1734 E 41st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90058www.lafoodbank.org | T 323.234.3030 | F 323.234.0943No One Goes Hungry in Los Angeles County

No One Goes Hungry in LA CountyMobilizing Resources. Fighting Hunger.

In 1973, the Food Bank began in a 200-square foot garage and used a 1962 truck that was donated to the organization.

Tony Collier, a cook at the Grandview Foundation in Pasadena, began collecting and distributing food.

Collier received more food donations than anticipated and decided to share food with organizations that helped the hungry.

Our History

1,250,000 lbsof food was distributed in 1980, feeding more

than 9,000 people a week.

Then, We Grew

Michael Flood became the new President and CEO of The Food Bank.

Michael FloodPresident & CEO

32,000,000 POUNDS

41,000 SQ FT

1994, STILL GROWING ...

The Food Bank responds to the 2nd major disaster in 3 years, the

Northridge earthquake, by keeping food flowing to charities serving

people in need.

Food distribution increased to 22 million pounds.

A New Leader

Disaster

Food distribution increased to 32 million pounds.

A capital campaign was launched to purchase two new buildings totaling 41,000 SQ FT

• Manufacturers

• Distributors

• Retailers

• Consumers

• Government

Commodities

Food Comes From

1 BILLIONOne billion pounds of food have been

distributed since its inception.

LA Food Bank celebrates its 40th anniversary!Celebration

13 Mobile Food Pantry distributions serve 250-300 households at each

distribution.

Programs for ChildrenChildren learn better with a full stomach.

42 sites and 2,500 kids received healthy meals after school.

When school is not in session, the Food Bank

expands its program to

provide lunch to 8,000 children at

110 sites.

Backpack Program This program ensures that children do not go hungry on the days they are not in school. Every Friday

during the school year, children receive a backpack full of food for the weekend. More than 2,600 backpacks per week are distributed.

After-School Meals This program distributes food to 39 school centers, boys and girls clubs, YMCA’s at an average of 2,800

meals each day.

13 Mobile Food Sites

6 Meals Every Friday

The Mobile Food Pantry serves low income families in underserved areas throughout Los Angeles County.

We Are Mobile

For the Kids

School SuppliesTeacher Resource Bank

A resource where teachers who work at qualifying schools can pick out school supplies for their students, including paper, pencils, books and other materials that teachers might go without or purchase on their own.

The goal of LA Regional Food Bank is to collect and distribute nutritious food to people at risk for hunger in LA County– 4,000 SQ miles with the largest population of any county in the nation.

Food is distributed through a network of 680 partner agencies that include food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, and youth and senior centers.

By 2015 ...

LA Food Bank delivers food kits to more than

23,000 seniors.

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Seniors are often faced with the decision of choosing to pay for rent, medicine or food, so

many senior do not eat.

23,000 SENIORS

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Senior Time $ Collected & Sorted

Food Sources & Funds

Distributed To

Consumers Distributors

Gov’t Food & FundsGrowers Manufacturers Private

Donations

School Programs

Collected & Sorted

Soup Kitchens

Soup KitchensShelters

How We Work

Food Sources & Funds

The Food Bank distributes 59 million pounds of food, the equivalent of 48

In 2014 ...

million meals, leveraging 27,000 volunteers.

AND STILL GROWING ...

27,000 VOLUNTEERS

Volunteer support reached an all-time high,

with more than 27,000 volunteers.

59,000,000 POUNDS

In 2014 ...

66%!

74%!

66% of people who rely on the Food Bank can’t

afford to eat a balanced meal.

Nearly 80% of foodprovided is considered moderately

or highly nutritious, fresh fruits, meats, vegetables, and dairy

products.

Every $0.97 you donate

creates 4 meals.

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4

1 in 6 people are hungry in LA County.

Help Out!

1

380%

66%

You Matter

Help Feed Someone Today!By contributing just 97¢, we can distribute 4 meals.