Society of St. Andrew
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Geographic areas served: United States - 48 contiguous states
Mission:
GLEANING AMERICA’S FIELDS - FEEDING AMERICA’S HUNGRY. Founded in 1979. 20 to 30 million pounds of fresh produce is saved each year by the Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) and donated to feed the hungry nationwide. SoSA’s Gleaning Network uses tens of thousands of volunteers to glean farmers’ fields and orchards after harvest for nutritious produce that would otherwise be plowed under or left to rot. SoSA’s Potato & Produce Project salvages truckloads of perfectly good but commercially unmarketable potatoes and other produce donated by members of the agricultural community. All of this food is then delivered and donated to food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other critical service agencies in the 48 contiguous states. These agencies, in turn, distribute the food directly to the needy. SoSA’s Harvest of Hope program educates people about the hunger problem and encourages them to make lifelong commitments to being part of the solution. The Society of St. Andrew is a faith-based ecumenical nonprofit organization adhering to the highest standards of good stewardship. It maintains an operational overhead of under 10%, resulting in more than 90 cents of every donated dollar going directly to providing food for the hungry. The vision of the Society of St. Andrew is a world in which physical and spiritual hungers are met through God’s grace and abundance. www.endhunger.org.
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Susan Currie
12/19/11
The folks at the Society of St. Andrews are very welcoming, and mission minded! They were very good at making you understand the long reaching impact of what you were doing. It served as a great motivator! Their dedication and hard, hard work is a marvel, and is also contagious! , What they are ...
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Vinny Cannizzaro
12/13/11
SOSA has been a wonderful organization that has greatly supported our efforts. As a grass-roots non-profit working with farmworker communities, many individuals do not regularly have enough food for themselves or their families. SOSA has frequently been able to assist us in feeding the hungry. ...
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barbsimmons
12/12/11
Our agency operates a food pantry that provides food to over 20,000 individuals a year. Fresh produce is something that we never have access to and is so vital to the health of our clients. Our partnership with the Society of St. Andrew has enabled us to distribute thousands of pounds of useful ...
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