PORCH-Marietta donates 100K pounds of food to local pantries

PORCH-Marietta donates 100K pounds of food to local pantries

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PORCH-Marietta donates 100K pounds of food to local pantries
PORCH-Marietta volunteer Tara Randall stocking food cans at a Cobb elementary school.

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PORCH Marietta, an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to reducing food insecurity, celebrates its third anniversary by announcing it has donated over 100,000 pounds of groceries to Marietta food pantries since its inception in February 2022. This translates into over 83,000 meals for neighbors in need.

In 2024, PORCH Marietta’s network of participating neighborhoods held 398 food drives and delivered more than 54,000 pounds of food to serve over 44,000 individuals. They also helped start a new food pantry serving students at Marietta Middle School. In addition, PORCH Marietta used financial donations to provide over $4000 worth of fresh milk and eggs to the Center for Family Resources and a year’s worth of snacks for students at each of 12 different Cobb County and Marietta City Title 1 schools.

“In 2025, we are seeing a growing number of people facing food insecurity,” said Liz Platner, chapter leader of PORCH Marietta.  “By picking up a few items next time you’re shopping and leaving them on your porch or by contributing financially, you can help us make a meaningful change in Marietta. This is the power of crowdsourcing – individual donations of all sizes create a big impact.”

PORCH Communities was started in 2011 in Chapel Hill, and there are now over 550 neighborhoods in 13 states serving their local communities. PORCH chapters have collectively distributed more than $15 million worth of food to neighbors in need. The PORCH Marietta chapter was founded in February 2022.

Contributing non-perishable food to 15 local food pantries on a monthly basis is the flagship program of PORCH Marietta. To date, PORCH Marietta has donated over 100,000 pounds of food to these pantries. They collect food via monthly neighborhood food drives, based on customized wish lists from the pantries. Neighbors put the requested groceries out on their porch and volunteers pick up and deliver them to the pantries. Currently there are over 50 Marietta neighborhoods participating. To add your neighborhood to the team, contact marietta@porchcommunities.org.  For more information or to make a financial contribution, visit  PORCH Marietta’s website.

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