OUR HISTORY

In 1997, the organization relocated to our permanent home on Newton Bridge Road, which has since been expanded to continue meeting the needs of our community. In 2016, the Food Bank added a second location in Rabun County. This distribution center enables the organization to better serve the counties of Georgia’s mountain region. This expansion included a state of the art facility complete with a teaching kitchen, commercial kitchen, and frozen food processing line.

With more than 28 years of experience serving the community, the Food Bank now distributes more than 13 million pounds of food to our fourteen county service area through the help of around 200 partner organizations every year.

HOW WE WORK

The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia is a 501(c)3 that gathers donated items and purchased surplus food and distributes it to human-service agencies. These smaller non-profits then distribute that food to local community members in need. The Food Bank works with local, regional, state, and national product partners to bring food into the community. Product partners include:

MANUFACTURERS
GROCERS\RETAILERS
DISTRIBUTORS
TRUCKING COMPANIES
FARMS
OTHER BUSINESSES
INDIVIDUALS
ORGANIZATIONS

Once the Food Bank receives the food, it is processed, stored, and distributed back to people in need. The Food Bank distributes food for hunger relief to those in need through partner agencies, mobile pantry events, and community programs which include:

PARTNER AGENCY DISTIBUTION
MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM
TARGETED PROGRAMMING
CHILDHOOD HUNGER PROGRAMS
SENIOR HUNGER PROGRAMS
FAMILY HUNGER PROGRAMS

Food Bank of Northeast Georgia

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