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Support a neighbor in need by ordering your Thanksgiving pie through Slice of Life!

Each pie purchased provides one full day of medically tailored meals to a neighbor living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and other serious illnesses.

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Who We Are

The only community-based organization in the D.C. region providing home-delivered medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries and medical nutrition therapy to our neighbors living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses.

Our Vision

Our vision is a community where everyone who is seriously ill has the nourishment they need to manage their illness.

Food & Friends is built on a simple premise: anyone can get sick and everyone can help.

  • We believe that everyone managing a serious illness should have the nourishment they need to improve their health and enhance their quality of life, so we prepare and provide specialized meals that are designed to meet the medical and dietary needs of each of our clients.
  • We believe in nourishing both the body and the mind, so our meals are delivered by caring community members who also help end the sense of social isolation that can result from a serious illness, particularly for the homebound.
  • We believe that no one is immune from illness, regardless of demographics or economic status.

We believe in the power of compassion and the importance of neighbors helping neighbors, so we create opportunities for impactful and fulfilling volunteer service that helps our sick neighbors in need and builds a healthier community for all.

Our Mission

To improve the lives and health of people with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses that limit their ability to provide nourishment for themselves by:

  • preparing and delivering specialized meals and groceries that are designed to meet the medical and dietary needs of each of our clients;
  • providing nutritional counseling and wellness education that enhances our clients’ quality of life; and
  • creating a strong sense of community for both our clients and volunteers that reduces the social isolation that often comes with serious illnesses and provides meaningful opportunities for neighbors to help neighbors in need.

Food & Friends Values

Compassion

With hearts open to the needs of all, we believe friendship, empathy and kindness are as much a part of the sustenance we provide as the meals we prepare.

Community

Partnerships and collaborations are vital to our success, both inside and outside the organization, as we build communities that invest in the welfare of others.

Dignity

Through confidentiality, respect, and a commitment to quality of life for all, we recognize the dignity of every client, volunteer, donor, staff member, and guest.

Diversity

The caring, loving, fun and dynamic nature of our organization is made possible by the diversity of the people we serve and those who help us serve.

Excellence

At every level of operation and public engagement – from food planning and preparation to nutrition education and workshops, from volunteer coordination to special events – we are committed to the highest standards of quality and excellence.

Reliability

As safety, trustworthiness and dependability in all aspects of our operations are the cornerstones of our services, our clients, volunteers, staff and guests can rely on us to fulfill our mission without fail every day.

Accountability

At every level of our organization we are accountable to our clients, donors, volunteers, staff and the public – with unwavering integrity of program services and financial standards.

Compassion

With hearts open to the needs of all, we believe friendship, empathy and kindness are as much a part of the sustenance we provide as the meals we prepare.

Community

Partnerships and collaborations are vital to our success, both inside and outside the organization, as we build communities that invest in the welfare of others.

Dignity

Through confidentiality, respect, and a commitment to quality of life for all, we recognize the dignity of every client, volunteer, donor, staff member, and guest.

Diversity

The caring, loving, fun and dynamic nature of our organization is made possible by the diversity of the people we serve and those who help us serve.

Excellence

At every level of operation and public engagement – from food planning and preparation to nutrition education and workshops, from volunteer coordination to special events – we are committed to the highest standards of quality and excellence.

Reliability

As safety, trustworthiness and dependability in all aspects of our operations are the cornerstones of our services, our clients, volunteers, staff and guests can rely on us to fulfill our mission without fail every day.

Accountability

At every level of our organization we are accountable to our clients, donors, volunteers, staff and the public – with unwavering integrity of program services and financial standards.

Compassion

With hearts open to the needs of all, we believe friendship, empathy and kindness are as much a part of the sustenance we provide as the meals we prepare.

Community

Partnerships and collaborations are vital to our success, both inside and outside the organization, as we build communities that invest in the welfare of others.

Dignity

Through confidentiality, respect, and a commitment to quality of life for all, we recognize the dignity of every client, volunteer, donor, staff member, and guest.

Diversity

The caring, loving, fun and dynamic nature of our organization is made possible by the diversity of the people we serve and those who help us serve.

Excellence

At every level of operation and public engagement – from food planning and preparation to nutrition education and workshops, from volunteer coordination to special events – we are committed to the highest standards of quality and excellence.

Reliability

As safety, trustworthiness and dependability in all aspects of our operations are the cornerstones of our services, our clients, volunteers, staff and guests can rely on us to fulfill our mission without fail every day.

Accountability

At every level of our organization we are accountable to our clients, donors, volunteers, staff and the public – with unwavering integrity of program services and financial standards.

Compassion

With hearts open to the needs of all, we believe friendship, empathy and kindness are as much a part of the sustenance we provide as the meals we prepare.

Services We Provide

Home Delivered Meals

Food & Friends delivers medically tailored, delicious meals directly to our clients’ homes. Our professional dietitians and chefs work closely to provide individualized meal plans that aim to improve health and quality of life.

Medically Tailored Groceries

Medically Tailored Groceries, delivered every two weeks, is a service that includes fresh produce, frozen meats such as fish and poultry, frozen soups and entrees prepared in our kitchen, and pantry items. The service is available for individuals and families who live outside our freshly-prepared meals delivery area. It is also available for those clients who are able to do light meal preparation, or who have a caregiver to do so.

Nutrition Counseling

At Food & Friends, we consider nutrition to be a vital part of the treatment for our clients. Our community dietitians are available to provide individual nutrition counseling to all of our clients. In addition, within the community, we provide workshops on nutrition and wellness, on-site cooking classes, and educational materials.

In addition, within the community, we provide the following services, all of which are free of charge:

  • Virtual nutrition education classes
  • Educational handouts on increasing protein and calorie intake, food safety and more
  • Off-site group presentations on nutrition related to HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses

Food & Friends is a proud member of the Food Is Medicine Coalition.

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