Quick Facts

2011 was a year of unprecedented need as the economy struggled to improve. Nearly half of The Food Bank’s service area had unemployment higher than the state average of 9 percent. Many people who never needed food assistance before, sought help through area pantries. Families with small children were especially hit hard and nearly all schools showed an increase in students qualifying for federally subsidized meals.

The good news is that because of you:

The Food Bank(TFB) distributed over 28 million pounds of food.

Partner agencies helped nearly 100,000 people each month.

The Buddy Pack program almost doubled to help approximately
8,600 children at 138 schools in all 32 counties.

For the third year in a row, an outpouring of donations through
food drives provided over a half-million pounds of food.

Over 34,000 volunteers donated a whopping 85,000 hours of service,
or the equivilant of 43 full-time employees!