City
Harvest
New York, NY
City Harvest exists to end hunger in communities throughout New York City. They do this through food rescue and
distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.
Over the last 34 years, their organization has grown to include 22 trucks, 160 staff members, thousands of volunteers, a Food Rescue Facility, and the generous support of many food and financial donors. To date, City Harvest has rescued and delivered over 600 million pounds of nutritious food for hungry New Yorkers.
Houston Food Back
Houston, TX
In fall 2008, the Houston Food Bank merged with End Hunger Network, a Houston-area food rescue organization, thus making more effective use of community resources by working together as one.
In fiscal year 2016-2017, the Houston Food Bank distributed 83,000,000 nutritious meals.
The vision for the future is to expand service to the community to 100,000,000 nutritious meals by 2018.
Every dollar donated to the Houston Food Bank provides the equivalent of three meals for an individual.
SECON
HARVEST
New Orleans, LA
Second Harvest Food Bank is leading the fight against hunger in South Louisiana by providing food access, advocacy, education, and disaster response. Second Harvest provides food and support to 700+ community partners and programs across 23 parishes.
Through our food distribution programs, community kitchen meal service, nutrition education, and public benefits assistance, we are helping to create pathways out of poverty. Every year, Second Harvest secures millions of pounds of food that otherwise would have gone to waste. Our work helps ensure that these meals make it to the dinner tables of thousands of families struggling with hunger in South Louisiana.
THE
CARING
PLACE
Georgetown, TX
The Caring Place was founded in 1985 by Yoli Branson & Marty Maxwell - two women in the community with a vision.
They approached the Georgetown Ministerial Alliance and asked them to create a single place where people needing emergency assistance could go for help.
Today, The Caring Place continues to the mission for which it was created back in 1985. It remains a local ministry of the community which serves the community. The Caring Place exists because of the generosity of the Georgetown community and because of the confidence the community has in the ability of The Caring Place to step up, and not step over, our neighbors in need.fulfill
REGIONAL FOOD BANK
OF OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, OK
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, a member of the Feeding America network of Food Banks, is the largest hunger-relief charity in the state - providing enough food to feed more than 136,000 hungry Oklahomans every week, 37 percent of which are children.
In 2017, the Regional Food Bank distributed 52 million pounds of food through a network of 1,300 community-based partner agencies, charitable feeding programs, and schools throughout 53 central and western Oklahoma counties.
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
OFEASTERN OKLAHOMA
Tulsa, OK
The mission of the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is to feed the hungry of eastern Oklahoma through a network of Partner Programs and to engage our communities in ending hunger.
Our vision is food security, with dignity, for all eastern Oklahomans.
We are the largest private hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.
FOOD BANK
OF SOUTH JERSEY
Pennsauken, NJ
The Food Bank of South Jersey provides food to people in need, delivers health and wellness programs, and designs sustainable solutions to help people improve their lives. They carry out their mission by operating on 7 core values: collaboration, diversity, integrity, respect, service, stewardship, and urgency.
They operate on one simple premise: food should not be wasted when hungry people are in their midst. From this truth, they have built an effective food distribution program that annually links more than 13 million pounds of food with approximately 250 charitable food providers, such as food pantries, community kitchens and shelters in the four counties they serve: Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, and Salem.
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
OF METROLINA
Charlotte, NC
SHFBM serves a total of 19 counties - 14 counties in North Carolina including Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly and Union. We serve 5 counties in South Carolina including Cherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union and York.
FEEDING THE GULF COAST
Milton, FL
Feeding the Gulf Coast's core mission: working through member organizations & special programs, they provide nutritious food to meet the challenge of feeding people who are hungry as a result of personal crisis or disaster. They work to educate the public regarding domestic hunger, proper nutrition & related issues.
In carrying out it's mission, Feeding the Gulf Coast is committed to standards of performance and service represented by the following values: integrity, stewardship, accountability, and service.
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK
Boston, MA
Through the compassion and commitment of our supporters, staff, partners and volunteers, The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) takes a bold, innovative and multi-pronged approach to achieve our mission to end hunger here.
GBFB is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and among the largest food banks in the country. Last year, we distributed 60.7 million pounds of nutritious food to people who struggle to have enough to eat. We are committed to increasing our food distribution to provide at least one meal a day to every person in need in Eastern Massachusetts while supporting healthy lives and healthy communities.
SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
San Antonio, TX
The San Antonio Food Bank takes pride in fighting hunger, feeding hope in their 16 county service area. They believe that no child should go to bed hungry, adults should not have to choose between a hot meal and utilities, nor a senior sacrifice medical care for the sake of a meal.
Founded in 1980, The San Antonio Food Bank has quickly grown to serve 58,000 individuals a week in one of the largest service areas in Texas. Their focus is for clients to have food for today, but to also have the resources to be self-sufficient in the future.
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Tucson, AZ
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona responds to the root causes of hunger and seeks to restore dignity, health, opportunity and hope to people living in poverty. Our mission is to change lives in the communities we serve by feeding the hungry today, and building a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow.
ONE SANDWICH AT A TIME
New York, NY
One Sandwich At A Time was founded by Erin Dinan and George Kontogiannis and since its start from a simple idea, the organization has turned into a successful, grassroots non-profit that has fed over 100,000 hungry New Yorkers.
Together with volunteers and their board, One Sandwich at a Time constructs peanut butter & jelly and ham & cheese sandwiches, bagging them up and delivering them to the areas in which they are most needed - including food pantries, homeless shelters and food distribution centers serving victims of natural disasters, like Hurricane Sandy.
Their efforts, and those of the hundreds of volunteers who give of their time, has provided One Sandwich at a Time with recognition from the United Nations, and cash awards from Godiva among others.