GIVE EVERY FAMILY A CHANCE TO SUCCEED.
Programs that provide food to families in the Piedmont Triad so they can grow, learn, and thrive.
By Partnering with Out of the Garden Project, You:
Feed Families
Build Community
Create Opportunity
No Child Should Ever Have to Go to Bed Hungry.
But In Schools And Neighborhoods Throughout Guilford County, They Are.
1 in 5
Guilford County Residents
are Food Insecure
2 out of 3
Public School Children Qualify for Free or Reduced Meals
14th
Greensboro/High-Point is 14th in the US for Food Insecurity while Winston-Salem ranks 7th
24
Food Deserts
in Guilford County
Your Contributions Make a Difference
In 2009, Out of the Garden Project began by supplying a handful of families with food on Friday so they would have enough to eat over the weekend.
From small, humble beginnings, this organization has grown to the largest of its kind in the Piedmont Triad. It is all thanks to volunteers and donors like you who have made it possible.
20 Million Meals Distributed Since 2008
4 Million Meals Distributed Last Year
325,000 Meals Distributed Monthly
2,000 Students & Families Served Each Week
There Are Plenty Of Ways To Get Involved With Out of the Garden
Operation Backpack
Fresh Mobile Markets
Urban Teaching Farm
Food Reclamation Initiative
Shared-Use Kitchen
Join More Than 50,000 Volunteers And Donors Who Have Made A Difference In The Lives Of Children And Families
Find a Volunteer Opportunity
Donate to Support the Cause
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Recently Featured on People.com
Single Mom Overcame Homelessness But Then Lost Job amid COVID and Struggled to Feed Her Family
“Things can be snatched from you in the blink of an eye,” Tasha Abrams, who turned to Out of the Garden Project for help, tells PEOPLE for World Hunger Day.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Tasha Abrams was supporting herself and her three children with her job as a recovery court coordinator, her past struggles of brief homelessness as a teen with a newborn a distant memory.
But in the past few months, she has been reminded of a hard lesson she learned years ago: “Things can be snatched from you in the blink of an eye,” Abrams, 33, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, which features stories to share the importance of World Hunger Day.