SECOND HARVEST
NATIONAL FOOD BANK

Food donations from national food companies are channeled to MANNA through America's Second Harvest

The America's Second Harvest National Food Bank Network serves as an umbrella organization to 214 member food banks and food rescue organizations across the country who in turn serve 50,000 charitable agencies. A non-profit organization, America's Second Harvest is the nation's 4th largest charity and the largest non-governmental feeding program.

As the country's largest hunger-relief organization, Second Harvest helps feed millions of hungry Americans by soliciting and distributing each year more than one billion pounds of food and grocery products. Through its nationwide network of 186 certified affiliate food banks, Second Harvest serves nearly 50,000 local charitable organizations, which operate more than 94,000 feeding programs throughout the country.

Among all America's Second Harvest clients, 71% are classified as food insecure, using the U.S. government's official food security scale.

In spite of the successes of the National Food Bank Network, the demand continues to rise and the need is never filled.

Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for most agencies, accounting for 59% of the food used by pantries; 43% of kitchens' food, and 36% of shelters' food.

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MANNA FOOD BANK
627 Swannanoa River Road
Asheville, NC 28805-2445
Phone 828-299-3663
Fax 828-299-3664
Email mannafb@secondharvest.org

www.secondharvest.org

FRANKLIN BRANCH
509 Depot Street
Franklin, NC 28734
Phone 828-369-2550
Fax  828-369-7773

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