Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin is one of southwestern Wisconsin’s leading distributors of donated grocery items to agency partners who run charitable food programs. Second Harvest Foodbank works on behalf of these food pantries, shelters, meal sites and other hunger-relief programs in 16 southwestern Wisconsin counties. We centralize the food donation and distribution process, which allows the charitable food programs to focus on service delivery.
The programs work to end hunger at the neighborhood and community level by providing free meals or grocery items directly to people at-risk of hunger. Some programs offer additional services such as child and adult day care, tutoring, job training, rehabilitation, housing and nutrition education.
The majority of our partner food programs say that without food from Second Harvest Foodbank, their programs would be adversely impacted Hunger in Southwestern Wisconsin 2010 study.
In addition, Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, in partnership with community organizations, takes action again hunger through the BackPack Program, Kids Cafe Program and Mobile Pantry Program. Second Harvest Foodbank also runs a Food Rescue Program to recover food from area grocery retailers.
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin operates a Kids Cafe Program in partnership with neighborhood-based organizations to meet the needs of low-income children.
In partnership with a member agency, Second Harvest Foodbank trucks food to a neighborhood site at a scheduled time for immediate distribution to residents.
Second Harvest Foodbank's FoodShare Outreach Program helps ensure potentially eligible FoodShare (food stamp) participants know how to obtain benefits.
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