According to Feeding America, over 50 million Americans don't have dependable, consistent access to enough food, including 17 million children who are living in food-insecure households.
Let's fight hunger one peanut butter and jelly sandwich at a time.
To date, Food for Thoughts Cards has happily donated the cash equivalent of
107,630 PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES to food banks, food pantries,
soup kitchens, and other organizations that feed the hungry.
Recipients include (scroll down):
Action Against Hunger USA in New York NY
Akron Newstead Food Pantry in Akron NY
Arlington Food Assistance Center in Arlington VA
Atlanta Community Food Bank in Atlanta GA
Ballard Food Bank in Seattle WA
Bar Harbor Food Pantry in Bar Harbor ME
Brick Presbyterian Church Food Pantry in Brick NJ
Bridges Outreach in Summit NJ
Brookline Emergency Food Pantry in Brookline MA
Care and Share of Franklin County in Louisburg NC
Caring 4 Carlyle in Carlyle IL
Carolina Kids - Hunger Busters Program in Hartsville SC
Carpenter's Shelter in Alexandria VA
CASA St. Pete in St. Petersburg FL
Catonsville Emergency Assistance in Catonsville MD
Center for Food Action in Englewood NJ
Chester Food Pantry in Chester NJ
City Harvest in New York NY
Clarence Community Pantry in Clarence NY
Coastside Hope in El Granada CA
Colchester Food Bank in Colchester CT
Community Cooks in Somerville MA
Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside NJ
Community Food Pantry of Washington in Washington NJ
Community Harvest in Kennebunk ME
Community Harvest Food Bank in Fort Wayne IN
Connecticut Food Bank in New Haven CT
Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willmantic CT
Crisis Ministry of Mercer County in Princeton NJ
Crown Heights Mutual Aid in Brooklyn NY
DC Central Kitchen in Washington DC
Doylestown Food Pantry in Doylestown PA
East Bay Food Pantry in Bristol RI
EAT Cafe in Philadelphia PA
Elijah's Promise in New Brunswick NJ
Faith Kitchen in Cambridge MA
Faith Kitchen in Dover NJ
Family Service Association of Bucks County in Langhorne PA
Feed NC in Mooresville NC
Feed the Hungry at First Baptist Church in Blairsville GA
Feeding America in Chicago IL
Feeding Westchester in Elmsford NY
Fish, Inc in Piscataway NJ
Food Bank for New York City in New York NY
Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha NE
Food Bank for Westchester in Elmsford NY
Food Bank Network of Somerset County in Bound Brook NJ
Food Bank of South Jersey in Pennsauken NJ
Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Cornwall-on-Hudson NY
Food Bank of the Rockies in Denver CO
Food for Others in Fairfax VA
Food Forward in North Hollywood CA
Fork Over Love in Kingston PA
Fulfill (formerly Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties) in Neptune NJ
Galena Food Pantry in Galena IL
Gemma E. Moran Food Distribution Center in Gales Ferry CT
Geneseo-Groveland Food Pantry in Geneseo NY
Greenpoint Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen in Brooklyn NY
Hallie Q. Brown Community Center Food Shelf in St. Paul MN
Hamilton Food Cupboard in Hamilton NY
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers FL
Hashtag Lunchbag in Los Angeles CA
Helping Hands of Georgetown in Georgetown TX
His Pantry in Bennington VT
Homeless Bus, Inc in Towaco NJ
HOPE Community Services Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen in New Rochelle NY
Hudson Area Backpack Program in Hudson WI
In My Father's Kitchen in Syracuse NY
Interfaith Food Pantry in Morristown NJ
Jefferson County Rescue Mission in Pevely MO
Jericho Project in New York, NY
Kansas City Heroes in Kansas City MO
Lake Township FISH in Hartville OH
Loaves & Fishes Community Services in Naperville IL
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Los Angeles CA
Lunch Break in Red Bank NJ
Madison Valley Caring and Sharing Food Bank in Ennis MT
Make a Difference Food Pantry in Goldsboro NC
Manna FoodBank in Asheville NC
Manna House Soup Kitchen in Newton NJ
Manna Ministries in Alabaster AL
Market Street Mission in Morristown NJ
Martha's Table in Washington DC
Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore MD
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem PA
Medford Family Life Education in Medford MA
Metropolitan Ministries of Tampa Bay in Tampa FL
No Kid Hungry in Washington DC
North Texas Food Bank in Dallas TX
Northwest Harvest in Seattle WA
Nourish.NJ (formerly Community Soup Kitchen) in Morristown NJ
One Heart for Women and Children in Orlando FL
One Sandwich at a Time in New York NY
Open Door Ministry in Royersford PA
Operation South Jersey in Bridgeton NJ
Ossining Food Pantry in Ossining NY
Ozarks Food Harvest in Springfield MO
Palm Beach County Food Bank in Latana FL
Philabundance in Philadelphia PA
Plumb Food Pantry in Pittsburgh PA
Powell Valley Loaves and Fishes in Powell WY
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City OK
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine in New York NY
Ridgefield Dept of Social Services Food Pantry in Ridgefield CT
Rise-NY in Endicott NY
Rockford Rescue Mission in Rockford IL
Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia PA
San Diego Food Bank in San Diego CA
Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care Food Pantry in Southern Pines NC
Schenectady Inner City Ministry Food Program in Schenectady NY
Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans in New Orleans LA
Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania in Allentown PA
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in Nashville
Skagit Valley Food Distribution Center in Mount Vernon WA
Soul Kitchen (JBJ Soul Foundation) in Red Bank NJ
Spirit and Truth Ministries (member of NJ Anti-Hunger Coalition) in Vineland NJ
St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen in Scranton PA
St. Joseph's Food Cellar in Attleboro MA
St. Killian Parish Social Ministry in Farmingdale NY
St. Mary's Church Food Pantry in Oneonta NY
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in Stirling NJ
St. Vincent de Paul Place in Norwich CT
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles CA
Sussex County Food Pantry in Newton NJ
Sylvania Area Family Services in Sylvania OH
Table of Hope in Morristown NJ
Table to Table in Hasbrouck Heights NJ
Teton Valley Food Pantry in Driggs ID
The Father's Heart Ministries in New York NY
The Free Store 15104 in Braddock PA
The Food Bank of Somerset County in Red Bank NJ
The Greater Boston Food Bank in Boston MA
The Idaho Foodbank in Boise ID
The Lord's Cafe in Whitley City KY
The Love Center in Jersey Shore PA
The Lunch Box in Poughkeepsie NY
The Nyack Center in Nyack NY
The Open Door Ministry in Waynesville NC
The Patachou Foundation in Indianapolis IN
The Peoples Pantry in Toms River NJ
Third Street Alliance for Women & Children in Easton PA
Toni's Kitchen in Montclair NJ
Vermont Foodbank in Barre VT
Wayne County Food Pantry in Honesdale PA
Westside Food Bank in Santa Monica CA
Wheeler Mission Center for Women and Children in Indianapolis IN
Worchester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury MA
Wethersfield Social and Youth Services in Wethersfield CT
Yarmouth Food Pantry in West Yarmouth MA