Second Harvest North Central Food Bank Inc

Programs: Food bank distribution:the primary program of second harvest north central food bank is acquisition, warehousing and distribution of donated food and related grocery products to the other non-profit agencies that provide food to low-income people in aitkin, cass, crow wing, itasca, kanabec, koochiching and mille lacs counties in minnesota. In 2017 over 4. 38 million pounds of food were distributed through 100 agencies and directly to individuals through second harvest programs. Second harvest purchases grocery products that are desirable but rarely donated for distribution to agencies and re-packs bulk products for more convenient distribution. Fifteen employees work in warehousing, delivery, administration and programs. Volunteers provide over 10,427 hours of donated time to second harvest food bank operations every year.

csfp program:csfp is the commodity supplemental food program of the usda and contracted in minnesota through the department of health. In 2017, 20,313 seniors received commodity food boxes from this program. Over 1,600 boxes are packed at second harvest by volunteers every month and distributed through 57 locations in the service area. Volunteer hours total over 4,485 annually.

sh food shelf:the sh food shelf is the food pantry program of second harvest food bank. The food shelf provides food directly to people experiencing hunger in grand rapids and it's surrounding communities. In 2017, there were 11,529 household visits to the food shelf resulting in the distribution of 764,530 pounds of food to those families. The sh food shelf served an average of 1,009 children, 299 seniors and 1,534 adults per month, who were at risk of missing nutritious meals if the food shelf was not in operation. Volunteers are used to a high degree in helping to staff the food shelf and keep program costs down.