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2016 Newsletter
Tuscaloosa Restaurant Week
Did you know the West Alabama Food Bank...
• Delivers approximately 250,000 pounds of food across nine counties each month
• Provides 1,500 Backpack Meals / Secret Meals a week
• Make four deliveries to housing authority locations each week
• Packages and delivers 525 Brown Boxes / Senior Meals
• Supports 93 agencies
• Salvages approximately 2,200 pounds of unused "stadium” food from each UA Home Football Game
• In 2015, we distributed 3.2 million pounds of food
• Provides 1,500 Backpack Meals / Secret Meals a week
• Make four deliveries to housing authority locations each week
• Packages and delivers 525 Brown Boxes / Senior Meals
• Supports 93 agencies
• Salvages approximately 2,200 pounds of unused "stadium” food from each UA Home Football Game
• In 2015, we distributed 3.2 million pounds of food
Thank you for making our mission your mission!
Merchants Donate Food Used for Mobile Food Pantries
Sabina Nad, a food bank employee, delivers approximately 16,000 pounds of nutritious food each week to many sites around West Alabama including several of the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority locations. A majority of the food she delivers is donated by local retailers such as Publix, Sam’s, Walmart and Winn-Dixie. If it were not for Sabina and the food bank’s work, much of this food would be thrown away. Recently the food bank received a grant which allowed it to purchase a used referegerated truck. This new truck completed the food bank’s transportation fleet and gives the food bank a way to transport all of the food without having to turn down donations due to transportation issues. Without the generous foundations and businesses, we simply could not provide the services we offer.
VALUED SUPPORTERS OF THESE FOOD PANTRIES INCLUDE:
VALUED SUPPORTERS OF THESE FOOD PANTRIES INCLUDE:
| First United Methodist Tuscaloosa UMW |
Nicks Kids |
| Moore Foundation | The Daniel Foundation |
| James I. Harrison Family Foundation |
Community Foundation of West Alabama |
| Reese Phifer Jr. Memorial Foundation |
Winn-Dixie Foundation |
| Mildred and Herbert Warner Trust |
Wells Fargo |
| L&A Opportunities, Inc. |
Faurecia |
| Walmart | Alabama Power |
| Darden Restaurants |
Polk's Meat |
| The Thompson Foundation |
Mercedes Benz US International |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
Sam's Club |
| U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance |
Publix |
| The Ann Sputh Family Foundation |
Target |
Invest An Acre, featuring WAFB Board Member Annie Dee
Invest an Acre is a program that encourages farmers across the country to donate one acre or more of crop proceeds to help fight hunger with Feeding America in their own communities. The farmer's donation is matched by Monsanto, dollar for dollar, doubling the impact! To learn more about this innovative program, visit www.investanacre.org.
Gathering Food to Serve People in Need
The West Alabama Food Bank works in our nine county service area procuring food donations to serve a population of over 315,000 residents; over fifteen percent of whom are living in poverty. Over the last twenty-one years the WAFB has distributed over 17,000,000 pounds of food to households in need through our network of 65 agencies. The WAFB is a member of the Alabama Food Bank Association and an affiliate of Feeding America – The Nation’s Food Bank Network. Join us in the fight to end hunger in our community!
The West Alabama Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
The West Alabama Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Help Fight Hunger in West Alabama
The West Alabama Food Bank is committed to helping people in need, but we can't do it without you.
Our facility is undergoing repairs and will cost more than $100,000 to complete.
Thank you for your support!
Our facility is undergoing repairs and will cost more than $100,000 to complete.
Join our fight against hunger in West Alabama and become a donor.
Over 98,000 people in West Alabama rely on the West Alabama Food Bank to help put food on their table each year. Your donation enables these families to access healthy food when they need it.Thank you for your support!