Donate Food

Formerly known as “Share A Share,” the Give Local Food program is a partnership between Willing Hands and local farms that celebrates delicious, locally grown food, strengthens the local farm economy, and supports community members by making fresh food more available to everyone.

CSA members of our participating farm partners can purchase extra CSA shares directly through a farm for Willing Hands. The extra food is set aside for us to pick up. We then deliver it to our food access partners around the Upper Valley on our regular delivery schedule.

Willing Hands’ Give Local Food partnering farms include:

Alternatively, you can use this form to make a tax-deductible donation directly to Willing Hands. One Hundred percent of your donation is used to purchase produce from the farm of your choice.

Please note that only contributions made directly to Willing Hands are tax-deductible. We cannot send tax acknowledgment letters for CSAs purchased directly from local farms.

Questions?  Contact us at (802) 698-0265 or info@willinghands.org

Are you able to pick up Willing Hands CSA shares and bring them back to our warehouse? Email volunteer@willinghands.org

Home gardeners are an important part of the Willing Hands community. We encourage community members to donate part of their harvest, which Willing Hands then distributes with a special note that the food was grown by neighbors, for neighbors. In 2021, nearly 100 families donated 7,500 pounds of produce, eggs, and meat from their gardens and pastures. 

Here’s how it works:

1.) Plant an extra row or an additional few vegetable plants in your garden. If you’re wondering what to grow, we suggest peas, beans, and greens because it can be difficult to harvest these kinds of highly perishable vegetables in the larger Willing Hands gardens with only one or two work days a week. On the other end of the perishability scale, our recipients also love familiar crops like carrots, cabbage, potatoes, onions and winter squash. Of course, we will gladly accept any kind of produce! 

2.) At harvest time, bring your clean, fresh-picked produce to Willing Hands, 198 Church Street, Norwich, VT. 

3.)  Follow the sign for Grow a Row and place your harvest in the refrigerators on the side of the building. Follow the instructions to weigh and record your donation.

Questions?  Contact us at (802) 698-0265 or garden@willinghands.org

Are you a hunter with extra meat? Willing Hands encourages donations of processed and packaged wild game year-round. 

Vermont residents: Contact Willing Hands Operations Manager, Chris Castles, at chris@willinghands.org, and he will talk you through getting the meat processed and donated.

New Hampshire residents: Contact your local New Hampshire conservation officer to have the meat processed and delivered to Willing Hands. 

If you processed and packaged the meat yourself, call us at 802-698-0265 to coordinate a drop-off at our office in Norwich.