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Our first Food Rescue and Mobile Pop-Up food pantry events launched in March 2025. On June 4, 2025, we hosted our first community TableTop-PopUp cooking event. Working alongside our coalition partners, we identify food-access gaps across our communities and take coordinated action to put food sustainability in motion.
Total LBS of Food Rescued & Delivered
TONA Posted: 10/03/2025
38,230 LBS
CFSC, OC Posted: 12 /23/2025
900,225 LBS
Total # of Families who have received Food
TONA Posted: 10/03/2025
678
CFSC, OC Posted: 12/23/2025
3,672.22
Total # of Individuals who have received Food
TONA Posted: 10/03/2025
ICFSC, OC Posted: 12/23/2025
2583
198,300
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  • To address mental health & wellness through nutrition in underserved communities we need your help.
  • With your help we can rescue more food.
  • With your help we can deliver more Mobile-PopUp food pantries to more underserved communities.
  • With your help we can deliver more TableTop-PopUp cooking events to more underserved communities.
  • Together we will be making a difference.
  • Together, we are building the Tree of New America as a shared learning platform rooted in care, participation, and food access.

Our work in action

Tree of New America works at the intersection of food access, sustainability, and care—combining direct service with shared learning that strengthens trust in community.

A Tree of New America Mobile-PopUp Food Pantry Event

In this video we showcase a weekly scheduled Mobile-PopUp food pantry event that gets rescued food to folks who need it.

A Tree of New America Community TableTop-PopUp Cooking Event

In this video we showcase a weekly scheduled community TableTop-PopUp cooking event for folks who could use an extra meal.

Our mission

TONA addresses the critical link between mental health and nutrition found within our most vulnerable of communities. Our mission is to combat food insecurity, ensuring folks have consistent equitable access to nutritious food while fostering improved mental and physical well-being.

Our process

We identify needs and facilitate solutions by working directly with our PSH and TSH partners to address food insecurity among vulnerable members of our community. Many face transportation barriers that make accessing food a challenge. By collaborating directly with housing resource managers, we can develop customized strategies tailored to each housing community’s unique situation.

Our core strategy & alignment with key legislations

  • At the heart of TONA's operation is a strategic connection. TONA's facilitation model ensures that permanent and temporary supportive housing communities facing food insecurity receive reliable and high-quality nutritional support. This collaborative approach is the foundation of our program's success.

  • Driven by California's Senate Bill 1383, TONA prioritizes the recovery of edible food. This crucial legislation guides our partnerships with food recovery organizations, ensuring a consistent flow of nutritious food to support the well-being of residents within supportive housing communities.

  • Furthermore, we recognize the importance of California's Senate Bill 1380 and its Housing First approach. By providing consistent access to nutritious food, TONA supports the foundational stability that this approach aims to achieve. Food security is a critical component of overall well-being, and our services directly contribute to creating a supportive environment for residents as they establish stable housing.

  • We are doing our part to achieve net-zero emissions by 2035 through a comprehensive sustainability strategy, focusing on reducing our carbon footprint across all operations and implementing environmentally conscious practices.
If you are the manager of a permanent or temporary supportive housing property whose residents are experiencing food insecurity, we can help!
With support from the Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, the Tree of New America is one of three nonprofit organizations that form the Community Food Support Coalition, OC.
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Tree of New America EIN #33-3848612 is a fully registered California non-profit organization classified as a 501(c)3. All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
Tree of New America (TONA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working at the intersection of food access, sustainability, and care. Originally conceived as a multicultural film arts project, TONA evolved into a food sustainability advocate and facilitator supporting communities experiencing food insecurity.
Today, TONA partners with permanent and temporary supportive housing providers and regional food recovery organizations to expand access to nutritious food through Mobile-PopUp food pantries and community TableTop-PopUp cooking events. Our work focuses on overcoming transportation barriers, reducing food waste, and strengthening community well-being through reliable food access.
TONA also participates in food sustainability education by offering internship and service-learning opportunities for high school and college students, emphasizing the full food cycle—from rescue and distribution to responsible bio-waste recovery.
As a facilitation partner and advocate for food sustainability, TONA supports collaborative efforts aligned with initiatives such as the Zero Hunger, Zero Waste movement.
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