Quaker Go Grants

Cynthia Hartman, Edwardsville, IL, Outreach through farmers markets and the media to raise awareness of hunger and increase donations to local food pantry

Elizabeth Jaramillo, Santa Fe, NM, Nutrition education materials for participants in the Food Depot and Food 4 Kids programs.

Jennifer Monson, Fargo, NDWarsaw, Backpack program to provide at-risk children with easy-to-prepare food for the weekend.

Sara Mutch, Buffalo, NY, Teaching low-income, working families learn how to prepare healthful, balanced meals.

Anne-Marie Scott, Greensboro, NC, Locavore Makeover Project teaching families to cook from scratch, shop farmer's markets, and grow their own food.

Rhonda Barlow, Savannah, GA, “Breakfast: Education’s Best Practice” campaign and breakfast bag distribution for urban high school students.

Cynthia Chandler, Louisville, KY, Church-centered workshop showing how to give heart-healthy foods a soul food twist.

Caleb Churchill, Warsaw, IN, Dietitian, chef and former Boys and Girls Club member gives back with project to feed 50 children.

Reyna Franco, New York, NY, Nutrition education for at-risk families of The League Treatment Center to improve their ability to grow, learn and reach their full potential.

Mellissa Mahoney, Baltimore, MD, Foster care children learn entrepreneurial skills by building green houses and contributing to the local food community.

Roxanne Bell, Salina, KS, Summer-time cooking school for Head Start families.

Desiree Backman, Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Tree Foundation providing 1-on-1 nutrition education distributing fruit trees to reinforce the benefits of home-grown fruit.

Denise Kolankowski, Schenectady, NY – Eat Smart New York partnering with Schenectady Inner City Ministry’s food pantry to provide nutrition and cooking classes to food pantry clients.

Nina Paddock, Altadena, CA – Operation Frontline LA teaches basic cooking skills, budgeting and menu planning, and healthful eating to at-risk LA county residents.

Ashley Roberts, Breaux Bridge, LA - TEAM UP Nutrition teaches high school adolescents to eat well, exercise, and "unleash the power for life".

Nicole Lidyard, Cleveland, OH, Backpack snacks for bike riders at the CVC Summer Bike Camp for inner city youth

Catherine Carmichael, Sacramento, CA, Breakfast baskets and education for participants at the Native American Health Center

Noreen Moderalli Niles, OH, Weekend grocery gift cards and education for K-12 grade students at the PACE school

Jennifer Egeland, Kansas City, KS, RD assessment of menu nutrition requirements of “Fine Dining Fridays,” a Head Start Lunch program

Mary Sever-Mihalko, Johnson City, NY Meals, demonstrations and tips for parents and children of summer feeding program

Christen Cooper, Pleasantville, NY, Coordinating food tastings, gardening experience and visit by “Jump with Jill: The Rockstar Nutritionist” for children

Melissa Herrmann Dierks, Huntersville, NC, Educating families of children at risk for diabetes about shopping for healthy foods on a budget

Robin Schroyer, Charlottesville, VA, Family Health Camp to foster healthy lifestyle behaviors

Krista Mugford, Owego, NY, Healthy Snack SHAK program at the Phoenix Kids Café©

Mary Mahoney, San Jose, CA, One-on-one nutrition counseling for low-income college students

Debbie Somers, Fries, VA. Teaching at-risk four year old children in rural Appalachia to eat healthy snacks.

Jenn McAdoo, Clinton, VA. Union Mill Elementary School.

Steve Gallaher, Garrett, IN. Expanding food bank to feed all of DeKalb County.

Ashlyn Cunningham, Lincord Drive, MO. Green Park Lutheran School.

Gwen Meyer, Detroit, MI. “Field of Our Dreams”.

Sylvia Ramos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. This program will provide Thanksgiving dinner to more than 75 families that cannot afford it themselves.

Mary Wakeman, Greensboro, NC. This Grant will help teach Montagnard people both how to garden to provide themselves with healthy food options as well as how to speak English.

Sherry Roughton, Cantonment, FL. A program where parents can enjoy lunch with their children followed by a reading session.

Cindy Little, Monroe, GA. This program will help children who receive free and reduced lunches during the school year get summer meals.

Jan Josephson, Berlin, CT. Hatchery Brook Community Garden.

Melissa Bracht, Marion, IA. FLYprogram.

Cheryl Zupan, Calabash, NC. This grant will provide students who use the afterschool program to get help with schoolwork a healthy snack.

Linda McHugh, Pitman, NJ. A program that provides students who are on subsidize/free school lunches during the school year to eat during summer vacations.

William Hubenschmidt, Austin, TX. The capital Area Food Bank of Texas.

Courtney Russel, Decatur, GA. A teacher would like to host a “Smart and Savvy Shoppers” evening for students and their families.

Heidi Guibord, Alameda, CA. Leadership High in San Francisco.

Jacob Hawes, South Euclid, OH. Hawes would like to set up a market that would be similar to a food pantry, yet it would be set up like a supermarket.

Linda Rothrock,, Elkhart, IN. Program to help and increase the outreach to those 60 and over, the disabled and those having serious illness/injury with a supplemental food program designed to help those on fixed incomes.

Mark McManus, Akron, OH. The United Methodist Men of Akron First Methodist Church.

Brent Poppen, Paso Robles, CA, Dual-sport Olympic athlete teaches students how proper nutrition helps fuel your dreams.

Sheila Page, Springfield, IL, Elizabeth Ann Seton Program offers monthly classes on topics like nutrition and women’s health to women with children.

Joan Espenshade, Lancaster, PA, Power Packs Project provides weekend food, recipes and nutritional education to needy families.

Anthony Beard, Cleveland, OH, Offers classes for single dads and their kids to learn to prepare meals together that are economical and nutritious.

Patricia Percy, Dallas, TX, The Gleaning Network and the North Texas Food Bank to partner together to collect extra fruits and vegetables from local elementary school gardens to be donated to the food bank.

Jon Vosper, Phoenix, AZ, The First Food Pantry offers refugee families culturally appropriate foods for their first days in the United States.

JoAnn Covelli, Sidney, OH, Agape Distribution is rolling out a new mobile food pantry in an effort to reach more in the rural community who need food assistance.

Denise Kolankowski, Schenectady, NY, Provides critical support services to runaway, homeless and abandoned teens, ages 13-21.

C Ming Saelee, St. Charles, MO, Youth In Need’s street outreach program provides critical support services to runaway, homeless and abandoned teens, including nutritious foods.

Erik Miller, Oneonta, NY, Provides local elementary school with garden plots and tools to start up community gardens for low-income families.

Daryl Twerdahl, Los Angeles, CA, St. Vincent’s Meals on Wheels Breakfast Club serves its most marginalized homebound elderly a weekly package filled with nutritious, instant breakfast items.

Andrew Watts, Essex Junction, VT, The local Food Shelf prepares daily lunches for children and summer family grocery bags for families in need throughout the summer.

Caroline Tolbert, Horseheads, NY, Food pantry provides oatmeal and other cereals to hungry families.

Nina Gauntt, Tallassee, AL, Homeless shelter provides Quaker breakfast and health screenings on Saturday mornings to women and their families.

Jeanne Allert, Baltimore, MD, Establishing a 3-acre community garden to grow produce for food banks and shelters in at-risk Baltimore City areas.

Laura Lucas, Malden, MA, Frugal Tummy teaches a series of financial literacy events to teach women and families how to make nutritious meals with healthy low cost ingredients.

Michael Deal, Everett, WA, Low income children living in subsidized housing participate in a weekly Camp Fire club where they learn about safe and healthy living.

Maurice Bell, Providing food to 400+ hungry students in the Nyamabuga Primary & Secondary School in Uganda, Africa.

Amanda Bissell, Penasco, NM, Project GROW grows and distributes fresh, organic produce from its volunteer-run community garden to local individiuals in need.

Morgan Thompson, Saint Louis, MO, Cooking for One teaches widowed and single seniors how to prepare healthy, affordable meals for themselves.

LaMekka Noble, Miami Shores, FL, Summer Food Service Program implementing an "Each One Reach One" Program to help feed children.

Melissa Duquette, Winston Salem, NC, WFU Volunteer Services

Laura Parker, Tinley Park, IL, Crisis Center for South Suburbia

Elaine Newkirk, Curwensville, PA, has a program that’ll provide children in need with a snack card to purchase meals

Lori Scheder, Somerset, WI, Salvation Army and Grace Place

Tom Barnhardt, Milford Center, OH, created a community garden to raise produce to provide to local food pantries in the community

Sandra Greer-Davis, Inglewood, CA, wants to offer a hot and nutritious breakfast to the homeless and needy families of the community

Holly Sawyer, Washington, DC, ISUPK is a 501 (c) 3, faith-based, community organization that responds to the plaques on urban Americans that are poverty-stricken through programs such as food distribution

Michelle Harutunian, Texarkana, AR, Harvest Texarkana Food Bank

Lynn Wanless, Goldendale, WA, helping to meet the nutritional needs of hungry children by providing them with nutritious and easy-to-prepare food to take home on weekends when other resources may not be available

Nancy Joy Sylvester-Johnson, Roanoke, VA, The Rescue Mission

Linda Lynn, Houston, TX, Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM)

Shelly Beiting, Columbus, OH, Children’s Hunger Alliance

Amy Grimes McClure, Dillsboro, NC, “Food for Kids” program of The Community Table

Jamie Morin, Camas, WA, Camas Farmer's Market

Katy Newman, Central Lake, MI, local farmer contributing a portion of organically grown produce for volunteers in community

James Binder, Rockford, IL, Kids Around the World

Bambi Fanto, West Palm Beach, FL, mentor coordinator of a community mentoring program for young, first time mothers

Jessica Reed, Philadelphia, PA, program designed to provide kids from 29th-2nd & Snyder with an "on-the-go" quality breakfast before school

Shawna Tuttle, Chicago, IL, Inspiration Corporation

Kathryn Althoff, South Hero, VT, Food For Thought

Paula Seeger, St. Paul, MN, Partnering professional chefs and food agencies with community organization in order to educate youth on healthy food choices.

Su-Ann Zilnicki, Vero Beach, FL, Cafeteria worker will supply breakfast to a sibling and student of her school

Myers Hyman, Mt. Vernon, IN, Providing free meals on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Shaun Nelson, Nashua, NH, Working with local food bank to teach at risk children about nutrition, feeding them and supplying them with food to feed their family

Mary Meyer, Lorraine, NE, Kids Cook

Beth Becker, Brooklyn Park, MN, TreeHouse

Dianne Reyer, Denver, CO, Luther Family Services of Colorado

Betsy Stuerke, Tuscola, IL, Providing elementary children with a nutritious breakfast

Jenny Sproul, Lexington, VA, The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee

Abbey Jackson, Omaha, NE, The Saint Luke Teen Center

Cindi Gilbert, Seattle, WA, Starting a school breakfast club

Judy McCall, New Berlin, NY, Having a community dinner

Robert Abell, Candor, NY, Open Hearts

William McGowen, Winston Salem, NC, Setting up a location in an empty lot central to homeless shelters to feed the hungry

Mandy Blevins, Lubbock, TX, South Plains Food Bank Kids Café

Stacy Stagliano, Summerville, SC, Starting a vegetable garden and donating the harvest to soup kitchens

Marie Thomas, Richmond, VT, OCCC

Paul Cwynar, Berkeley, CA, The Quarter Meal

Andrew Eaves, New Haven, CT, The Visiting Nurse Association of South Central CT

Jessica Reed, Philadelphia, PA, Starting a food depot at a neighborhood school to feed children healthy meals and snacks

Bethany Gonyea, Ballston Lake, NY, Salvation Army food pantry

Justin Frohnhoefer, Fairfield, CT, Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County

Terry Bryant, Miami, FL, First grade teacher and will give her kids healthy food in weekly goodie bags

Barbara Dunnam, Eureka Springs, AR, Eureka Kids family hunger program

Diane Grooms, Lancaster, CA Strengthening Young Families

Sondra Santoni, Brooklyn, NY, East New York Farms, an urban agriculture project of United Community Centers

Asiya Wadud, Oakland, CA, Forage Oakland free fruit delivery service

Debra Jones, New Orleans, LA, Just the Right Attitude

Heidi Nortonsmith, Northampton, MA, Northampton Survival Center

Brian Haller, New York, NY, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Brandon Meline, Champaign, IL, WIC first annual onsite farmer’s market

Sharon Sherlock, Dayton, OH, Reach Out

Nicole Rainey, Saint Louis, MO, Youth Planting Roots

Molly Nakahara, Hayward, CA, Tennyson High School’s garden program

Gwen Peters, San Jose, CA, San Jose Neighbors that Care

Peter Norback, Tucson, AZ, One Can a Week Food Donation

Edward Blaine, Binghamton, NY, CHOW (Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse)

Jerry Lewis, Marion, NC, Lunch Bunch

Karen Dutro, Willamsburg, VA, Produce it Forward