Montgomery County Community Food Rescue
FY23 Mini-Grant Awardees
| Organization | Requested | Application Description |
| AFRITHRIVE | $10,000 | To cover partial cost of volunteer coordinator to recruit, train, supervise 30 vols for weekly distro |
| Clopper Mill Elementary School | $ 2,000 | Fresh pantry at the school; Distribute nutritious food to families in community; Eliminate food insecurity for our families throughout the school year; Provide foods that meet the needs of the community in regards to cultural diversity. |
| First Alliance Church | $ 6,469 | Purchase of commercial freezer, signs, ipads, wifi extenders, boxes, labels, to increase storage, record keeping |
| Food and Friends | $10,000 | purchase of a refrigerated van to improve the capacity of home-delivering meals and groceries to clients. Our services deliver an innovative and low-cost way to improve physical and mental health and reduce food insecurity for the most vulnerable in our communities – those too ill to shop or cook for themselves. |
| Kings and Priests Court | $ 9,999 | Repairing the Refrigerated unit of the 26 ft box truck and the liftgate; Replacing the compressor of the walking freezer and cooler; Hiring a part time driver to work with volunteers. Funds will be used to facilitate our operations and to help maintaining personnel. |
| Mid County United Ministries | $ 5,997 | Commercial Refrigerator, Commercial Freezer, Freight/Liftgate Service to increase MUM’s capacity for storing fresh and frozen foods and provide more fresh food to participants |
| Rainbow Community | $10,000 | The Safe and Fresh Transport project includes the purchase of a portable cold storage unit that can be operated by standard electricity or generator. These units can be shared with our partner agencies when needed for refrigeration/freezer storage. |
| Small Things Matter | $ 3,000 | At Takoma Park Community Pantry: Provide cold storage for rescued food; set-up bins to hold rescued grocery items and shade (tent) for inclement weather; provide shelving for pantry foods |
| The UpCounty Hub | $10,000 | Towards Purchase of an outdoor Refrigeration Cube/Storage Unit to increase storage of fresh foods |
| $67,465 |
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