Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

Programs: Product collection, storage and distributionthe atlanta community food bank (the food bank) serves as the central distribution center for more than 600 nonprofit partner agencies that provide food assistance in 29 metro atlanta and north georgia counties. These agencies include food pantries, shelters, community kitchens and other organizations offering food for people who struggle with hunger from children, families and seniors to the working poor. In an effort to help its agencies increase their ability to provide more food and reach more people, the food bank also co-hosts mobile food pantries with designated agencies. In addition, the food bank operates several programs that enhance its mission of fighting hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community. These include kids in need, hunger 101, benefits screening and more. 1. In fy 2016/17, the food bank distributed over 70. 5 million pounds of food and groceries through its network of nonprofit partner agencies with food assistance programs enough for over 59 million meals. This represents a 1. 7% growth in food distribution. 2. The food bank recognizes that hunger and malnutrition go hand in hand. Therefore, we emphasize the nutritional quality of the food distributed. In fy 2016/17, we distributed over 14 million pounds of fresh produce to partner agencies, an increase of 7. 4% over the prior year. For the fifth year running, fresh produce was the food bank's largest category of food distributed. 3. The food bank's retail store donation program has also been instrumental to the increased volume of nutritious food distributed to partner agencies. In fy 2016/17, the food bank recovered over 21 million pounds of food from 499 stores throughout its service territory. The number of stores served by agencies increased by 22% (from 310 stores to 378). 4. One way the food bank is able to accomplish its high level of impact is through its tremendous volunteer support. In fy 2016/17, 30,946 volunteers gave 101,728 hours of their time - the equivalent of 51 full-time staff members. Volunteers sorted and repacked food, assisted on our grocery floor, worked in community gardens, and provided many other essential services. 5. Mobile food pantries are part of a growing strategy to get more food into the community. In partnership with the food bank, agencies in 17 counties hosted a total of 608 mobile pantries in fy 2016/17 serving 128,294 households.

kids in needthe mission of the kids in need program is to provide free learning supplies for students whose academic success is threatened by poverty. In fy 2016/17, kids in need provided 573,282 pounds of brand new school supplies to 5,877 teachers in 283 low-income elementary, middle and high schools in 17 metro atlanta area school systems. An additional 49,494 pounds of brand new supplies were distributed to various agencies to further benefit their clients.

education, advocacy and outreachthe food bank offers several education, advocacy and outreach programs including hunger 101, advocacy for public policies that reduce food insecurity, and benefits outreach. Hunger 101 is an introduction to hunger and poverty issues in the united states and georgia, and includes an online curriculum to facilitate hunger education. The government affairs program identifies effective strategies for combating food insecurity and coordinates advocacy efforts to reach government representatives about issues affecting those who struggle with hunger. Benefits outreach workers help families and individuals by offering screenings and enrollment support for public benefits to help make ends meet. 1. In fy 2016/17, 204 hunger 101 workshops and education sessions were given to more than 5,172 different people from preschools, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, faith, civic and corporate groups. 2. In fiscal year 2016/17, benefits outreach staff completed 6,335 snap/food stamp applications for clients, a 48% increase over last year.