God's Love We Deliver

In celebration of our birthday month - God’s Love was founded on May 1st, 1985 - we collaborated with Tony Award Winner Bonnie Milligan, along with Broadway stars Arielle Jacobs, Bradley Gibson, and Zachary Noah Piser to create “Delivering Love,” our latest music video! Our parody of “Seasons of Love” from the legendary musical RENT calls back to the AIDS crisis in New York City, when God’s Love was founded to feed those who were homebound with AIDS. Having grown to cook and home-deliver more than 4 million meals annually, we address over 200 individual diagnoses with our medically tailored meals. Our core commitments have remained at the heart of who we are: delivering meals to everyone who need us, never having a waitlist, and delivering meals the next delivery day. With you and your support, every minute and every season, we are delivering love to our clients and their families. ❤️ Help us deliver love by donating or volunteering today. If you know someone in the NYC area who could benefit from our free, medically tailored meals, please reach out to us at GetMeals@glwd.org. Thank you to our amazing cast, crew, and God's Love staff and volunteers! Director: Erich Bergen Assistant Director: Emmett Findley Director of Photography: Peter Pavlakis Production assistants: Alexander Gilkey and Caren Pinto

Today, we say farewell and thank you to our Special Advisor to the CEO and former President & CEO Karen Pearl, as she concludes more than 18 years of wonderful service at God's Love We Deliver. In September 2006, Karen joined God's Love as President & CEO. Her tenure was marked by significant growth, as the number of meals cooked and delivered quadrupled to 2.8 million as did the volunteer base, to more than 17,000. In 2011, God’s Love embarked on an ambitious $36 million Expansion Campaign to more than double the size of our facility, opening the new 50,000 square foot Michael Kors Building in 2015. Under Karen’s leadership, God’s Love was the winner of a New York Times Nonprofit Excellence award in 2010. Among her numerous accolades, in 2022, she was awarded the Golden Heart Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Golden Heart Awards dinner. Karen has been a leader in the national Food Is Medicine movement, serving as Chairperson of the Food is Medicine Coalition, the national association of nonprofit, medically tailored food and nutrition services (FNS) providers.  In January, we’ll see one of the outcomes of years of hard work and advocacy as we begin to add clients through the 1115 Medicaid Waiver program. In 2023, Karen assumed the role of Special Advisor to the President & CEO as she was succeeded by David Ludwigson. In the past two years, she has continued working to secure the future of God's Love and the Food is Medicine movement across the United States. Karen will continue her important work in the food is medicine space locally and across the country, as she works with the Food Is Medicine Coalition’s Accelerator Program. Karen has always put our clients first, ensuring that God’s Love lives up to its core commitments of never charging clients for their meals, delivering meals on the first available delivery day and never having a waiting list. We are immensely grateful to Karen for her nearly two decades of service to God's Love and her utmost dedication to our clients, volunteers, staff, supporters, and life-affirming mission. From the bottom of our hearts — and the bottom of our pots — thank you, Karen!

It’s a *wickedly* great time to volunteer with your team at God’s Love We Deliver! 🩷💚 From prepping meals in the kitchen, to packing our meal kits and delivering to a client’s door, there’s a volunteer shift for you and your team! Interested in our corporate volunteer opportunities? Reach out to jmars@glwd.org and egalante@glwd.org to find out more 🪄

God’s Love We Deliver recently welcomed The Fragrance Foundation to volunteer in our kitchen! Joined by Board member Melba Wilson, their team prepared thousands of Melba’s Braised Beef with Red Wine and Roasted Vegetables, a part of our holiday Winter Feast meals for our clients ❄️ Thank you to The Fragrence Foundation for their partnership and support during the holidays!

Our volunteers from Bombas always knock our *socks* off with how much they give back! Thank you to Bombas for volunteering and donating socks for our 7,300 Thanksgiving client gift totes ❤️🧦

Yesterday, we set a major milestone in our nearly 40-year history by cooking our 40 millionth meal! The God’s Love We Deliver team was joined by the talented Liev Schreiber, Board members Nicky Hilton and Melba Wilson, New York City Council members Carlina Rivera & Erik Bottcher, Volunteer leadership members, staff and volunteers as we packed out our 40 millionth meal at our Michael Kors Building in SoHo. Afterward, Councilmember Rivera presented God’s Love with a New York City Council Proclamation to honor this humbling milestone. God’s Love has proudly nourished New Yorkers since 1985, beginning with one delivery and a mission to bring nutritious food to anyone who needs it. After nearly 40 years, we are still the ONLY medically tailored meal organization providing individually-tailored meals and nutrition education to New Yorkers with severe illnesses. To all our volunteers, staff, supporters, and all of you: thank you for making 40 million possible! Read our 40 Millionth Meal blog recap here: https://lnkd.in/dwdgevf3 #Volunteer #Nonprofit #40MillionMeals #GodsLoveWeDeliver

As we reflect on the past months, our hearts are full of gratitude for the incredible volunteers from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group. Through their participation in SMBC’s Second Annual Volunteer Challenge, over 100 dedicated individuals contributed more than 300 hours of service in our kitchen. From chopping vegetables to carefully packaging meals, each volunteer’s efforts have made a profound and lasting impact on the lives of those we serve. Together, we are creating a meaningful and transformative difference in our community, one medically tailored meal at a time. Each meal we deliver not only nourishes our clients physically but also conveys a powerful message of love, care, and solidarity from every volunteer who has selflessly given their time. As we move forward through the busy months ahead, we carry with us the unwavering support and generous spirit of SMBC’s volunteers. On behalf of all of us at God’s Love We Deliver, and the clients whose lives are touched by your kindness, we extend our deepest thanks to SMBC! #Volunteer #SMBC #GodsLoveWeDeliver

All our gratitude to The New York Community Trust for their many, many years of support for our clients and their families!

DOUBLE your impact by giving to our $100,000 #GivingTuesday match today! When Tricia Leid, MBA was twenty years old, she lost her mother to cancer. Her father fell ill with cancer a few years later, and her aunt delivered healthy meals every day while Tricia took care of him. She says that seeing her father in pain was “one of the hardest experiences of my life,” but having her aunt’s warm, nourishing meals helped make things a bit easier. Now, as Chief Operating Officer at God's Love, Tricia oversees the distribution of more than 5 million meals annually for thousands of New Yorkers who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves. Tricia says, “This is where I was meant to be.” Today, thanks to an anonymous donor, you can give to the organization where Tricia was "meant to be" by donating to our #GivingTuesday match! What does that mean? Your $10 gift supports TWO meals for a mother with breast cancer and her child. Your $50 gift supports a week’s worth of nourishment for a senior living alone with cancer, HIV, or Parkinson’s. Give today at glwd.org/givingtuesday!

Give for Giving Tuesday at glwd.org/givingtuesday! Today's the day to DOUBLE your impact! An anonymous donor has come forward with a remarkable commitment—a generous $100,000 matching gift for God's Love We Deliver! Every dollar you contribute on #GivingTuesday will be doubled, amplifying the power of your support. What does that mean? $10 = 2 meals $20 = 4 meals $50 = a full week of meals for a client! Please give TODAY at glwd.org/givingtuesday