Our impact

Turning an idea into action.

Since launching in November 2025, The Celiac Shelf has grown from an idea into an ongoing community effort, collecting more than 5,000 gluten-free items through monthly food drives and building partnerships with local schools and food pantries.

Our impact isn't measured only by the number of items we collect. Each donation helps increase access to safe gluten-free food for individuals and families who medically require it, while each drive and partnership helps bring greater awareness to a need that can easily be overlooked.

A wide spread of donated gluten-free canned goods, beans, pasta and pantry staples
Gluten-free items collected
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Gluten-free items collected
Community food drives
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Community food drives
School & food pantry partnerships
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School & food pantry partnerships
Food drives since our launch
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Food drives since our launch

From donations to impact

  1. Step 01

    Collect

    Community members donate safe gluten-free foods or contribute funds that allow us to purchase high-need items.

  2. Step 02

    Organize

    Donations are collected, reviewed, organized, and prepared to help ensure appropriate gluten-free items reach our community partners.

  3. Step 03

    Connect

    We work with community organizations and food assistance partners to help put gluten-free options within reach of people who need them.

  4. Step 04

    Grow

    Each drive, partnership, volunteer, and donation helps us expand the conversation around inclusive food access and reach more communities.

Building something that lasts.

Our goal isn't simply to hold food drives. We're working to create greater awareness of gluten-free food insecurity and encourage food assistance programs, schools, organizations, and communities to consider medically necessary dietary needs when collecting and providing food.

Because meaningful food access means having access to food you can actually eat.

Donated gluten-free bread, flour, pasta and pantry staples arranged on a floor
Canned vegetables, tomato sauce, peanut butter and bags of dried beans and lentils
Boxes of gluten-free breakfast cereal and flour collected at a drive
Boxes of gluten-free rice cereal and rice cakes collected at a drive

Community partners

It takes a community to fill a shelf.

The Celiac Shelf's work is strengthened by schools, food pantries, community organizations, businesses, volunteers, donors, advisors, and supporters who believe food access should include medically necessary dietary needs.

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