Ahead of Philadelphia Union's home match against FC Cincinnati on Wednesday night at Subaru Park, we're proud to announce tonight's Subaru Love Promise Playmaker is Cathy Snyder.
Following a Sales career in Broadcasting, Philadelphia native and food justice advocate Cathy spent 14 years living overseas and raising her family in Europe and Asia before returning home and beginning her social impact journey. Awakened to the depth of food insecurity while volunteering at a local food pantry in the tourist area of New Hope, PA, she realized there was an untapped resource in the local agricultural community to help fill the nutrition gap faced by food pantries – organizations whose limited budgets and growing customer base make it ever more challenging to provide nutritious, high-quality food. She reached out to local farmers
In just a few short years, Cathy has grown Rolling Harvest Food Rescue from an initial connection between one food pantry and one farm to a vibrant network of volunteers, farms and food producers, and hunger-relief sites. . In 2019 The Rolling Harvest Food Rescue distributed 283,000 lbs. of fresh produce to local pantries that yielded 1,274,000 healthy meals to the Hunterdon, Mercer, Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia County Area. Cathy is committed to raising awareness about the hidden face of local hunger, food waste and food-insecurity and offers leadership through public speaking engagements on actions we can all take to nourish our neighbors in need.
