All Faiths Food Bank Inc

Programs: The vision of all faiths food bank (affb) is that there are no hungry people in our community. Affbs mission: together with our partners, we provide healthy solutions to end hunger in our community. Food distribution------------------affbs approach is evidence-based and data driven. We focus on outcomes and impact and our work is measurable: 8. 5 million meals provided 10. 2 million pounds of food distributed 3. 2 million pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables distributed 47,145 volunteer hours spent in carrying out the mission of affb

summer hunger program: recognizing that 21,000 children who are eligible to receive free or reduced meals during the school year may go hungry in our community during the summer months, affb initiated the campaign against summer hunger in 2014. The number of children increases to almost 40,000 when younger siblings are included. Continuing into 2017, the community-wide effort to raise awareness and funds was successful by raising more than $1. 3 million in funds. Programming occurred during the summer months when children were not in school, june september. Working with a network of 188 partners to provide more than 2. 2 million meals to children all summer long. In all, over 35,000 children received food during the summer programs as a result of a committed and engaged community.

mobile pantry program----------------------the mobile pantry program is the most effective means to provide hunger relief in low income, rural or remote communities where there is limited or no access to food. Our refrigerated truck goes from our warehouse directly to hungry clients at 17 locations throughout sarasota and desoto counties, where we provide healthy eating choices to as many as 300 visitors in less than two hours. By providing food, we can help families stabilize and allow them to use their limited resources to pay for housing, transportation, or health care. Given the demonstrated link between food insecurity and poor health, all faiths food bank has focused intensely on increasing the quantity of fresh food we provide. Families are given fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen meat and bread, and standard nonperishable food staples. 1. 87 million pounds were provided through 228 mobile pantry distributions.