Helping Hands Community was started in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by a group of volunteers united by a shared purpose: to provide universal access to food through better technology.

After 77,000 home deliveries and 2,000,000 meals delivered, we have migrated our home delivery services to other partners and open sourced our technology.

Food Resources

Find food resources in your area at FoodFinder and Feeding America.

If you are a food bank or food pantry interested in home delivery, contact the nonprofit team at DoorDash.

See the open source code for the Helping Hands Community delivery application at GitHub.

Thank you to everyone who supported Helping Hands Community

Corporate and foundation donors

Food bank and food pantry partners

Delivery and logistics
partners

HHC volunteers

Helping Hands Community was built and run by 409 volunteers who created solutions, managed operations, supported partners, and communicated our mission

Adam Fetcher * Adam Grenier * Adam Starr * Adam Zethraeus * Addison LeBeau * Adele Shi * Agnes Pak * Aki Naito * Alethea Robertson * Alex Chan * Alexa Brittney * Alexander De Michieli * Ali Amirmahani * Ali Baghshomali * Allison Bernstein * Allyson Luong * Alyssa Sangalang * Amanda Cavaleri * Amanda Kirkham * Amber White * Amelia Liu * Amy Friedlander Hoffman * Amy Cooperstock * Amy Heidersbach * Amy Schmitt * Ana Wiechers * Andrea Moe * Andrew Beck * Andrew Li * Andrew Toulouse * Andrew Yim * Andy Kim * Andy Tzou * Anees Patnam * Angela Apinyavat * Anish Bhanot * Anne McLaughlin * Annie Garofalo * Annie Guo * Annie Simms * Ansel Misfeldt * Antara Nimmagadda * Anthea Wong * Arash Roshani * Arber Spahiu * Ariel Lavi * Ariel Rose * Arpeet Dabhade * Ashley Acosta * Ashley Young * Ashwini Kedar * Austin Holsinger * Aya Kuratani * Bart Morse * Betty Woodward * Blair Reeves * Blake Dietz * Bradley Engel * Bradley Ryan * Brandon Wei * Bre Holbert * Brendan Holsberry * Brian Chen * Brian Dandelet * Brian Day * Brian Hogue * Brian Skope * Bridgit Pepra * Brittany Moss * Cameron Aaron * Carlin Hsueh * Carlo Tumibay * Carol Lane * Caroline Simon * CC Cooperstock * Celia Chen * Chad Huggins * Chase Mathew * Chloe Rowshani * Chris McClellan * Chris Nelson * Chris Starr * Christina Asadorian * Christina Brown * Coby Gould * Colton Pierson * Corey Lerner * Corey Werner * Courtney Francois * Craig Hosang * Cristian Edwards * Crystal Fantaye * Crystal Sun * Cynthia Avila-Fedash * Dana Austin * Dani (Danielle) Scudder * Daniel Choy * Daniel Lee * Daniel Tessler * Daniel Zhang * Daphne Rojas * Darryl Harrison * Dave Haase * David Burton * David DyTang * Debaditya Mukhopadhyay * Deepika Agarwal * Delanie Gonzalez * Denise Carranza * Denise Do * Derek Tia * Derek Yu * Destiny Williams * Dhivan Patel * Diana Tsao * Dimple Rao * Divya Pari * Divya Sridhar * Don DuChateau * Dorianne Ma * Dove Rose * Duncan Graham * Dustin Knievel * Dylan Brady * Ebony Moede-Lindsey * Eden Emerson * Eduardo Consigliere * Elaina Zeng * Elaine Cheng * Elaine Duh * Elizabeth Sofranek * Elizabeth Weller * Ellen Graham * Ellie Krasnick * Emilie Gerber * Emily Rosenfield * Emily Shatz * Emily Chang * Emily Jorgens * Eric Schlakman * Eric Zhang * Erica D'Silva * Erin Migaki * Evie Carpenter * Farida Habeeb * Francesca Roncaglia * Frederick Chandra * Gabrielle Herbst * Gaby Pellagatti * George Tong * Gilda Radwan * Ginny Hung * Giovanne Schachere * Gisela Rodriguez * Grady White * Greg Niejadlik * Hailey Clements * Hannah Sears * Hannah Smith * Haritha Reddy * Harris Bernstein * Heidi Yang * Holly Taylor * Ian Bolin * Ian Low * Imee Ignacio * Isabelle Cruz * Ishita Tyagi * Izen Huang * Jack Goss * Jack Schmidt * Jaclyn Caragian * Jagger Moore * Jake Peterson * James Forwood * James Maa * James Resnick * Jamie Chen * Janavi Krishnan * Janet Hernandez * Jason Lau * Jay Sharma * Jeff Miller * Jen Liao * Jenna Siflinger * Jennifer Doohan * Jennifer Johnson * Jenny Gupta * Jeremiah Girard * Jeremy Cockerham Cockerham * Jessica Bixby * Jessica Reid * Jill Christensen * Jiwoo Song * Johanna McCarthy * John Intrater * John Kim * John Park * John Stockdale * Jojo Chen * Jonathan Lyndon * Joop Varophas * Josh Andrews * Josh Venable * Josiah Horne * Julie Richter * Julieta Loaiza * Jung Yang * Justin Erlich * Jyllian Shepard * Kapil Yadav * Kathleen Kiang * Kathleen Kratz * Katie Hamilton * Katrina Warren * Katrina Zawojski * Keith Abrams * Keith Hensley * Kelli Chew * Kelly Wolf * Kelsey Stemmler * Ken Stolman * Kevin Chan * Kevin Velez * Keya Shah * Komel Soin * Korbin Law * Kurt Brown * Kylie Parker * Lakshmi (Sangeeta) Gadepalli * Lani Floresca * Laura Dattner * Lauren Menache * Lauren Saria * Lauren Volkmann * Lawrence LeVine * Lenny Luc * Leo Zhang * Leslie Chao * Lester O'Hara * Liana Decates * Linda Shui * Lindsay Konsko * Lindsey Jamba * Lisa Rothrauff * Liz Christianson * Lucy Zhang * Lydia Smith * Macey McGovern * Madhura Pednekar * Madison Mandella * Manisha Prabhu * Margarita Golod * Maria Antonia Hernandez * Mariko Abe * Marjori Pomarole * Mark Ferguson * Marla Westervelt * Marvin Tener * Maryanne Campo * Matt Moore * Matthew Kunin * Maura Anderson * Mauro Rivadeneira * Meaghan Hall * Megan Collis * Mel Weiner * Melanie Buhrmaster * Melissa Yeung * Mellssa Luu-van * Meredith DiOro * Michael Wang * Michelle Iafigliola * Miles Schuck * Min Jea Seo * Mitou Nguyen * Mohammed Al-Tamimi * Mona Panchal * Muzi Lin * Nandini Gupta * Natalie Audelo * Nathaniel Little * Neil Patil * Nick Cummings * Nicole Ortega * Nicole Savdie * Nikhil Goel * Nikki Eclarinal * Noelle Bahadur * Noelle Holdsworth * Nuri Kim * Ola Okelola * Oliver Hui * Padma Rao * Paige Marino * Pam Eichenbaum * Pamella Carrasquel * Pardhvi Shah * Parnika De * Patrick Chaca * Patrick Coleman * Pedram Keyani * Pedro Muller * Peter Glanting * Phoenix Arroyo * PJ Loury * Pooja Patel * Prateek Rao * Prathwish Shetty * Preetha Kannadath * Prithi Polavarapu * Priya Chatwani * Priya Samra * Prutha Shah * Puja Mishra * Quynh Mai * Rachael Kim * Rachel Portnov * Rachel Levey * Rahul Patil * Raj Kupunaram * Randall Logan * Rebeca Ansar * Rebecca Hemenway * Rebecca West * Remy Westin * Renee Ren * Rhea Sanchez * Robert Nash * Russell Wong * Rutvin Kyada * Ryen Parno * S.Y. 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