What types of non-profit programs does Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina serve?
The Second Harvest Food Bank is a supplemental source of food for a broad range of non-profit agencies and faith-based programs that provide emergency food assistance (emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, rescue missions, battered women’s shelters) and/or on-site meals (group homes, low-income day care centers, Kids Cafes, congregate feeding programs for seniors and children). Through its 400 plus partner agencies, the Second Harvest Food Bank reaches out to communities in 18 counties, acting as a safety net to stave off hunger by collecting and distributing nearly 9 million pounds of food and grocery products each year.