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CareFirst, CFG Bank Arena renew partnership to address food insecurity in Baltimore
CareFirst, CFG Bank Arena renew partnership to address food insecurity in Baltimore
Listen to this articleNonprofit health care company CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and CFG Bank Arena extended their partnership to fight food insecurity for Baltimore residents.
The organizations will work with the Atlanta-based, minority-owned business Goodr to manage food donation logistics using the company’s Surplus Food Recovery solution.
Founded in 2017, Goodr operates from the thought that hunger is not a scarcity issue, but a matter of logistics. CareFirst is focused on creating healthy food options for guests at a reasonable price and improving food conservation. Through this new program, quality, unused food post-events at the arena will be delivered to area nonprofit organizations, food banks and schools.
Last month, Goodr facilitated the first of these food deliveries to My Sister’s Place Women’s Center and Tuerk House, totaling more than 500 pounds in food delivered. It is expected that this program will donate an average of 400 pounds of food per month to even more local organizations like the DreamBig Foundation, U Empower of Maryland, City of Refuge and more.
