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GENERAL AGENCY INFORMATION

The Food Bank is a clearing house for soliciting, storing and distributing food and related grocery products to non-profit agencies. Member agencies are located throughout East Central Alabama and include food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, drug and alcohol treatment centers, community services organizations, and child and adult day care centers. More than 170 agencies receive food from the Food Bank and each organization has access to the Food Bank’s inventory, programs, technical assistance and materials.

AGENCY QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS
To participate in the Food Bank of East Alabama, all member agencies must:

Be an agency that serves the needy or other special needs group.
Distribute food directly to its clients in the form of meals or packaged food boxes for emergency use.
May NOT charge clients for food received or meals served.
Provide adequate, clean food storage.
Be a recognized church or a tax-exempt non-profit 501(c)(3) charity.
Maintain all records as required by the Food Bank.
Support the Food Bank by participating in the shared maintenance fee for food received from the Food Bank
Give Civil Rights Assurances to clients served.

For information on how to become a member agency of the Food Bank of East Alabama, please contact Barbara Beck, Agency Coordinator, at:
334-821-9006 or by e-mail at bbeck@foodbankofeastalabama.com

STEPS TO BECOMING AN AGENCY:

Call for a pre-application
Mail the completed pre-application to the Food Bank
An application will be mailed to you upon receipt of your completed pre-application
Complete the application and return it to the Food Bank
Food Bank staff will schedule an initial site visit
Your agency’s application is presented to the Board of Directors for approval as a member agency
Agency shoppers attend an agency orientation (held on the first Tuesday of every month)
The agency becomes a full-fledged agency and begins shopping!