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Causes: Emergency Assistance, Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Food Programs, Human Services
Mission: Fighting hunger, feeding hope: second harvest brings community resources together to feed people in need through empowerment, education, and partnerships.
Programs: Warehousing: second harvest has been the hub for charitable food distributions in the inland northwest for more than 40 years. Second harvest provides more than 1. 8 million pounds of fresh produce, dairy products, meat, canned goods, and other food every month that helps hungry families and seniors living in 21 eastern washington and 5 north idaho counties. The food feeds a diverse group of children and adults who have been impacted by job losses, wage reductions, illnesses, disabilities, and other challenges. Second harvest leverages community contributions to pick up large truckloads of donated food. Volunteers sort and repackage bulk food donations that are distributed to 250 partner nonprofits operating food pantries and meal programs serving about 194,000 people each year.
washington produce program: second harvest distributes surplus fresh bulk produce donations to other feeding america network members.
tefap: the organization distributes surplus food made available by the federal government to low income and temporarily needy families in the community.