Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Food Bank distribution:second Harvest North Central Food Bank's primary program is acquisition and distribution of donated Food and grocery products to non-profit agencies that provide Food to low-income people in aitkin, cass, crow wing, itasca, kanabec, koochiching and mille lacs counties in Minnesota. In 2022, over 4.8 million pounds of Food were distributed through 100+ agencies and directly to individuals. Volunteers provided 8,800 hours of donated time.

Second Harvest Food shelf:the Food shelf is the onsite Food pantry program located in the Food Bank. The Food shelf provides Food directly to people experiencing hunger in grand rapids and surrounding communities. In 2022, there were 7,699 household visits to the Food shelf resulting in the distribution of 553,555 pounds of Food to those families. Volunteers are key to operating the Food shelf.

Csfp program:csfp is the commodity supplemental Food program of the usda and contracted in Minnesota through the department of health. In 2022, 8,221 seniors received commodity Food boxes from this program. On average approximately 685 boxes are packed at Second Harvest by volunteers every month and distributed through 30+ locations in the service area.

Child hunger program:in 2022, 10,800 packs were distributed to Food insecure school age children through 9 elementary schools to approximately 1,200 children each school month. Child friendly, non-perishable Food items are sent home with children by school staff who determined which students were at risk of going hungry because they did not have enough Food at home.the school pantry program provided Food to students and their families in 23 schools in the region. Elementary, secondary and community colleges partnered with Second Harvest to provide Food for approximately 57,919 individuals in 2022.