Youth Venture

We bring left over bread from local bakeries to the surrounding homeless shelters

Spread the Dough is a youth-run initiative to eliminate waste and abolish hunger. I (Melina Higgins) started Spread the Dough in January of 2005 and with the help of my community watched my dream morph into something larger than life. On a weekly basis one volunteer goes to a local bakery and picks up their day-old bread. After picking up the bread the volunteer proceeds to deliver the bread to surrounding homeless shelters, soup kitchens, churches, or elderly/low-income members of the community. Spread the Dough eliminates waste, feeds the hungry, and teaches young people the importance of commitment and dependability. Over time I have realized that the less fortunate rely on our deliveries, without the bread their hunger pains simply grow.