Hunger Network

Volunteers Needed Thursday! 💚
Hunger Network’s MidTown Market Pantry needs volunteer help this Thursday.
Lend a hand, support pantry operations, and help neighbors facing hunger get the food and resources they need.
Interested in helping? Send us a DM or email us at [email protected]!
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We love seeing our team connected to important conversations happening across the food rescue community. 🌱

Jen England, Hunger Network’s Food Rescue Interim Director of TANF Special Partnerships and Founder & Co-Chair of the National Food Recovery Association, attended the 2026 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit alongside partners and changemakers working to reduce food waste and strengthen food recovery efforts.

From reconnecting with partners to meeting others who share this mission, Jen’s time at ReFED was a reminder that this work is deeply human — built on relationships, collaboration, and a shared commitment to getting good food to people who need it most.

Join the Hunger Network Ambassador Team 🍏💚

Want to deepen your involvement with Hunger Network while helping expand our impact across Northeast Ohio? We’re growing our Ambassador team and looking for passionate supporters ready to represent our mission in the community.

As an Ambassador, opportunities may include:
• Representing Hunger Network at community and networking events
• Supporting food pantry programs
• Participating in speaking and outreach opportunities
• Helping recruit volunteers, donors, and community members seeking support
• Taking on behind-the-scenes roles that make an impact

And fair warning… we may have a tee-rific ambassador opportunity coming up soon that’s definitely above par. ⛳👀

Interested? Email [email protected]

💔 FoRK — Hunger Network’s future Food Rescue Kitchen — recently lost more than $15,000 worth of kitchen equipment, cookware, supplies, and restaurant essentials in the Cleveland Sussen storage facility fire.

But even after this devastating setback, Roger, our Food Rescue Program Director, Chef Shane and Sous Chef Dusty are still showing up and continuing to build FoRK every single day.

Right now, they’re testing recipes, preparing meals, and beginning the process of bringing FoRK to life with extremely limited resources — relying on a very small remaining inventory of kitchen essentials and even contributing some of their own personal kitchen items to keep things moving forward. What they’re continuing to accomplish with so little is nothing short of incredible. 💚🍏

FoRK was created to transform rescued food into nourishing, chef-crafted meals for our community while reducing food waste — and we’re determined to keep moving forward.

We’ve created an Amazon Wishlist to help replace the kitchen and restaurant items lost in the fire.

🛒https://a.co/0dCdfZx5

Every purchase, donation, and share helps us rebuild FoRK and continue building something meaningful for our community.

🍏💚 Ohio’s first-ever Food Recovery Impact Report is here!

Hunger Network is proud to be part of the Ohio Food Rescue Collaborative — organizations across the state working together to recover surplus food and fight hunger in our communities.

Together, participating organizations helped recover 150.7 million pounds of food and distributed 271.5 million pounds across all 88 Ohio counties.

This report highlights the incredible impact that’s possible when communities, partners, volunteers, and food recovery organizations come together around one shared mission.

📎 Read the full report: https://bit.ly/4uSZLbI



La Soupe Last Mile Food Rescue Mid-Ohio Food Collective Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio Ohio Association of Foodbanks Columbus Food Rescue Miami Valley Meals Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank