Our Story

Matthew Martin, End Hunger New England’s Regional Manager, moved to Massachusetts in 2010 from Minnesota with his wife Heidi and young family.  Matthew was an ordained Lutheran Pastor and moved to serve a church in Quincy, MA.  In 2011 he met Floyd and Kathy, Outreach’s founders.  Inspired by their passion and mission, Matthew left the ministry and began a new one: to Feed the Hungry in New England.  In 2011, childhood hunger in America had reached its peak. One in four children suffered from food insecurity and in Maine it was one out of three. Together, with a legion of regional committed volunteers, Matthew set out to feed and care for our hungry neighbors in New England.  He started giving, serving, and connecting because of the sheer need all those years ago. The mission continues because hunger in New England has not gone away.