Butte Emergency Food Bank

The Butte Food Bank provides food to individuals in need. The Food Bank typically serves a monthly average of 700 families. Each year the organization distributes nearly 1.7 million pounds of food through our various programs and serves about 6,000 individuals. During 2022, the Butte Food Bank began purchasing and distributing food for partnership 501(c)(3) organizations tasked with similiar missions of feeding those in need.

The Butte Emergency Food Bank provides free meals to individuals in need. Twice a week, community meals are provided. On average, over 12,000 meals are provided annually.

The Backpack Program provides meals and snacks for students every weekend. With these meals, students are more attentive in classes, retain more information, and have better moods to welcome classroom activities and homework. Backpack meals/snacks are distributed weekly to over 400 children throughout the year, including during the summer months. During 2022, the Butte Food Bank granted funds to the Butte Hill Center for Art Education and Outreach, a 501(c)(3) organization, to purchase pottery equipment in an effort to sustain the Empty Bowls event, the Backpack Program's annual fundraiser. The event would not be possible without the hundreds of cermic bowls provided by the Butte Hill Center for Art Education and Outreach specifically for Empty Bowls.