The Power of One Green Bag – How It Works

Our simple system is built around two kinds of volunteers: food donors and neighborhood coordinators.

Neighborhood coordinators sign up neighbors and friends to be regular food donors, who are given a reusable green bag.

When they go grocery shopping, food donors buy a few nonperishable items, storing them in the green bag.

Every other month – on the second Saturday of even months – food donors place their full bag on their front doorstep for pickup.

Neighborhood coordinators collect the full bags and leave empty ones for next time.

They take the bags to one of our collection sites, where volunteers unload the vehicles, empty the bags, sort the food and load it for distribution to local food banks. Our support team helps at the sites.