Food/Fund
Sources
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.
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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. |
