Feeding America
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Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Because food is one of the most flexible of monthly expenses, what a family eats everyday can depend on the money that is left over after paying all other expenses. An average food-insecure family of four may forgo up to 100 meals a month because they lack enough money to buy food. While government programs help protect most food-insecure households with children, many families are not eligible for government assistance.
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IMPACT. 1: With the support of our generous partners, the Feeding America network serves more than 46 million – including 12 million children – each year. -- 2. What began in 1979 as a clearinghouse for national food donations is now the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization—The Feeding America network consists of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs that reach every single community in the U.S. -- 3. Federal nutrition programs are critical to addressing hunger and should be strengthened. Where government falls short, it's up to us to step in. Together, we can solve child hunger in America.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Akron Canton Regional Foodbank; Freestore Foodbank; Greater Cleveland Foodbank; Mid-Ohio Foodbank; The Ohio Benefit Bank; West Ohio Foodbank; Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio; Second Harvest Foodbank of Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties; South East Ohio Foodbank & Kitchen; Shared Harvest Foodbank; Second Harvest Foodbank of the Mahoning Valley; The Foodbank in thr Miami Valley; Toledo Northwestern Ohio Foodbank
PRIMARY CONTACT: Ami McReynolds (amcreynolds@feedingamerica.org)