Programs

The Food Bank for Monterey County is the largest provider of emergency and supplemental food, and a key proponent of anti‐hunger education and advocacy in Monterey County. The Food Bank is a member of the network of Feeding America Food Banks, known formerly as America’s Second Harvest.

Our mission is “to lead community efforts in the awareness and elimination of hunger in Monterey County.” To accomplish this mission, we solicit, collect, store, and then distribute food throughout the County by several means: (1) Agency Clearinghouse, a network of approximately 90 non-profit food assistance agencies; (2) direct giving programs such as Emergency Food Assistance and the Family Market.

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2011 Food &Fund Drive Sponsors

Many thanks to our 2011 Food & Fund Drive sponsors. We appreciate their generosity to us all year ’round.

Sponsors

If you would like to join us as a Sponsor, please call the Food Bank at (831) 758-1523 or contact Melissa Hartman, Development Director, at mhartman@food4hungry.org.

Food Programs

Here are just a few ways you can help end hunger in your community.

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The Emergency Food Assistance Program

The Emergency Food Assistance Program is the Food Bank’s largest supplemental food program.

Family Market

The Family Market

The Family Market is the Food Bank’s produce-based direct distribution program.

The Agency Clearinghouse

The Agency Clearinghouse supplies food to nearly 90 other Monterey County nonprofit agencies.