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Partner with Last Mile Food Rescue so you can feed more people and help end food waste 

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    Save your agency money with FREE food and delivery

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    Reduce labor costs and free up staff and volunteers

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    Focus more on your core operations

Bring More to the Table

  • Do you wish you could provide more food to your clients?
  • Is your organization short on resources?
  • Are your staff and volunteers stretched too thin to chase down donated food?
  • Are you struggling to build partnerships with companies that donate food to nonprofits?

Stop the struggle: Let Last Mile Food Rescue connect your agency with more food.

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Testimonials

Delivering Food For Our Partner Agencies

We love the food from Last Mile! With 14 kids here eating three meals a day, the variety is awesome and it really helps with our budget. The kids especially love taco nights when we get food from Gomez. It's become a big favorite around here!

Delisa Brooks
House Manager, Lighthouse Youth & Family Services

Last Mile's critically important mission to rescue excess fresh food from going to the landfill and get it to those who need it most is vital to thousands in our community who struggle with food insecurity and poverty - including our guests.

Georgine Getty
Executive Director, Our Daily Bread

Last Mile has helped us out immensely. We had a woman that came in and she grabbed my face with her hands, and she looked at me and said, 'I want you to hear this; if we were not able to get this food, my family would not be eating.' Last Mile is helping people in very real ways.

John Sinclair
Outreach and Pastoral Manager, Impacting Tomorrow - Market Off 50

Life Learning Center is fortunate to receive sizeable food donations from Last Mile. Our kitchen staff is always impressed with the quality of the food. Receiving food of this caliber that is not only delicious but also nutritious allows us to surprise and delight our members who eat with us daily.

Alecia Webb-Edgington
President and CEO, Life Learning Center

Since we've moved to a new location, the need is so much higher in this area. The food that we are getting from Last Mile is a lifesaver and they are always on the lookout to find more food to meet the high demand.

Merry Leone
Director of Operations, IPM

Thanks to our partnership with Last Mile Food Rescue, St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati can provide thousands of pounds of quality food choices to our neighbors each year. The food rescued by Last Mile expands the options on our pantry shelves, allowing neighbors to choose products that meet the needs of their family, their culture, and their health. Last Mile helps us to not only feed our neighbors, but to do so with dignity, nutrition and hope.

Kaytlynd Lainhart
VP of External Relations for St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati

We Help You Help Others

You already fight food insecurity in our community by serving the hungry.

We go the extra mile to match food donations from grocery stores, restaurants, distributors and even sports stadiums with the food your organization needs. Plus, we manage relationships with companies that donate food to nonprofits so you can focus on serving your community.

  • Delivered over $70 million worth of free food since 2020
  • Saved agencies $700,000+ in labor costs
  • Provided additional savings on logistics, fuel, trucks and maintenance
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Does Your Agency Qualify?

To receive food from Last Mile Food Rescue, your agency must be a 501-C3 nonprofit organization and: 

  • Provide food to those who need it without requiring payment, goods, or services in exchange. 
  • Be certified in and following ServSafe regulations for handling food.

If you are an individual looking for food assistance, please visit United Way 211. 

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Help End Hunger and Wasted Food

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    1. Join the agency waitlist to receive food donations.

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    2. Arrange for deliveries that work with your hours.

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    3. Count on reliable deliveries of free food.

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Learn How To Partner With Last Mile

Last Mile Food Rescue has saved millions of pounds of food since our launch in 2020. Our hardworking partner agencies ensure that food goes to people in our community who need it most. We find the companies that donate food to nonprofits, arrange for pickups, and deliver that food or organizations like yours.

Learn more about receiving food and sign up for our waitlist.

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Learn How To Partner With Last Mile

Last Mile Food Rescue has saved millions of pounds of food since our launch in 2020. Our hardworking partner agencies ensure that food goes to people in our community who need it most. We find the companies that donate food to nonprofits, arrange for food pickups and deliveries and then redistribute that food or organizations like yours.

Learn more about receiving food and sign up for our waitlist.

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Looking for Food?

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Our mission is to connect excess food with agencies that can distribute it. We work with food pantries, but do not distribute food at our Last Mile office. We do offer food through our Last Mile Market in Avondale. Other Cincinnati organizations also distribute food. Find more information here.

Fill out our form to join our wait list of Greater Cincinnati nonprofits looking to receive food

FAQs

What agencies does Last Mile Food Rescue work with?

Action Ministries  

Master Provisions  

A. Morton Food Pantry  

Matthew 25 Ministries  

Anderson Ferry Food Pantry  

Mayo Home for Youth Development  

Be Concerned  

Meals On Wheels  

Bethany Church  

Mt Healthy Alliance  

Bethany House Services  

My Brother's Keeper  

Bethel Baptist Church  

MyWhy  

Black Power Initiative  

New Prospect Baptist Church  

BLOC Ministries  

Newtonsville Food Pantry  

Bond Hill Food Pantry  

New Vision Missionary Baptist Church  

Brighton Center  

North College Hill Senior Center  

CAIN  

North East Emergency Distribution Services (NEEDS)  

Center for Respite Care  

Open Door Ministry  

Cincinnati Public Schools  

Operation Give Back  

Cincinnati Recreation Center  

Option Plus Social Service Pantry  

Cincinnati Union Bethel  

Our Daily Bread  

City Gospel Mission  

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church  

CNE Cares  

Queen City Kitchen  

Community of the Transfiguration  

Reach N Teach  

Community Fridge  

Reach Out Lakota  

Crayons to Computers  

Restoration Christian Church  

DCCH Center for Children and Families  

Salvation Army  

Easterseals Redwood  

Santa Maria Community Services  

Erlanger First Church of the Nazarene  

SEM Pantry  

ETAC Lighthouse Ministries  

Shared Harvest  

Evanston Food Pantry  

ShelterHouse  

Fairfield Food Pantry  

Society of St. Vincent DePaul  

Faith Food Pantry  

SON Ministries  

Faith Tabernacle Church  

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Pantry  

Faith Temple Ministries  

St. Bernard Food Pantry  

Feed Our Flock  

St. Elizabeth Seton SVDP  

FIESTA  

St. George Interfaith Food Pantry  

Florence Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)  

St John United Church of Christ  

Focus Cincinnati  

St Leo Food Pantry  

For His Glory  

St Susanna Food Pantry  

Freestore Food Bank  

St Veronica SVDP  

FUEL NKU  

St Vincent De Paul NKY  

Generations G.R.O.W Network  

Summerside Feeding Ministries  

Good Shepherd Catholic Church  

Table of Hope (New Hope Cincinnati)  

Hamilton County Fairground  

Talbert House  

Henry Hosea House  

The Care Center  

Highland Baptist Church  

The Caring Place  

Hope House Mission  

The Community Builders, Inc  

Impacting Tomorrow  

Third Way Peace Fellowship  

IPM Food Pantry  

Tikkun Farm  

Isiah 55  

TNT Recovery Ranch  

JEE Foods  

Triiibe Foundation  

Jewish Family Service  

United Christian Volunteers  

Joseph House  

Unity Christian Church  

KELLY Youth Services  

University of Cincinnati - Bearcat Pantry  

Kings Local Food Pantry  

Valley Interfaith  

Landmark Cincinnati's Bread of Life Ministries  

Washington UCC  

La Soupe  

Wave Pool Gallery - The Welcome Project  

Latino Ministry Center  

Welcome House, INC  

Lebanon Food Pantry  

White Barn Garden Sales  

LIFE Food Pantry  

Willows Community Center  

Life Learning Center  

Women's Crisis Center  

Lighthouse Youth Services  

World Faith Harvest Fellowship Church  

Lightshine Ministries  

Xavier University  

Lincoln Heights Valley Boosters  

Your Store of the Queen City  

Lydia's House  

YWCA  

Madisonville Education and Assistance Center  

Zion UCC/Woven Oak  

Mason Food Pantry  

  
Does Last Mile Food Rescue give out food to individuals?

No. Last Mile handles the logistics of moving excess food to the agencies that need it for their clientele. If you are in need of food for yourself or your family, please visit United Way 211.

What kinds of food do partner agencies receive?

Last Mile works with each of our distribution partners to find the food to fit their needs such as fresh produce, dairy, frozen meat, baked goods, and trays prepared by commercial kitchens.

How often will our organization receive food?

Last Mile works with our food donors and partner agencies to  match the food the food need and schedule that works best for the clients. To be considered as a partner agency, join our waitlist.

How do you find companies that donate food to nonprofits?

At Last Mile Food Rescue, we are always building relationships with grocery and conveninece stores, warehouses, restaurants, commercial kitchens, and other food businesses in the Greater Cincinnati area.