Our hub supplies free food to 60 social service agencies across the region
We’re the central hub that distributes healthful food to 60 partner agencies on the front lines of social services and hunger relief. Our food delivers more than nutrition. We enable social services agencies to focus their resources on their programs without having to pay for food. The network of community food banks we supply provides food security to people in need, and helps to prevent homelessness.
Some of the services provided by our partner agencies
ONE DONATION WITH MULTIPLE IMPACTS
A donation to the Westside Food Bank impacts a multitude of issues you care about. Our partner agencies make up a continuum of care where food often serves as a vital entry point to services like housing, education and mental health.
You make it possible for residents to avoid homelessness by saving on food. You enable needy students to focus on school not hunger. You give nutritious meals to seniors on fixed incomes. You help veterans to regain stability and job training after their service. You could say that your donation has leverage!
Preventing homelessness: Our food helps people stay housed
Food insecurity is on the rise. Yes, there is hunger on the West Side! Seniors, veterans and families in financial distress often must choose between buying groceries and paying for housing. Access to free, healthy food through our partner agencies saves them $300+ a month and helps to keep people housed. Prevention of homelessness costs a lot less than solving it after it happens! Read more
How our system works
We have a fine-tuned logistics and warehousing system for acquiring, sorting, and distributing enormous quantities of food that is delivered to and stored at our warehouse. We purchase in bulk at wholesale prices, and also receive donations from farms and other partners. We package it with the help of volunteer workers, for pick-up by our member agencies.
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Healthful food by the truckload
Our unique focus on quality (and not just quantity) ensures that the people who receive our food can maintain a nutritionally complete diet. This means a high percentage of fresh produce, meat and eggs as well as a wide variety of easy-to-prepare, healthful meal ingredients. We are expanding our cooler capacity to accommodate more perishables.
Healthful food by the truckload
Our unique focus on quality (and not just quantity) ensures that the people who receive our food can maintain a nutritionally complete diet. This means a high percentage of fresh produce, meat and eggs as well as a wide variety of easy-to-prepare, healthful meal ingredients. We are expanding our cooler capacity to accommodate more perishables.
