WHO WE SERVE

The Food Bank serves a wide range of people in need through more than 150 community-based, non-profit member agencies. Recipients include the elderly, disabled, the working poor, battered and displaced women, unemployed workers, and families in crisis.

Records kept by distributing agencies show that those served through their programs are some of the most vulnerable and needy in America—women, children, the elderly, and individuals who suffer from disabilities, many of whom live in rural areas.

There has been a steady increase in demand for our services over the past few years. National figures for other food banks in our system also reflect this increase, and reliable indicators strongly show a continued, increasing need for food assistance. Even though nearly half of the households that visit local food pantries and soup kitchens have at least one member who is working, their wages are too low to meet all expenses. Quite often what gets left out is food.