Redwood Empire Food Bank
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#Food_banks_in_California
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Redwood Empire Food Bank （REFB） is a food bank on the North Coast of California which belongs to the Feeding America network.
Its mission is to end hunger in its community.
Founded in 1987, REFB is Sonoma County's largest hunger-relief organization, serving 133 charitable organizations, including emergency food pantries/closets,
shelters and dining rooms, childcare centers/youth programs, group homes, and disaster relief agencies.
Seniors, children, and working families come to food distributions seeking supplemental groceries.
REFB acquires food and distributes it through a network of charitable agencies and its own food assistance programs and also provides food to Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties through smaller food banks.
In addition, the REFB advocates for legislation to provide long-term solutions to hunger in its community.
In 2018, The Redwood Empire Food Bank distributed the equivalent of 40 million meals, or 40,000 per day.
Each year, the Redwood Empire Food Bank serves 82,000 people across five counties—Sonoma County, Lake County, Mendocino County, Humboldt County, and Del Norte County.
A January 2010 report estimated that REFB was providing emergency food for over 110,000 different people annually, and that in any given week about 26,000 different people were receiving emergency food assistance.
In late 2010, REFB was serving 78,000 monthly meals, an increase of more than 11 percent over 2009.
The vast majority of Redwood Empire Food Bank's work is direct service.
Approximately 70% of the food distributed through the food bank goes o...