ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC
5840 OFFICE BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109 www.rrfb.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO FEED EVERY HUNGRY PERSON TODAY, TO SEED PARTNERSHIPS THAT BUILD SELF- SUFFICIENCY FOR TOMORROW, AND LEAD TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF PERMANENTLY ENDING HUNGER IN NEW MEXICO.

ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK (RRFB) DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO OVER 70,000 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK THROUGH A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 400 EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRIES, SHELTERS, SOUP KITCHENS AND FOUR REGIONAL FOOD BANKS. FOR EVERY 1 DONATION, RRFB MAY DISTRIBUTE UP TO FIVE MEALS. RRFB PROVIDED OVER 33.5 MILLION MEALS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, INCLUDING MORE THAN 5.3 MILLION MEALS THROUGH ITS MOBILE FOOD PANTRY. THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY IS A FARMERS MARKET STYLE DISTRIBUTION THAT DELIVERS NUTRITIOUS AND MUCH NEEDED FOOD DIRECTLY TO HUNGRY PEOPLE IN NEED. THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY DELIVERS TO AREAS WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAMS OR WHERE FOOD PANTRIES OR FEEDING PROGRAMS DO NOT EXIST. IN ADDITION, RRFB SPONSORS OTHER DIRECT-SERVICE PROGRAMS INCLUDING DISASTER RELIEF, SNAP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, AN AMERICORPS PROGRAM (SEEDCORPS), EMERGENCY FAMILY FOOD BOXES, A DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM (SERVICE INSIGHTS), AND REFERRALS. RRFB IS SEEING UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND ACROSS NEW MEXICO, NOT ONLY FROM PEOPLE LIVING WITH FOOD INSECURITY EVERY DAY, BUT ALSO FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE NEWLY IN NEED. DUE TO COVID-19, RRFB ADAPTED ITS PROCEDURES FOR DISTRIBUTING FOOD ALMOST OVERNIGHT. WHERE MOST OF ITS DISTRIBUTIONS WERE FARMERS-MARKET STYLE WITH CLIENT-CHOICE, RRFB NOW UTILIZES FOOD BOXES TO PRE-PACKAGE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD VIA DRIVE-THRU, LIMITED CONTACT METHODS. AS THIS CRISIS BEGAN, DOZENS OF RRFB'S HUNGER RELIEF PARTNER AGENCIES CLOSED DUE TO AGING VOLUNTEER POPULATIONS, LACK OF FUNDING AND FEAR. IN ALL, 20-22% OF AGENCIES CLOSED AROUND THE STATE DURING THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. WHEN THESE AGENCIES STARTED TO CLOSE, RRFB QUICKLY PICKED UP THE SLACK AND INCREASED FEEDING EFFORTS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE GAPS EXISTED, OPENING BRAND NEW FOOD DISTRIBUTION POINTS IN NUMEROUS COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE. SEEDCORPS GREW TO 20 MEMBERS DURING THE YEAR, WITH 6 OF THE MEMBERS BEING ADDED TO ADDRESS THE PANDEMIC. SEEDCORPS PLACES MEMBERS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY, AND PROVIDE NUTRITION EDUCATION AND RESOURCE SUPPORT DIRECTLY TO CLIENTS. SEEDCORPS MEMBERS ALSO ADDRESS NEED IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY RUNNING IMPORTANT GAP DISTRIBUTIONS, ENSURING THOSE MOST VULNERABLE HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY, NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

LAUNCHED IN THE SPRING OF 2015, RRFB'S SENIOR HUNGER INITIATIVE (SHI) PROVIDES A COMBINATION OF HUNGER-RELIEF PROGRAMS AT LOW-INCOME SENIOR HOUSING SITES AND SENIOR CENTERS, WITH EACH SPECIFIC PLAN AND STRUCTURE OF SERVICES DETERMINED BY LOCAL LEADERS TO MEET THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF FOOD INSECURE OLDER ADULTS IN PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES. EACH SHI SITE HAS THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY TO THEIR LOCATION ONCE A MONTH, AND THESE DISTRIBUTIONS OFFER A VARIETY OF FOOD THAT SUPPORTS THE DISTINCTIVE NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS. EACH SITE ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH A FIXED FOOD PANTRY AT THEIR LOCATION, AND THIS PERMANENT PANTRY PROVIDES A CONSISTENT AND ONGOING SOURCE OF FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS STRUGGLING WITH HUNGER. RRFB HAS ESTABLISHED 16 SHI SITES AND CONTINUALLY SEEKS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AS NEW FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. RRFB'S SHI PROVIDED OVER 613,000 MEALS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020.

RRFB'S CHILDHOOD HUNGER INITIATIVE (CHI) WAS LAUNCHED IN FISCAL YEAR 2015. CHI IS A FOOD DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO THE NEEDS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SITES ACROSS NEW MEXICO. THE SELECTED PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS SERVE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES THAT MAY INCLUDE MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES, SCHOOL-SITE FOOD PANTRIES, AND BACKPACK PROGRAMS (WHICH PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROVISIONS TO FOOD INSECURE CHILDREN ON WEEKENDS) IN COMBINED AND/OR COMPLEMENTARY WAYS. CHI TOOK PLACE IN 104 SCHOOLS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020, AND RRFB CONTINUALLY SEEKS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AS NEW FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. RRFB'S CHI PROVIDED OVER 2 MILLION MEALS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020.

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