GoodWorks

Want a Greener Future? Help Fund Grants for Small Farms

By Erin Mittelstaedt on

I’ve never been a fan of Black Friday. Getting up early to get in line and shop just doesn’t seem fun to me. I prefer my post-Thanksgiving breakfast pie, thank you very much. But Giving Tuesday—the …

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The FruitGuys Helps UMOM Reduce Hunger and Homelessness

By Lex Flamm on

Every week, one of The FruitGuys’ fruit donations for hunger relief arrives at United Methodist Outreach Ministries New Day Centers (UMOM) in Phoenix, Arizona.  One donation might be bruised …

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How Small Farms Are Putting Their 2024 Farm Grants to Work

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Supporting small farms is a major part of our mission at The FruitGuys. We source fruit from independent farms for our fruit boxes whenever we can, and we also award farm grants every year through The …

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The FruitGuys 2023 Impact Report Is Here!

By Lex Flamm on

The numbers are in: In 2023, The FruitGuys clients purchased 384,000 boxes containing 20.6 million servings of fruit, vegetables, and snacks. Every single serving helped positively impact communities …

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How B Corps Make a Difference: A Q&A With The FruitGuys

By Lex Flamm on

March is National B Corp Month, and to kick off the festivities we sat down with The FruitGuys’ Head of Impact, Sheila Cassani. We brought a few FAQs about B Corps with us — and Sheila shared her …

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2023 Small Farm Grant Winners Share Their Project Achievements

By Sheila Cassani on

In 2023, The FruitGuys Community Fund (TFGCF) awarded its largest class of farm grantees so far: 18 small-scale farms and agricultural non-profits were awarded a total of $83,757 in grant awards for …

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Inc.’s 2023 Best In Business Awards Recognize The FruitGuys

By Lex Flamm on

We’re sharing fistbumps and high-fives at FruitGuys headquarters today in celebration of a big achievement: We just received one of Inc.’s 2023 Best In Business Awards! The award recognizes our recent …

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5 Extra Benefits of Partnering With Vendors That Give Back

By Lex Flamm on

Let’s state the obvious: Working with vendors that give back just feels good. If you’re an office manager or head of HR, you probably feel like dancing when you find a vendor that fits your needs, …

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Closing for the Holidays? Donate, Don’t Skip!

By Sheila Cassani on

If your office will be closed or minimally staffed over the holidays, you have a wonderful opportunity ahead. Instead of skipping your regular fruit or snack delivery, you can donate that holiday box …

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Dessert Foods versus Food Deserts

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

I wasn’t really a very good student. Luckily in elementary school, I had a great teacher who helped me after school with my spelling. Her name was Mrs. Unruh. She used to devise little tricks to help …

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Leaping into Spring: Our 25 Year Impact Report

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

I was once told by a trusted friend that, for impatient people like me who sometimes think that acting fast produces a greater result in a shorter amount of time, it is actually the ability to slow …

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The Balance Needed in Spring

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Balance feels like something we need these days. Between wild weather (in California at least) and banking instability, finding balance for farmers, and the ag industry in general has been a bit of a …

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Donate, Don’t Cancel During Holiday Closures

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As the holiday season approaches, we want to thank you for your business and share how The FruitGuys Donate-a-Crate program makes it easy to forward deliveries or purchase fruit to send to people in …

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2021: A Year of Positive Impact

By Sheila Cassani on

As we reflect back on another challenging year, we are incredibly grateful for our clients and their positive impact on people and the planet through The FruitGuys GoodWorks Programs. Together in …

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Announcing The FruitGuys Community Fund 2021 Farm Grantees

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Despite funding setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The FruitGuys Community Fund, a nonprofit founded by office fruit delivery pioneers and certified B Corp The FruitGuys, is pleased to announce …

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Doing Good in the Worst Year: Our 2020 Impact Report

By Pia Hinckle on

2020 was a terrible year and yet the generosity of our community allowed us to bring healthy food to nearly two million people: neighbors in need, frontline healthcare workers, and public school kids …

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The FoodWorks Fund: Fighting Hunger & Helping Small Farms

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The FruitGuys has created a new non-profit project to support its long-standing hunger relief mission.  The FoodWorks Fund, a fiscally-sponsored project of Community Initiatives, provides direct …

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2018 GoodWorks Annual Report

By Elisabeth Flynn on

The FruitGuys has donated nearly eight million servings of farm-fresh fruit to people in need across the United States over the last five years, with almost 2 million servings in 2018 alone. The …

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2017 GoodWorks Annual Report

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The FruitGuys GoodWorks Program had a record year in 2017, donating more than two million servings of fresh fruit to hungry people across the country and providing fruit to first responders and …

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2015 GoodWorks Annual Report

By Sheila Cassani on

The FruitGuys donated more than 1.3 million servings of produce directly to those in need during 2015, a new record for the South San Francisco–based company. Nearly 700,000 pounds of fruit and …

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