Second Harvest Food Bank Of Orange County Inc

TO END HUNGER IN ORANGE COUNTY.

SINCE 1983, SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK HAS BEEN FEEDING ORANGE COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, VETERANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.WE ARE A PURPOSE-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ENSURE ALL ARE WELL FED. WE BELIEVE THAT PROVIDING DIGNIFIED, EQUITABLE, CONSISTENT ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD CREATES A FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND IS A CATALYST FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION.IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTED 59.3 MILLION POUNDS OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO AN AVERAGE OF 489,960 PEOPLE PER MONTH.THE FOOD WAS PURCHASED BY OR DONATED TO SECOND HARVEST WHICH DISTRIBUTED IT TO 282 PANTRIES AND PARTNERS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY, INCLUDING HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND SCHOOLS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SENIOR CENTERS AND LOW-INCOME SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITIES, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, HOMELESS SHELTERS, AND SOUP KITCHENS. OUR CHILD HUNGER STRATEGY SEEKS TO END HUNGER FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF FOOD-INSECURE CHILDREN. MEALS AND SNACKS (PLUS NUTRITION EDUCATION) ARE PROVIDED THROUGH A NETWORK OF KIDS CAFE AFTER-SCHOOL SITES AND SUMMER MEAL DISTRIBUTIONS. OUR PERMANENT AND MOBILE SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAMS DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND NUTRITION-FOCUSED SHELF-STABLE FOODS AT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS IN UNDER-SERVED AREAS. SECOND HARVEST'S SENIOR GROCERY PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO COMBAT HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS. WE DISTRIBUTED GROCERIES TO THOUSANDS OF SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS AT SENIOR CENTERS AND LOW-INCOME SENIOR HOUSING LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE ALSO PROVIDED NUTRITIOUS FRESH FOODS AND STAPLE ITEMS DIRECTLY TO FOOD INSECURE PEOPLE IN UNDER-SERVED AREAS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY WITH OUR MOBILE PANTRY AND SCHOOL PANTRY DELIVERIES.