welcome to mixing it forward
Nutrition made by teens for the people who need it most
Mixing It Forward is a teen-led nonprofit across the DMV. We mix wholesome nourishment for shelters and food pantries, carrying neighbors through the hours between meals. Come mix with us, or donate toward the next batch.
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MIX WITH US
High school teens across the DMV are stepping up to mix nourishment for their neighbors. Come join a session, or bring your school or youth group along.
SPREAD THE WORD
The more people who hear about Mixing It Forward, the more neighbors we can nourish. Share our story with a friend, a school, or a shelter partner.
FUEL A BATCH
Every batch takes real ingredients, packaging, and delivery. Help us get our nutritious mixes to the neighbors who need them most.
About Us
Our Mission
Hunger between meals is quiet and easy to overlook. Mixing It Forward exists to do something about it by putting teens at the center of the solution. We bring high school students across the DMV together to mix wholesome, ready-to-eat nourishment for shelters and food pantries in our community. Every session feeds neighbors and builds young leaders who understand that service starts with showing up.
How It Works
Gather
We source wholesome ingredients through donations and community partners. Every item is selected for nutrition, shelf stability, and ease of preparation.
Mix
Teens come together at scheduled sessions to measure, mix, and pack nutritious blends by hand. Every volunteer learns the recipe and the reason behind it.
Deliver
Finished batches go directly to shelter and food pantry partners across the DMV. No warehouse, no middleman. Mixed one day, in a neighbor’s hands the next.
Support Us
Bring Something to the Mixing Table
We don’t take cash donations. What we need is simpler. Wholesome ingredients to mix, hands to help mix them, and communities willing to receive what we make. If you have any of the three, there’s a seat at our table.
Come to the Table
Mixing It Forward started with a simple idea. Teens have energy, kitchens have space, and neighbors between meals need nourishment. All that was missing was a reason to show up together. This is that reason. Whether you bring ingredients, time, or just yourself, there is a seat at our mixing table.
My daughter asked me to drive her to a mixing session. I stayed to help and ended up coming back every month. It’s rare to find something where your kid is genuinely leading and you’re just there to support. That’s what this is.
Lauren B., Parent
I signed up because I needed service hours. I came back because it actually felt like we were doing something. Mixing together with other kids, knowing someone at a shelter is going to eat what we made is something that hits different.
Sammy B., Junior, McLean H.S.
The mixes fill a gap we’ve struggled with for years. Our residents get breakfast and dinner, but the hours in between are hard. When the kids from Mixing It Forward drop off a batch, it means someone isn’t going hungry at 2 in the afternoon.
