Campaign Overview
KOFI DAY OF SERVICE - 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025
25 Cities - 445 Volunteers - 1,163 Hours of Service
Volunteers made a powerful impact through a wide range of service initiatives this year:
In kitchens, they prepared and packaged thousands of meals for delivery.
At food banks, they sorted and packed boxes for seniors, kids, and families in need—while also restocking pantry shelves.
Other groups supported families by sorting donated children’s clothing, assembling toddler beds, delivering furniture, and assisting with grocery shopping.
Outdoor teams got their hands dirty mulching pathways, harvesting vegetables, removing weeds and invasive species, prepping garden beds, and collecting native plant seeds to help restore local habitats.
The 5th Annual Kofi Day of Service events took place in 25 cities across the country:
Atlanta (Open Hand), Austin (Central Texas Food Bank), Boca Raton (Kindness Matters), Boston (Community Servings), Buffalo (Feedmore WNY), Charlotte (Beds for Kids), Chicago (Cradles to Crayons), Denver (Conscious Alliance), Detroit (Forgotten Harvest), Fort Wayne (Community Harvest), Hillside, NJ (Community Food Bank of New Jersey), Jacksonville (Eartha’s Farm), Long Island (Garvies Point Preserve), Los Angeles (Project Angel Food), Nashville (Tennessee Environmental Council), New York City (God’s Love We Deliver), Philadelphia (Cradles to Crayons), Purchase, NY (Our New Way Garden), Richmond (Feed More), San Rafael (SF-Marin Food Bank), Seattle (Food Lifeline), St. Louis (St. Louis Area Food Bank), San Diego (San Diego Food Bank), Washington DC (DC Central Kitchen).
Our Impact By The Numbers
16,761 lbs of fresh produce processed (apples, potatoes, bok choy)
9,800 meals prepared for distribution
8,000 lbs of non-perishables sorted
5,000 sq ft of garden plot prepared for new plantings (collards, kale, sunflowers, mustard greens)
4,600 lbs of food packed
3,500 bags of bread and butter packed
2,500 servings of sweet potatoes prepared
2,000 sq ft of weeds removed
1,676 one-pound bags of elbow macaroni packed
1,509 servings of collard greens chopped
1,200 servings of soup packaged (chicken noodle, seven bean, zucchini pesto)
1,042 kids’ meals packed
530 produce bags packed for delivery (carrots, celery, fruit, lettuce)
450 lbs of vegetables harvested (tomatoes, green beans, tomatillos, peppers)
360 children impacted through sorted and donated clothing
355 turkey & cheese sandwiches made for the Soup Kitchen in FL
256 boxes of food packed for seniors
225 breakfast quiches packaged
200 blessing bags filled with toiletries, snacks, socks, and handwritten kindness letters
200 pantry bags decorated with words of inspiration food donations
200 yards of trails cleared of invasive porcelain berry and English ivy
180 cards of inspiration written for hospitalized children, veterans, teachers and police officers
50 families assisted with grocery shopping in a community mobile market
11 cubic yards of mulch spread in garden beds and pathways
10 toddler beds assembled for families in need
Seed pods collected from native plants (coneflower, black-eyed Susan, milkweed)7,986 Meals Provided
Thank you, volunteers, for lending your time, energy, and heart to serve these communities. Coming together in this way is a beautiful tribute to Kofi’s life and music — and a powerful reminder of how music can inspire us to connect, uplift, and create lasting change.
In honor of this year’s Kofi Burbridge Day of Service, we’ve partnered with Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation and their Adopt a School campaign. Together, we are raising funds to provide much-needed instruments to the music program at Riverside High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where nearly every student depends on school-owned instruments. Over 60 students are sharing just 25 instruments, and many are outdated or beyond repair.
Proceeds from the sale of a KOFI charity pin and sticker through Tedeschi Trucks Band’s online merch store will contribute to this effort, as well as direct donations.
Together, we are continuing Kofi’s music legacy by opening doors for the next generation of musicians.
Learn more here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/mhof-kofi-day-of-service
Kofi Burbridge was an extraordinary artist whose generosity, talent, and spirit touched countless lives. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, he was a passionate advocate for music education and a constant source of inspiration, both on and off the stage.
Born on September 22, 1961, Kofi passed away on February 15, 2019, due to complications from a cardiac condition. A two-time Grammy Award-winning keyboardist, flautist, composer, and arranger, he shared his musical gifts as a member of Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Derek Trucks Band, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. He was also a guiding force to his younger brother, bassist Oteil Burbridge—now a member of Dead & Company. Kofi’s legacy lives on in the music he created, the lives he touched, and the artists he inspired.
