Become a Food Donor

As long as it complies with governing health codes and Safe Food Handling Practices, Keep US Fed Montgomery County will pick up, at no cost to you, any type and quantity of food or beverage and deliver it to a charitable organization that helps people experiencing food insecurity.

We cannot accept home cooked meals, meals that have been plated, or food from a self-serve buffet.

Our charity recipients have met our food handling and storage requirements, and have agreed to follow our guidelines.

All of our volunteers are food handler certified.

In the past, some food establishments were reluctant to participate in food donation because they feared litigation. With the needs so great and billions of pounds of food getting wasted every year, the Federal Government passed legislation to encourage food donation and protect food donors from liability, when they donate in good faith, to nonprofits like Keep Us Fed.

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-good-samaritan-faqs.pdf

Federal Law: The "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act" of 1996 shields food donors from civil and criminal liability, except in cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.