Lowcountry Food Bank

Food Distribution: The Lowcountry Food Bank's (LCFB) mission is to lead the fight against hunger in our community. Since 1983, we have been the premier hunger-relief organization in the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina (Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper and Williamsburg). In 2023, the LCFB distributed, in partnership with approximately 230 partners, over 42.8 million pounds, including over 18 million pounds of fresh produce to over 200,000 food-insecure children, seniors and families across coastal South Carolina. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) served approximately 3,000 seniors monthly.

Child and Senior Hunger-Relief Programs: Lowcountry Food Bank reaches children and seniors through multiple programs. Through our BackPack Buddies program, we reached over 3,000 children a week during the school year, distributing more than 105,000 BackPack Buddies bags. We partnered with 38 schools to reach students and their families through either pre-packed boxes or an onsite market, distributing over 106,000 pounds of food. Through our Kids Cafe program, we work with afterschool program partners to provide supper meals and/or snacks to over 900 children daily at 25 sites. During the summer months, we worked with summer camps to distribute over 20,000 meals to 18 sites. Our Fresh for Kids program included 72 Pop-Up Produce events, distributing more than 79,000 pounds of fresh produce to students and their families. The seniors and veterans in our community continued to be fed through our partnerships with Meals on Wheels and other organizations reaching seniors and other homebound adults; more than 141,000 prepared meals were delivered to seniors and 4,600 meals to our veterans.