AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Zero Hunger
KEYWORDS
food waste, apps, Homeless
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
DoorDash
WEBSITE
https://blog.doordash.com/introducing-project-dash-bbc61ac0cb8c
Project DASH
A food delivery service using their logistic services to help feed the homeless.
Project DASH (which stands, of course, for DoorDash Acts for Sustainability and Hunger) is a partnership between DoorDash and the hunger relief organization Feeding America. Using MealConnect, a Feeding America app, restaurants can snap a photo of extra food, and the platform finds a nearby food bank, shelter, or other nonprofit that needs it. Then DoorDash uses its delivery algorithm to find the most efficient way to transport it.
For restaurants, it’s designed to make the process of donating food as frictionless as possible. “Once the restaurant posts the donation, their job is done,” says Justin Block, director of retail information services at Feeding America.