(Website)
www.safoodbank.org
(Business Hours)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday
(Who We Are)
Mission
The mission of
the San Antonio Food Bank is to acquire and distribute
at the lowest possible cost adequate
and nutritious
food and related products to charitable organizations
that provide for needy individuals and families
Supports nonprofit food pantries and on-site feeding facilities in the
community through the distribution of
donated and
purchased food and grocery
products; provides information and referral services to individuals or
agencies; and provides
USDA commodities. Services client agencies in the
city of San Antonio, Bexar County,
and 19 other counties in South Texas.
(What We Do)
Programs
In
collaboration with 380 partner agencies, we distribute food to more than
40,000 families every month through the following programs:
Warehouse Distribution
The warehouse
distribution program is our largest food assistance program with the
exception of USDA commodities. This program includes all food and other grocery products that flow
through the warehouse. Food drive, purchased food and product donations are accounted for in this program. A shared
maintenance fee of 15 cents per pound is charged to the client agencies, which is used to offset warehouse, utility, equipment
repair, personnel costs, etc. No handling fee is charged for fresh produce and baked goods.
Second Servings
The Second Servings
Program provides food directly to on-site feeding facilities within the hour
of pickup from donors. Unlike warehouse distribution the food is free to the on-site feeding
facility. This year, Second Servings is projected to deliver over one million pounds of food to various facilities. Primary
donors include restaurants, caterers, private clubs, coffee shops and cafeterias.
Kids Cafe
A Kids Cafe
confronts childhood hunger by serving as a direct feeding partnership
between an area food bank and an after-school program. Kids Cafes are safe, nurturing places where neighborhood
children can go after school and receive a hot supper as well as help with homework from caring volunteers or staff
members.
Fresh Produce Program
The Fresh
Produce Program (FPP) formerly known as the Volunteer Gleaning Program has
operated as the produce recovery division of the San Antonio Food Bank since 1997. The FPP
annually salvages and distributes between two to three million pounds of fresh and nutritious produce throughout the SAFB’s
16-county service area.
Summer
Food Service Program
With
summer vacation in full swing, school cafeterias will be closing their doors
– and thousands of at-risk children who depend on federally subsidized school lunches will scramble to make
alternative arrangements to replace those meals. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides nutritious meals and
snacks to low-income children during the summer
months when school is out.
Project HOPE
The
Healthy Options Program for the Elderly, or HOPE, provides senior citizens
living on a fixed income with supplemental
staple groceries on a monthly
basis. These groceries help fight hunger and malnutrition for our elderly
neighbors.
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Collection & distribution agencies (food)
Food banks (distribute donated food to area agencies)
FEMA (federal-emergency-management-agency)
Newsletter - food bank
Pantries program
Children assistance
Summer food service program
Project hope – commodities program
Food stamp/nutrition program
CHIP children medicaid
Adult medicaid services
TANF/Temporary assistance for needy families
WIC - women, infants & children program
Children - uninsured for health care
Health care - uninsured children
Uninsured children
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