What does the Lowcountry Food Bank do exactly?
The Lowcountry Food Bank is a collaboration of local, non-profit human and social service providers, religious organizations, donors from the food industry, corporate, government, civic and private sectors, and individual volunteers whose support and partnership focuses on feeding the poor and hungry of the ten coastal counties in South Carolina. The Lowcountry Food Bank is the only major clearinghouse for donated food products in this area, where 25%-28% of the population lives in poverty. The Lowcountry Food Bank collects, inspects, maintains, and distributes otherwise wasted food products from manufacturers, food distributors, the government, supermarkets, wholesalers and farmers, and redistributes these food products to a grassroots network of member agencies serving those in need. The Food Bank also offers resources such as nutrition education, safe food handling practices and maintenance information.
