Who We Are
The Georgetown Neighborhood Food Project was founded in May 2025 by Southwestern University alumnus Bryce Stiemert and Baylor University alumna Ainsley Dunn. Both grew up in Southern Oregon, where they volunteered with the Ashland and Medford Food Projects – two of the original Neighborhood Food Projects. Inspired by the impact those programs had in their communities, they set out to bring the model to Texas and launch the first Neighborhood Food Project in the state.
The project’s first Pickup Day took place in June 2025 with just five Neighborhood Coordinators, collecting 390 pounds of food. Since then, the Georgetown Neighborhood Food Project has grown into a network of hundreds of food donors across the community, collecting more than 10,000 pounds of food in its first six months.
Our goal is to build a network of neighborhoods across Georgetown that provide a reliable stream of food for local pantries year-round.
What We Do
Every two months, Neighborhood Coordinators collect filled green bags from the neighbors they’ve signed up as Food Donors and leave an empty bag in exchange. The full bags are brought to our collection site, where volunteers weigh and sort the food. The food is then distrubuted to local food pantries.
This simple, ongoing cycle makes it easy for neighbors to give year-round and keeps pantry shelves consistently stocked.
Details
| executive.director@gtxnfp.org | |
| Sam Smith | |
| Executive Director | |
| https://gtxnfp.org/ |
