RIDE UNITED LAST MILE DELIVERY 

Overcoming Transportation Barriers to Health, Financial Stability, and Food Security.

In April of 2020, when COVID-19 limited physical access to healthy food services, United Way and 211 partnered with DoorDash to launch Ride United Last Mile Delivery, which powers the delivery of charitable food and essential items. Although the pandemic catalyzed this program, it's an innovative approach to long-standing food access issues in the United States. In January 2022, the United Way of Greater McHenry County launched Ride United Last Mile Delivery. So far, it has provided more than 30,000 deliveries to homes in need throughout our county. 

To sign up for free deliveries, you must live within the delivery area of one of our food pantry partners and work with them directly to set up your free delivery. Our current pantry partners are: 

Casa de Vida Church and Food Pantry - McHenry 

First Church Food Pantry - The Chapel McHenry 

FISH Food Pantry - McHenry 

The Church of the Holy Apostles - McHenry 

St. Ann's Episcopal Church and Food Pantry - Wonder Lake 

Woodstock Food Pantry - Woodstock 

Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center - Woodstock

Edgewood Elementary School - McHenry

Valley View Elementary School - McHenry

Brown Bear Day Care - Harvard

If you are with a food pantry that would like to be a partner, please get in touch with Kurt Begalka at info@uwmchenry.org. 

We are in the process of partnering with a solution to provide deliveries in areas of the county that do not currently have DoorDash coverage. Stay tuned!