United Food Force, Inc

BUSINESS PROFILE

Rhonda Miller,

Founder and President

About United Food Force

From its industrial food bank operation located in McDonough, GA, United Food Force deploys an “Army of Angels,” each week to combathunger in communities throughout Henry County and beyond. Rhonda Miller founded the organization in 2012. Her passion to serve the underprivileged has driven the organization of six full-time and 2 parttime employees from serving 72 families a week in 2013 to serving more than 2000 families a week today. The mission of United Food Force, a non-profit, hunger relief organization, is to fight hunger through united forces and partnerships. Providing nutritional food products and other resources, United Food Force has built a distribution system through a network of partner organizations including churches, shelters, food programs, local school systems and events.

Rhonda Miller (left) speaks about United Food Force at a Chamber event in 2017.

In an interview with VoyageATL, Miller pointed to a statistic that brings the organization’s goals into stark focus. “According to the department of agriculture, 1 in every 5 households is food insecure in the United States today.

The need is greater than most could imagine. Unforeseen tragedies and unfortunate circumstances can happen to any one of us at any given time. The children of today are our future tomorrow and we need to come together in our communities and help nurture and sustain their bodies and minds in an effort to provide a better and brighter tomorrow.”

Community Support

To ensure that basic human needs are met, United

Food Force offers four different programs including: Emergency Food Box Program Tuesdays: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Volunteer Program Monday – Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Thursdays: 5:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Weekly Food Program Thursdays: 6:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Monthly Food Program One Thursday/Month: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The organization is planning to open a second food bank location in November to support communities in the Tampa, FL area. Miller commented, “There is a great need in Florida with so many displaced by Hurricane Maria, people are living in tents outside of the Tampa area. We are serving over 2000 a week here in Georgia and we are looking to serve that many soon in Florida.”

Community Involvement

United Food Force has been on the forefront to help communities when disaster strikes. They were part of the Henry County consortium of organizations that assisted tornado and hurricane victims last year. United Food Force set up food tables in Cordele, GA, to serve those who were displaced by tornados. They

also assisted victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, TX, supported hospice patients and their families and provided resources to families displaced from South Georgia and Florida during Hurricane Irma.

From adopting underprivileged families during the holiday season to hosting a charity golf tournament in support of hunger relief, the instances of support provided by United Food Force to the community are many. As long as there are people who are in need of basic food sustenance, United Food Force will be there to lead the charge.

Chamber Involvement

United Food Force credits their membership with the Chamber for opening doors to new community partnerships that have given them the ability to raise awareness for hunger relief. “As a result of our membership we are able to ensure basic human needs are met in our community,” said Miller.

United Food Force is seeking partnerships and support for their annual Holiday Family Adoption program providing food and toys to those who are under priviledged. Their goal this year is to adopt 300 families and 1200 children. To assist or for more information, contact MacKenzie Harris, Marketing Director, Mackenzie@unitedfoodforce.org.

United Food Force, Inc. 1463 Hwy. 20 West McDonough, GA 30253 678-272-2000 info@unitedfoodforce.org