State of Nebraska

April 9 – April 20, 2012

2011 FACT SHEET

• Meals Distributed: 6,416,582 (17,580

meals/day)

• Pounds of Food Gathered: 8,477,447

• SNAP (Food Stamp) Benefits: $ 637,014

• BackPacks Distributed: 112,464

• Number of Agency Programs Served: 103

• Est. number of individuals served per week: 10,000

• Counties Served: Butler, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Saunders, Seward, Thayer, York

• Number of Staff: 19 Full-Time 2 Part-Time

• Volunteer Statistics: 54,390 hours of time donated1,177 unduplicated

volunteers

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

The BackPack Program provides food filled backpacks to students in need of food over the weekend. The programPrimarily targets students who qualify for their school’s Free Lunch Program. Many of these students rely on their school’s breakfasts and lunches for their most nutritious meals of the day. In some cases, these may be their only meals of the day. These students are then faced with a food crisis over the weekend. The BackPack Program is a way to help these students and their families until students return to school on Monday.

20,140 children suffer

from “food insecurity in

Southeast Nebraska

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

Neighborhood Food ProgramThe Food Bank of Lincoln works with the Center for People in Need to sponsor mobile pantries at four sites per week in Lincoln. This program, called Neighborhood FOOD , is held at community gathering places in some of Lincoln’s lowest income areas and currently serves approximately 1,300 families per week.

** NEW mobile pantry

Jacobs Well on the first

and third Saturdays of

the month at First

Presbyterian church.

Pantry

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

Rural Food DistributionThe Food Bank of Lincoln collaborates with Catholic Social Services in several rural communities to sponsor mobile pantries at local sites. Every month the Food Bank takes a truckload of food to rural sites where volunteers pitch in and distribute supplies to families.

We also distribute 300

food filled bags to 9

rural partner sites in

our 16 county service

area.

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

Agency Distribution NetworkWe collaborate with our network of agency partners in our 16-county service area that support all of our efforts to distribute food in Southeast Nebraska. Our nonprofit partners cover all segments of the community.

For a list of our member agencies

please go to:

www.lincolnfoodbank.org

Together we are

“Setting our community’s table”

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

Food for SeniorsThe Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) in partnership with the Indian Center, provides commodity food packages to elderly persons at least 60 years of age who meet income eligibility requirements. CSFP food packages are good sources of nutrients typically lacking in the diets of the target populations.

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

SNAP – Food Stamp OutreachSNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is the country’s primary nutrition assistance program, and yet thousands of eligible families do not receive the benefits. Our SNAP Outreach Program aims to increase the number of eligible residents receiving SNAP benefits

*Nearly half of all

SNAP participants,

(13 million individuals)

are children.

About the Food Bank of Lincoln

Housewarming ProgramThe Food Bank of Lincoln introduced the Housewarming Project in 2005, the Food Bank invited women moving out of shelters into their own households to come to the Food Bank with their case worker to shop for 100 pounds of groceries. The Housewarming shoppers would also receive bags of household necessities such as paper goods, cleaning supplies and laundry items.In 2009 the Housewarming project expanded to include male clients as well as women. In 2010 the Housewarming Program moved to the Good Neighbor Community Center .

*In 5 years, 327

Housewarming

shoppers and over

480 additional

family members

have been served.

The State of Nebraska

2011 Results

* 61,786 pounds and $102,395.59   * Total Number of Participants = 118

1) Corporate 39,639 pounds and $37,634.612) Law Firms 144 pounds and $500.003) Medical 503 pounds and $1,675.004) City and County 4,811 pounds and $22,406.445) State 12,513 pounds and $40,179.54

*Top 10 Fund Donors

1) NE State Employees $40,179.542) City/County Employees $22,406.443) Union Bank & Trust $4,605.004) Pfizer $3,269.005) Housing Authority $3,903.006) Smith Hayes $2796.007) Molex $2,292.358) Madonna Rehab. $2,238.069) Lincoln Electric $2,203.00

10) Nelnet $1,077.96

Virtual Food Drive

Visit: www.lincolnfoodbank.orghttp://lincolnfoodbank.org/stateCAH/

What your contribution does:

** Every $10 we receive we will distribute $60 worth of food.

That $60 translates into 27 meals. **

Thank you to all State of Nebraska Employees who “Are

Setting our Community’s Tables”