Start a food stand
Bring your neighbors together to collect food. We'll help you organize a stand in your community and grow your confidence as a leader.
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Student-led. Community-powered. Since 2021.
Ending hunger, one food stand at a time
We bring neighbors together to share food, reduce waste, and help young people become leaders in their communities.
Less hunger.
Less waste.
More young leaders.
Food Stand in a Park is a student-led nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing hunger and food waste by empowering young people to organize community food collection stands.
Our mission is to inspire youth leadership, strengthen communities, and ensure that surplus food reaches hungry individuals instead of going to waste.
Learn about our mission
It started with students who saw a way to help.
In 2021, our student founders noticed that some families had food to spare while others were going hungry. They created Food Stand in a Park to build a bridge between them.
Today, that same idea guides our work: bring people together, collect food that would otherwise go unused, and get it to those who need it. Along the way, students learn to plan, organize, and lead a project that matters to their community.
Read our storyThere's a place for you here.
Whether you want to lead a food stand, lend a hand, or give what you can, you can help build a community where good food is shared.
Volunteer your time
Turn a little of your time into something meaningful. Help collect food and deliver it to local food banks and pantries.
Give what you can
Share food you won't use or help fund our community outreach. Every contribution helps connect good food with people who need it.
Local food.
Shared with care.
Our food stands and volunteer pickups connect community generosity with the soup kitchens and food pantries that serve our neighbors. Together, we help surplus food reach people instead of going to waste.
Food banks in our pickup network
- Elk Grove Food Bank
Help build a stronger, more caring community.
One stand, one volunteer, one neighbor at a time. Join us in making good food go further.