At The Food Bank, donated food is collected, weighed, sorted and inventoried, and distributed to more than 360 charitable programs in western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi. Others are soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers for both children and seniors, rehabilitation centers and more. Each non-profit agency is subject to strict requirements, is inspected annually, and must be feeding needy people free of charge. Annual food drives include Operation Feed, Kids Kan, Scouting For Food, The National Association of Letter Carriers, CAN struction and other organized and individual efforts. Local grocery stores, wholesalers and manufacturers contribute hundreds of thousands of pounds of surplus food.
Corporations donate equipment and in-kind services as well.
Our Prepared Food Recovery Program collects unserved cooked food from hospitals, hotels, caterers, restaurants, and even airlines and delivers this food directly to 52 agencies who serve men, women, and families a hot meal. Adult and youth volunteers contribute an average of 2,000 hours each month.