Donate Food

Your surplus food can help nourish local families, reduce food waste, and strengthen the Merced County community.

Turn Your Extra Food Into Hope

Food Para Todos rescues fresh, safe, edible food and moves it quickly to trusted community partners for same-day redistribution.

Donate Food, Make a Difference

Your extra food can nourish families, reduce waste, and build a stronger Merced County.

Our goal is to recover as much safe, edible surplus food as possible and redirect it to the community. Food Para Todos partners with grocery stores, schools, farms, restaurants, bakeries, distributors, colleges, hospitals, and event organizers to recover fresh, edible food and redirect it into the community.

We accept perishable and non-perishable foods, which will go into the hands of community members in need (view the end of the page for a list of accepted items). These donations are redistributed through trusted community partners, including childcare providers, shelters, pantries, community fridges, and community spaces. Anything from a box of cereal to a pallet of bananas, we accept any amount of donations.

FOOD GENERATOR – grocery stores, farmers, markets, distributors, schools, hospitals, or other food vendors—If you’re interested in giving us extra food your location can’t hold onto, we’re happy to help! Your food not only gives back to your local community but also helps you reduce your food waste! Contact us directly to begin our partnership TODAY!

COMMUNITY MEMBER – Community members interested in donating food should contact us first so we can confirm whether the items can be accepted and coordinate the best drop-off or pickup option.

Have surplus edible food? Let’s recover it together

Phone Number

(209) 259-7739

Email

tdegraw@ci4ci.org

Please contact us first to coordinate food donation drop-off or pickup options.

Please keep in mind

We can only accept foods that are:

Thank you for helping us keep our community healthy and safe.

What We Accept

We welcome a wide variety of foods, including:

Ready to Donate

We’ll make it easy — contact us to coordinate the best drop-off or pickup option for your donation.