FEEDING GREENE INC THE FOOD PANTRY OF GREENE COUNTY
PO BOX 13, STANARDSVILLE, VA 22973 www.feedinggreeneinc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FEEDING GREENE'S MISSION IS TO SEE THAT NO ONE GOES TO BED HUNGRY IN GREENE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK (BRAFB) (UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF FEEDING AMERICA) AND PROVIDE FREE USDA, PURCHASED, AND DONATED FOOD TO NEEDY FAMILIES. WE SEEK AND ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, CIVIC GROUPS, CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING FEEDING GREENE A SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE TO FAMILIES IN GREENE COUNTY.

MISSION IS TO SEE THAT NO ONE GOES TO BED HUNGRY IN GREENE COUNTY. WE ARE OPEN ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS AND EVERY 3RD WEDNESDAY TO PROVIDE FOOD TO FAMILIES IN NEED. WE WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK TO COLLECT, STORE, AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO FAMILIES THROUGH OUR CLIENT CHOICE, HOME DELIVERY AND MEAT PROGRAMS.

OUR "CLIENT CHOICE PROGRAM" IS OPEN EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 10 AM TO 12 NOON AND THE 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 4 PM TO 6 PM FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE FREE USDA FOOD TWICE A MONTH, AND PURCHASED AND DONATED PRODUCE, BREADS, AND OTHER PERISHABLES TWICE A MONTH. ELIGIBILITY FOR USDA FOOD IS BASED ON THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TEFAP) GUIDELINES AND IS BASED ON AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS OR HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND INCOME. FAMILIES CHOOSE FROM AN ASSORTMENT OF CANNED FOODS, DRY GOODS, CEREAL, PEANUT BUTTER, PRODUCE, BEVERAGES, MEATS, BREADS AND PASTRIES. WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 30 VOLUNTEERS PER MONTH WORKING AN AVERAGE OF 667 HOURS PER MONTH PICKING UP, RECEIVING, STORING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD. WITH THE HELP OF THESE COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS IN 2020 WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE 605,868 POUNDS OF FOOD AT A VALUE OF $1,054,210. THIS INCLUDES USDA, PURCHASED, AND DONATED FOOD FROM BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK, FOOD FROM 5 AREA BRAFB PARTNERS, FOOD FROM CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, CIVIC GROUPS & INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS FOOD PURCHASED FROM LOCAL GROCERY STORES. FOOD IS VALUED AT $1.74 PER POUND AND IS BASED ON FEEDING AMERICA'S INDEPENDENT STUDIES. WE SERVED 6,023 HOUSEHOLD AND 18,748 INDIVIDUALS IN 2020. OF THE INDIVIDUALS SERVED, 4,138 WERE ELDERLY AGES 60 AND OLDER, 6,185 WERE CHILDREN AGES 17 AND UNDER, AND 8,321 WERE ADULTS AGES 18 TO 59. EACH INDIVDIUAL IS COUNTED EACH TIME THEIR FAMILY COMES IN FOR ASSISTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH USDA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

THE "MEAT OF THE MONTH PROGRAM" IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES RECEIVE MEAT PRODUCTS EACH MONTH ALONG WITH THE OTHER FOOD CHOICES IN OUR "CLIENT CHOICE PROGRAM AND "HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM". THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY A PART OF BOTH PROGRAMS BUT MEAT IS TRACKED SEPARATELY. THE FAMILIES SERVED IN THE "CLIENT CHOICE PROGRAM" ALSO RECEIVED MEAT AND THE FAMILIES SERVED THROUGH OUR "HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM" ALSO RECEIVED MEAT. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROTEIN ITEM THAT OUR FAMILIES OFTEN STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND WE HAVE PUT A MAJOR EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING THIS ESSENTIAL PROTEIN EACH MONTH FOR NUTRITIONAL REASONS. WE OBTAIN SOME OF OUR MEAT FROM BRAFB AS WELL AS WALMART AND 3 LOCAL FOOD LION STORES AS PART OF BRAFB'S PARTNER PICK-UP PROGRAM. WE ALSO PURCHASE MEAT AND EGGS FROM LOCAL GROCERY STORES, ACCEPT VENISON FROM THE HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY PROGRAM, AND SEEK GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO HELP WITH THIS EXPENSE. THE FAMILIES WE SERVE RECEIVE A LOT OF MEAT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND WE BELIEVE IT MAKES A BIG IMPACT ON THEIR BUDGET EACH MONTH. IN 2020, WE TRACKED 53,680 POUNDS OF MEAT AT A VALUE OF $93,403. BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY A "SUB PROGRAM" OF OUR TWO LARGEST FOOD PROGRAMS, OUR GOVERNING BOARD VOTED ON JULY 21, 2020 TO DISCONTINUE THIS PROGRAM EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2020. WE WILL TRACK POUNDAGE FOR MEAT THROUGH OUR OTHER 3 FOOD PROGRAMS STARTING JANUARY 1, 2021.

THE "HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM" PROVIDES FOOD TO AN AVERAGE OF 70 FAMILIES A MONTH IN 2020. WE HAD 9 DELIVERY ROUTES IN 2020 AND DELIVER TO FAMILIES ALL OVER GREENE COUNTY. AFTER COVID, THE REQUESTS FOR DELIVERIES INCREASED 111% FROM 2019 AND WE BEGAN TO DELIVER FOOD EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY DURING OUR NORMAL 10 AM TO 12 NOON HOURS. THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER HOURS INCREASED SIGNIFICNATLY AS WELL. WE RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM LOCAL AGENCIES SUCH AS GREENE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, GREENE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, REGION TEN, JEFFERSON AREA BOARD OF AGING, GREENE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND CHURCHES. THIS PROVIDES A WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE FOR YOUTH GROUPS, BUSINESSES, AND CLUBS SEEKING COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. GROUPS WILL OFTEN DELIVER TO FAMILIES AS WELL. IN 2020, WE MADE 834 DELIVERIES AND DISTRIBUTED 90,824 POUNDS OF FOOD TO FAMILIES AT A VALUE OF $158,034.

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