Where does the donated food go?
Second Harvest Food Bank is the regional food
distribution center for over 600 non-profit agencies
in 19 counties. These agencies include emergency
pantries, group homes, church ministries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters
and others.
These agencies serve low income people who
need food assistance. They include children, the
elderly and disabled on fixed incomes, the working
poor, people who are unemployed, the homeless,
and families in crisis.
How do we get the food?
Most of the food distributed by Second Harvest
is donated. Food companies (including
manufacturers, processors, and retailers) usually
contribute products that are either the result of
overproduction, near their code date, discontinued,
or
not salable for other reasons, but are still safe
to eat.
Supermarket chains, such as Harris Teeter, Bi- Lo,
Food Lion, Wal-Mart, Target and Lowes Foods, donate a variety of items,
including fresh produce, refrigerated and frozen
foods and non-food items such as cleaning supplies
and hygiene products.
