food pantries and soup kitchens. Some food banks distribute food directly with their food pantries. St. Mary's Food Bank was the world's first food bank...
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Lagos Food Bank Initiative (LFBI) was established to tackle hunger, reduce food wastage and provide emergency food solutions through its network of Food banks...
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Food Banks Canada (formerly the Canadian Association of Food Banks) is a charitable organization representing the food bank community across Canada. Founded...
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The Banco Arquidiócesano de Alimentos (English: Archdiocesan Food Bank) is supported by private enterprise and the Archdiocese of Bogotá, and which works...
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The Houston Food Bank (HFB) is a non-profit organization and the nation's largest food bank by distribution; providing access to 207 million nutritious...
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that is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other...
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credited as being the "Father of Food Banking". In 1967, van Hengel founded St. Mary's Food Bank, the world's first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona. He would...
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politicians and the food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe for suggesting in parliament that there was not a "massive" need for food banks in the UK, and their...
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The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest organization in the Washington metro area working to solve hunger and its companion problems: chronic undernutrition...
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The Food Bank Singapore Ltd. was founded in 2012, and is a registered Charity and Institution of a Public Character (IPC) in Singapore. It operates as...
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This is a list of notable food banks. A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing...
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The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a non-profit organization that serves more than 500,000 people each year through...
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Midwest Food Bank is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that gathers food donations, primarily from large companies, and distributes them to...
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Gleaners Food Bank was established in 1980 and is the largest food bank in Indiana. In addition to the Indianapolis metropolitan area, it serves 21 counties...
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The Daily Bread Food Bank (DBFB) is a Canadian non-denominational Christian charity organization with a stated goal of ending hunger in Toronto by collaborating...
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Hunger in the United States (redirect from Food security in the United States)
of community gardens. Private aid is provided by food pantries, soup kitchens, food banks, and food rescue organizations. Historically, the U.S. was a...
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such as church or community groups. Soup kitchens sometimes obtain food from a food bank for free or at a low price, because they are considered a charity...
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St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization located in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1967 by John van Hengel, St. Mary's was...
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throughout the state. In 2015, the Food Bank distributed 23 million pounds of food to its partner agencies. The Food Bank's primary warehouse is located in...
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Food bank For a Fed Latvia is a charity program in Latvia, which grew as one of the solutions of the Financial crisis 2007-2010 in Latvia in 2009. Charity...
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The Oregon Food Bank is a hunger relief organization based in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Oregon Food Bank began as Oregon Food Share (OFS) which was...
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Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a social benefit organization located in Plano, Texas. The organization distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through...
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Woodforest National Bank. As of April 2013 it is being renamed "Woodforest Food Bank Center for Montgomery County Food Bank". The food center is campaigning...
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The Food Bank of Delaware, a member of Feeding America, is a Delaware-based, statewide nonprofit agency whose mission is a community free of hunger. Founded...
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Northern Illinois Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that focuses on providing food to those in need in northern Illinois. Partnerships...
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The Emergency Food Assistance and Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program (EFAP-Soup Kitchens) provides United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) commodities...
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The Trussell Trust (category Food banks)
for food banks in the United Kingdom. It "is based on, shaped, and guided by Christian principles" and supports a network of over 1,200 food bank centres...
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Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) is a food bank on the North Coast of California which belongs to the Feeding America network. Its mission is to end hunger...
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The Greater Vancouver Food Bank is a Canadian registered charity located in Vancouver, BC. The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) was established in 1983...
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