Thanks for smashing another record to raise more than 257,000 meals during the 2010 All-City Swim Meet Food/Fund Drive Challenge! That's almost double the number of meals raised in 2009! Your food and fund donations benefit Second Harvest Foodbank's Madison-area partner agencies (food pantries and food programs).

Second Harvest Foodbank and our partner programs are serving 83 percent more people than in 2006. With your help we can provide food to nearly 141,000 people – 43 percent who are children – who face a daily struggle to consume even one nutritious meal every day.

With your donations, your neighbors and friends at risk of hunger will have more meals. Check out the All-City website and click on "Giving Back" to see how many meals each pool raised per swimmer for their food pantry/program.

POOL AND BENEFITING FOOD PANTRY/PROGRAM

How is a challenge winner selected?
The challenge will be measured in meals per swimmer not pounds or number of items. The pool that has raised the most meals as of noon on July 31 will be announced as the winner that afternoon.

How will my pool's food pantry/program benefit from our donations?

For all food and funds collected during the drive, Second Harvest will issue credits to the benefiting food pantry/program’s Foodbank account. This way, each food pantry/program can select the food most needed for its customers. Last year, one pantry was provided with an entire month worth of food because of the amount of meals raised!