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FOOD
Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers support Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin through their generous food donations. These donations consist primarily of surplus and unsaleable grocery products that might otherwise go to waste. In fiscal year 2008-2009, these donations totaled more than 6.8 million pounds of grocery items and were distributed by the case to our 400 partner food pantries, shelters, meal sites and other hunger-relief programs. This network of charitable programs provides food assistance to nearly 141,000 people in need in southwestern Wisconsin each year.

Individual and community food drives also help keep the Second Harvest Foodbank warehouse stocked. These donations are especially valuable in meeting the needs of agency programs that need quantities smaller than a case of product.

Truck full of donated food unloads at Second Harvest warehouse.    »    Charitable programs come to Second Harvest to select food.    »    Charitable programs give food free to those in need.                      

Truck full of donated             Charitable programs                  Charitable programs

food unloads at Second         receive food from                      give food free to

Harvest warehouse.              Second Harvest.                        those in need.

 

FUNDING
Funding sources for the collection, transportation, storage and distribution of food include individual and corporate contributions, grants, special events and a nominal shared maintenance fee per pound of food contributed by our partner agencies. The Foodbank is also a United Way donor designation agency.