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This is a list of notable food banks. A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger, usually through intermediaries like food pantries and soup kitchens. Some food banks distribute food directly with their own food pantries.
Over 900 volunteers in Tulsa support EIS. In 2011, EIS provided food, clothing, medical assistance, furniture, car seats, and social services to over 8,235 families with 13,723 infant children. [1] [5] Fundraising consists of an endowment from the Tulsa Community Foundation, and fundraisers including "$35,000 in 35 days". [6] [7]
Gleaners Food Bank delivery truck at a food pantry in Indianapolis, Indiana. Gleaners Food Bank was established in 1980 and is the largest food bank in Indiana. In addition to the Indianapolis metropolitan area, it serves 21 counties in Central and Southeastern Indiana. Gleaners Food Bank became an affiliate of Feeding America in 1981. [1]
Rick Owen works with a group of fellow volunteers to distribute food at the Durham Community Food Pantry, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Durham, N.C.
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Midwest Food Bank was founded by David Keiser and his family on their family farm in Bloomington, Illinois, in 2003, where they turned their barn into a distribution center for local food banks. [ 17 ] [ 25 ] [ 29 ] Unlike most food banks, which keep their operations focused locally, [ 16 ] Midwest has since expanded to ten locations across the ...
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Feeding America is a United States–based non-profit organization that is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community-based agencies. [3] Forbes ranks it as the largest U.S. charity by revenue. [4]