That’s the motto for the Silk City Community Fridge, a refrigerator on Main Street in Paterson that’s open to the public. Anyone can donate food, and anyone can take meals free of charge, no questions ...

Around 8 a.m. one December morning in 2021, my dad and I stopped by the Germantown neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia. We unloaded our Dodge minivan and filled a brightly painted outdoor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last month, four community fridges opened on the city’s north side. Their addition created a five-fridge network in Milwaukee ...

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the national hunger crisis across the country. In Massachusetts, the number of households struggling with food insecuritymore than doubled, from about 8% pre-COVID to ...

In February 2020, Thadeaus Umpster opened his first community fridge—right in front of the building where he lives in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Since then, he’s helped many others find fridges and organize ...

The Glen Parva Community Fridge has prevented waste by handing over more than 1,932kg (4,259lbs) of surplus food to 2,763 visitors since it launched in April 2025. Volunteers collect grocery donations ...

When a Brookline community fridge reopened this summer, it wasn’t just the the handprints of local kids that made it stand out — it was the name. Meet Jennifer Coolfridge, a community fridge in ...

As the saying goes – or at least it should – one person’s idea is at the very least food for thought. Especially if it can help feed the hungry. Which is why Indivisible Aurora was so gung-ho on its ...