A Simple Gesture is a Guilford County based 501c3 nonprofit striving to end childhood hunger and food disparity. Our food collection programs make it easy for people to make a difference in their community. Green Bag Food Donor Program (Individuals) Food Recovery Program (Businesses) SHARE Refrigerators (Schools)

Our mission is to provide a consistent supply of food to local food banks and pantries by engaging the community to be part of the solution to end hunger. Our three main goals are as follows: First, to provide a regular supply of food to our food pantry partners to ensure no child or family is hungry. Second, to create new neighborhood connections that strengthen our community. Our third goal is to serve as a model for other communities.

We love and appreciate our community partners helping us fight childhood hunger! Please visit our Get Involved Page or email us to learn ways you can get involved.

The donated food is collected and provided to a specific food partner agency. Our current partners are: For nonperishable food: BackPack Beginnings Second Harvest Jewish Family Services Guilford Backpack Ministries Open Door Ministries West End Ministry Burns Hill Neighborhood Pantry Ward Street UMC First Christian Church First UMC Food Pantry COAT of Archdale Grace Point Greater First United Baptist Drawers of Hope High Point Community Clinic Northwood Community Center School-based food pantries Food pantries in Head Start facilities Food pantries in pediatrician’s offices, obstetrician’s offices, and other medical clinics For perishable food: Bread of Life/New Jerusalem BackPack Beginnings Northside Baptist Church One Step Further Sunday Serve West End Cone Women's Medical Center Center for New North Carolinians WD Mohamed Islamic Center Open Door Interactive Resource Center Pallet Community for the Unhoused FaithAction International

Yes, your donation is tax deductible. Tax donation letters for monetary gifts are mailed each time a donation is made as well as cumulative end-of-year statements. Receipts for in-kind donations like food are available on request. Please contact our office at (336) 547-7000 or email us for any questions regarding this or any other financial matters.

With food insecurity increasing this past year, we have expanded our giving programs so everyone can make an impact. See our Give page including our Walmart Registry and our Monthly Giving Program. In addition, we always need volunteers to help pick up food and take it directly to our food bank and pantry partners.

Email ASG and we'll happily answer your questions.

Individual food donors sign up for a reusable green donation bag to fill with nonperishable food items. Donors may sign up for monthly or every other month pick-ups. Once you have signed up, we will bring you a reusable green donation bag for you to fill with needed canned, boxed and bagged food items. The bag will come with a tag that provides Saturday pick-up dates and a list of needed food. We will send a reminder email a few days before we pick up the bag. On the scheduled pick up date, donors place their filled green bag outside their door. Volunteers will come by to pick up the filled green bag and leave a new one to fill for the next pick up.

A Simple Gesture has a food donation bin located outside of our garage at 3503 Redington Drive. You are welcome to drop your donated food in the food donation bin and pick up a replacement bag from the green bag bin. If you need assistance or someone to pick up your bag, please email asimplegesturegso@gmail.com

Your schedule is based on the color of the tag on your Green Bag:

With food insecurity increasing this past year, we have expanded our giving programs so everyone can make an impact. See our Give page including our Walmart Registry and our Monthly Giving Program. In addition, we always need volunteer drivers to help pick up food and take it directly to our food bank and pantry partners.

Maria is the Director of Green Bag Food Recovery Program. Email her .and she will gladly answer your questions.

Any business, school, event, etc. with any type of edible surplus food can donate (no donation is too small or large). Contact Laura and we will match the food to one of our over 35 vetted nonprofit agencies in Guilford County. A rescuer will pick-up and drop-off the food. It’s that simple!

We accept edible perishable and nonperishable food.

Yes! The North Carolina Standard Operating Procedures for donors can be found by clicking HERE. The Food Donation Improvement Act of 2022 and the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 state that donors are protected from any civil or criminal liability when donating food in good faith to a nonprofit agency. These laws, supported by the USDA and EPA, were created to support and encourage the donation of food and groceries. Donors only need to maintain food safety requirements per NC State regulations until the time of donating the food. Afterwards, ASG will take care of preservation and distribution of the food donations in a timely, safe manner.

Yes! We proudly collaborate to complete deliveries efficiently and with the greatest impact.

Yes, we provide receipts for all donations upon request.

Laura is our Director of our Food Recovery Program. Email her with your questions or to set up a custom food recovery plan for your business; she'll be happy to help you.

Our SHARE Program is our food recovery program within the schools. In 2023, ASG placed refrigerators in all 126 Guilford County Schools and one charter school to not only reduce wasted food, but also to offer additional nutrition to any student who needs it. Students donate unopened, unwrapped food items (milk, juice, bags of veggies, etc) from the school nutrition department to the SHARE fridge. Any student can then grab the extra food from the fridge anytime throughout the day. Sharing food, not wasting it.

Makes use of our food resources to their fullest. Easy for students and staff to implement and utilize. The food is available to any student in the school, thereby eliminating stigma. Teachers and healthcare workers can offer extra nourishment to students and, in turn, decrease the need to purchase from their personal finances. Allows implementation of North Carolina state curriculum standards of minimizing unnecessary food waste and maximizing valuable food resources.

Julia is the Director of our SHARE Program. Email her with your questions, and she'll be happy to respond.