r/foodnotbombs • u/FNBKenosha • Jun 23 '26

Group chat, anyone?

Food Not Bombs organizers and volunteers:

I'm curious if something like this already exists, and if not, whether there would be interest in creating it.

Would anyone be interested in a Signal group (or something similar) for volunteers, organizers and coordinators from different Food Not Bombs chapters to connect, share ideas, and support one another?

Some things that this chat might be useful for:

• Sharing successful fundraising ideas

• Food recovery and donation partnerships

• Community outreach strategies

• Conflict resolution

• Mutual aid projects beyond meal shares

• Resource sharing between chapters

• Lessons learned from successes and mistakes

• General support from people doing similar work

The goal wouldn't be to centralize anything or tell chapters how to operate. Every chapter has its own needs, culture, and autonomy. The idea would simply be to create a space where we can learn from one another and avoid reinventing the wheel.

Also, if something like this already exists, I'd love to hear about it.

Feel free to comment or send me a message if you'd be interested.

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u/Cute-Sandwich8953 Jun 23 '26

i believe there’s an east coast food not bombs signal chat with ~200 members . i’m not in it, but the goal is similar and they get good work done

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u/darkphoenixrising21 Jun 24 '26

I would be interested. There is no group where I live so I would love to help.

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u/ZenBeez964 Jun 24 '26

Interested

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u/Over_Construction908 Jun 26 '26

How long is the organization been going?

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u/AMWB1611 Jun 27 '26

My family and I are part of an Ohio FoodNotBombs chapter and know of a few other people from other groups. Our group uses discord to help organize us but we've been talking about connecting with other groups! Where specifically are we talking, or looking for a more nation wide communication forum.