity to end food scarcity by thinking entrepreneurially. They have amazing strategic partnerships, distribute their own brands of food to bring money back into the organization, and have even set up virtual food drives to cultivate more strategic giving.

In Adina’s article, she talks about ways we can support organizations that help to fight against hunger.

• Donation – The #1 way you can make a difference in helping to fight hunger is to donate money. Due to the arrangements that Philabundance has with food distributors, they can make your $1 stretch much farther than you can. Here is a direct link
• Virtual Food Drive – No more collecting and hauling food. Now you can organize a virtual food drive – anywhere and at any time. Again, because of Philabundance’s relationships with food distributors, they can be much more efficient with gathering and distributing the donations than we can. What a GREAT idea for the holidays. Click here to begin.
• Live Food Drive – If a live food drive best suits your organization or community, here are the TOP 10 most needed items to make your donation as effective as possible.

So, instead of emptying out cabinets with food that may have expired and dropping it off at your local food bank, take a little time to find organizations or places where your wonderful intentions will make the most difference.  Food to feed your heart.

Link: https://www.philabundance.org/,

Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/courage-to-be-curious/id1165156199

https://couragetobecurious.com/how-fight-hunger-effectively/

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Tori Goodrich is a life, business and professional; What Should I Do Now coach. She is also the co-owner of Gener8tional Connections helping companies work through the great divide. Contact Tori by telephone at 610.613.2127, on the web at www.victoriagoodrich.com, or via email at [email protected].