SECOND HARVEST NORTHERN LAKES FOOD BANK
4503 AIRPARK BLVD, DULUTH, MN 55811 www.northernlakesfoodbank.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO FEED THE HUNGRY OF NE MINNESOTA AND NW WISCONSIN.

SECOND HARVEST NORTHERN LAKES FOOD BANK'S PRIMARY PROGRAM IS FOOD BANKING. AS THE ONLY "FOOD BANK" SERVING NE MINNESOTA (ST. LOUIS, CARLTON, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES) AND NW WISCONSIN (DOUGLAS, BAYFIELD, ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES), WE RESCUE NATIONALLY AND REGIONALLY DONATED FOOD FROM MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS, RETAILERS AND GROWERS, FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OVER 58 NON-PROFIT AGENCY PARTNERS (SOUP KITCHENS, FOOD SHELVES, SHELTERS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PARTNERS). IN 2019, WE PROVIDED OVER 4.7 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AND GROCERY PRODUCT, THE EQUIVALENT OF 3.8 MILLION MEALS, TO OUR AGENCY PARTNERS. WE ESTIMATE THAT OUR NATIONALLY AND REGIONALLY DONATED FOOD REACHES AND FEEDS 44,000 PEOPLE IN NEED EACH YEAR. VOLUNTEERS ARE CRITICAL TO OUR FOOD BANK AND ITS OPERATIONS. IN FACT, IN 2019 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 4,817 HOURS TO OUR FOOD BANK PROGRAM WHICH WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF 2.3 FULL-TIME POSITIONS AT OUR FOOD BANK.

OUR FOOD SHELF IS A PROGRAM OPERATED BY SECOND HARVEST NORTHERN LAKES FOOD BANK TO PROVIDE FOOD DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. IN 2019, WE PROVIDED FOOD SHELF SERVICE DIRECTLY TO AN AVERAGE OF 980 IN-NEED CHILDREN, ADULTS AND SENIORS PER MONTH WHO RESIDE IN HERMANTOWN, COMMUNITIES NORTH AND/OR ADJACENT. WE DISTRIBUTED 669,926 POUNDS OF FOOD AND GROCERY PRODUCT TO OUR FOOD SHELF PARTICIPANTS WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 535,941. ON AVERAGE, OUR FOOD SHELF PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED A 15-DAY SUPPLY OF FOOD FOR EACH MEMBER IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD AT EACH VISIT. OUR FOOD SHELF IS OPERATED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. IN FACT, IN 2019 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 5,319 HOURS OF SERVICE OR 92% OF THE HOURS NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THIS PROGRAM WHICH WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF 2.5 FULL-TIME POSITIONS AT OUR FOOD BANK.

THE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SENIORS (NAPS) IS A FEDERAL COMMODITY FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND IMPLEMENTED LOCALLY BY SECOND HARVEST NORTHERN LAKES FOOD BANK. IN 2019, WE PROVIDED COMMODITY FOOD BOXES TO AN AVERAGE OF 852 IN-NEED SENIORS PER MONTH THROUGHOUT NE MINNESOTA. WE DISTRIBUTED 365,088 POUNDS OF FOOD OR THE EQUIVALENT OF 292,072 MEALS. ON AVERAGE, OUR NAPS PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED A 12-DAY SUPPLY OF FOOD AS PART OF OUR MONTHLY SERVICE. OUR NAPS PROGRAM RELIES HEAVILY ON VOLUNTEERS. IN FACT IN 2019, VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 2,579 HOURS OF SERVICE OR THE EQUIVALENT OF A 1.2 FULL-TIME POSITION AT OUR FOOD BANK.

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