🌡️☀️ Last week, the Washington metro region experienced a dangerous heat wave. But even in extreme weather, our drivers are on the road six days a week delivering medically tailored meals and groceries to neighbors in need. Food & Friends' delivery team covers a region spanning 6,172 square miles from Hagerstown, MD to Fredericksburg, VA–a total area about the size of Connecticut. These volunteer and staff drivers are also critical links to the community for neighbors dealing with social isolation and serious illnesses. Thank you to our marvelous delivery team for braving this difficult heat to serve those in need! #neighborshelpingneighbors
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As the heat index is expected to be over 100 degrees for yet another day, I want to give a huge shoutout to Food & Friends volunteer and staff delivery drivers. Today alone, they will be delivering over 9,000 medically tailored meals and medically tailored groceries--door to door, to the homes of neighbors living with a serious or chronic illness. Cancer, heart failure, renal disease, poorly controlled diabetes, and other illnesses are exhausting with dr.'s appointments, illnesses symptoms and treatment side effects. Knowing you are getting the right nutrition to manage your illness, reduce hospitalizations and improve health outcomes is a lifeline. The gift of receiving these meals 100% free of charge, delivered directly to your door, and knowing dependents and caregivers also receive meals alleviates numerous added stressors tied to illness. Join us! Sign-up to volunteer. #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #Community #FoodIsMedicine #Nutrition #Volunteers https://lnkd.in/edpDMG9S
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☀️ Summer is here and we need your help! Volunteering at Food & Friends is the perfect way to beat the heat 🌡️ and help a neighbor in need. Join our team of over 4,000+ volunteers to help prepare meals 🧑🍳, chop vegetables 🥒, pack our medically tailored groceries 🥫, or deliver meals to a neighbor's home 🚙. There's no better way to make a difference in your community while meeting new people and having a great time. Sign up to volunteer today at https://lnkd.in/d2_kfr8p
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Living with a life-challenging illness is a year-round battle for many. You can make a promise to be there for a neighbor throughout the course of their illness by joining the Bread & Butter Monthly Giving Club. As a member, your recurring gift provides long-term support for clients they can't find anywhere else. 🍞🧈Join the Bread & Butter Club today at https://lnkd.in/e6dDR_Kd
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We have to thank our incredible Platinum, Gold, and Silver Sponsors for their steadfast support of the 31st Annual Chef's Best Dinner & Auction! Because of their generosity, Chef's Best raised over $950,000 to help provide medically tailored meals and groceries to seriously ill neighbors across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. A heartfelt thank you to our Platinum Sponsors: Tiffeny Sanchez & Reginald Brown Rick Stamberger The Washington Home Popeyes Foundation PhRMA National Retail Federation Special thanks to our Gold Sponsors: T-Mobile OpenTable Kim & Nick Pomponi John Scofield & S-3 Group A big shout-out to our Silver Sponsors: Arentz Landscape Architects Bill Thorne & Bo Bryant Carol Wheeler & Tom Wheeler DCI Group Giant Food Hogan Lovells Jessica Lerner & Daniel Pink The Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Leonard Egan Merck NFP, an Aon company / The Meltzer Group Denise & Peter Glassman Tim Vaske Walmart Washington Gas Thank you to all of our sponsors for your unwavering support and commitment to serving the neighbors who need you the most! #ChefsBestDC #communityimpact
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Food & Friends is grateful for the swift advancement of the American Medical Innovation and Investment Act (H.R. 8816) through the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means. This important legislation contains an updated version of the Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act. This is a critical step towards expanding access to medically tailored meals by making it easier for medically vulnerable seniors to access these meals at home. #mtmbill #foodismedicine Food is Medicine Coalition
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We want to express our deep gratitude to Michael Akin and LINK Strategic Partners for their work as strategic communications and social impact partners for the 31st Annual Chef's Best Dinner & Auction. For three years, LINK has helped Food & Friends tell our story and bring awareness to our mission. We're grateful for their guidance, support, and friendship every step of the way.
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