The Food Drive

The Food Drive Driving food security, food rescue, & hunger relief in our community
Jana Gimenez, Executive Director

The Food Drive is a community-driven nonprofit that provides hands-on, hyperlocal solutions to hunger and food waste. We distribute rescued, surplus, and donated food in our community; divert wholesome food from landfills; and work for change in our food system. We believe that solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and waste is possible through collaboration, and that sustainable change begins in

our own neighborhoods. Jana Gimenez, Executive Director
Tony Gimenez, Program Director
Liane Cassavoy, Board President
Beth Blatchford, Board Treasurer
Tracey Cruickshank, Board Secretary
Kate House, Board Member
Jennifer Manning, Board Member
Hilary Viola, Board Member

We're thrilled and grateful to welcome Hummus Guys Products as a new food rescue donor! Each week at the end of the Mel...
09/04/2026

We're thrilled and grateful to welcome Hummus Guys Products as a new food rescue donor! Each week at the end of the Melrose Farmers' Market we rescue their extra salads, even if there are only a few. Deliciousness delivered to food pantries, not landfills!

Our Community Freezer is open this holiday weekend! Join us every Sunday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 noon at First United Met...
09/04/2026

Our Community Freezer is open this holiday weekend! Join us every Sunday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 noon at First United Methodist Church of Melrose, MA at 645 Main Street. All are welcome to stop in and select from a wide range of free frozen "heat & eat" meals made by local community cooks. No ID or residency requirement. Enter via the front door or the ramp.

TONIGHT! It's the first day of school in Melrose, the perfect time to take a break from cooking! Between 4 and 8 PM, din...
09/02/2026

TONIGHT! It's the first day of school in Melrose, the perfect time to take a break from cooking! Between 4 and 8 PM, dine in or grab takeout at Santa Fe Burrito Grill and Bar Melrose and they'll donate 30% of sales to support our hunger relief work. For takeout, make sure to order directly from Santa Fe's website and mention the fundraiser!

'Tis the season for back-to-school, so we're taking a moment to shout out two of our student volunteers! Melrose High Sc...
09/02/2026

'Tis the season for back-to-school, so we're taking a moment to shout out two of our student volunteers! Melrose High School student Dylan volunteers with mom Jackie, shown here at a rescue at Wegmans, and Mystic Valley Regional Charter School student Ananya rescues from lots of donors, including Shaw's Supermarket Melrose. Huge thanks for the gift of your time!

Sharing the Wakefield Free Community Meals calendar for September. In addition, we provide a Resources page on our websi...
09/01/2026

Sharing the Wakefield Free Community Meals calendar for September. In addition, we provide a Resources page on our website with ongoing info about local free meals and food pantries. Click here: https://www.thefooddrive.org/resources

This Wednesday, September 2 is the first day of school in Melrose, and what better day to take a break from cooking! Bet...
08/31/2026

This Wednesday, September 2 is the first day of school in Melrose, and what better day to take a break from cooking! Between 4 and 8 PM, dine in or grab takeout at Santa Fe Burrito Grill and Bar Melrose and they'll donate 30% of sales to support our hunger relief work. For takeout, make sure to order directly from Santa Fe's website and mention the fundraiser!

TOMORROW NIGHT! On the first & third of each month, the Stoneham Community Dinner Program offers free "Grab & Go" dinner...
08/31/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT! On the first & third of each month, the Stoneham Community Dinner Program offers free "Grab & Go" dinners at First Congregational Church in Stoneham. To reserve meals, contact the organizers by email, phone or FB message by the Monday evening prior. We're grateful to rescue & deliver bread donated by Colarusso's Bakery for these meals, a journey of less than a mile.

"One critical sector of the U.S. economy has managed to escape widespread public criticism: grocery stores. Thanks to a ...
08/31/2026

"One critical sector of the U.S. economy has managed to escape widespread public criticism: grocery stores. Thanks to a record rise in special interest cash donations to both Democrats and Republicans, grocery-industry lobby groups have managed to keep prices high, wages low, and consumer choice limited while avoiding federal policymakers’ crosshairs."

Corporate consolidation is reshaping America’s grocery industry, driving higher food prices, limiting competition, and squeezing workers and consumers alike.

Big thanks to Camp Hillside at the Saugus Family YMCA for donating their extra food all summer! And to Kristen Kremer an...
08/31/2026

Big thanks to Camp Hillside at the Saugus Family YMCA for donating their extra food all summer! And to Kristen Kremer and the Kremer family for rescuing it! On Fridays they delivered to the Housing Families Inc. motel shelter in Malden, and on a couple of Wednesdays the surplus went to the Kelly House in Wakefield. Filling the plates of neighbors instead of landfills!

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25 Sargent Street
Melrose, MA
02176

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+16175017134

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