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About Placer Food Bank |
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The Placer Food Bank is a food clearinghouse. We receive, inspect, sort, weigh and package food for delivery to a network of charitable agencies throughout Placer, El Dorado and Nevada Counties. These agencies provide supplemental food to low-income households, the working poor, handicapped or disabled individuals, senior citizen and children’s programs. During the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the Placer Food Bank distributed food to over 55 food programs and feeding agencies. Last year alone, our food deliveries totaled nearly 4.2 million pounds of food, and we served over 400,000 individuals. Much of the food we receive, organize and distribute comes from our food program partners Feeding America (America’s Second Harvest), Food For Families and the USDA Food Program. The remainder comes from the generous cash and food donations of individuals, organizations and businesses in our community. Whether here in our community or elsewhere in the world, hunger rarely occurs because there is simply not enough food; rather, hunger occurs because families and individuals cannot afford to buy the food. Hunger does not discriminate. The Placer Food Bank is continually working to raise awareness of the issues related to domestic hunger in our community, and is an active member of Feeding America and the California Association of Food Banks. To learn more about Placer Food Bank, the work we do and how you can help please contact us or call (916)783-0481. |
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