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What we'd like to talk about
I'd like help researching Amazon's AWS services. We have a grant opportunity and need guidance on the different capabilities/features available in AWS.
"Phone calls" are 1 hour, one-time calls with an organization. Learn the difference between volunteering on a Phone call and a Project here.
Our mission
While 42 million Americans are hungry, more than 42 million grow food in home gardens- often more than they can use.
AmpleHarvest.org helps gardeners find a local food pantry eager for their excess harvest.
Created by a CNN Hero/World Food Prize nominee, it more than 8,400 food pantries in America. Backed by Google, the USDA and many others, AmpleHarvest.org diminishes hunger, reduces climate change and improves community health. Learn more at AmpleHarvest.org/TED
What we do
AmpleHarvest.org enables a food pantry to register its name, address, phone, and other information including an optional photo of the building to make it easy to find. It also accepts information on the days and hours gardeners' donations will be accepted. Food pantries can also list store bought items they need, helpful to users of our free Ample Harvest iPhone app.
Gardeners with extra garden produce as well as other donors simply enter their address or zip code to view all registered food pantries within the distance they are willing to travel. AmpleHarvest.org can also display a map and detailed driving instructions for the donor.
AmpleHarvest.org one of kind nonprofit and has the support of the US Department of Agriculture, Google.com, Garden Writers of America, National Gardening Association, numerous faith groups and many other organizations. Nearly one out of every five food pantries in America have already registered. AmpleHarvest.org is free of charge both for food pantries and gardeners.
Testimonials
What I thought we were getting was a 1 hour phone call. What we got instead was someone who put many hours and a great deal of time and energy into helping AmpleHarvest.org with a critically important Amazon AWS grant opportunity that can change the face of food waste and hunger in America. He immediately picked up the non-traditional scope of the work AmpleHarvest.org does, the subtleties of the grant and worked within the incredibly tight time frame Amazon imposed to help us with the task. What moved me most however was that our work apparently motivated Gerald and his wife to take a closer look at food pantries in their community, to better understand how the food bank system works (and at times doesn't). He is a winner on all counts.
(No testimonial has been submitted by Gerald)