In 1985, a hospice volunteer named Ganga Stone began delivering meals to a man dying from AIDS who was too ill to cook or shop for himself. One day she was in his neighborhood, a meal in hand, when she was stopped by a minister who recognized her. He asked what she was doing, she told him, and he replied, "you're not just delivering food...you're delivering God's love." Ganga said, "That's the name!" and God's Love We Deliver was founded.
From these humble beginnings, God's Love now cooks and delivers over 3,400 meals every weekday, to people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and all serious illnesses. We also offer nutrition education to our clients, their children and their senior care-givers. Since our founding, we've held firm to our core principles that we will always be there for our sick friends and neighbors in need, we will never have a waiting list and we will never charge clients for their meals. And still, like 25 years ago, we experience every day that something as basic as delivering a meal can bring dignity and comfort to a desperate situation.