We provide FREE food for our neighbors facing hunger in central Alabama. TOGETHER, we can solve hunger 🌱
Bessemer, AL
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Starting a food drive? Check out the graphic for some of our most-needed items.
Every donation helps stock our partner agencies and provide food for neighbors facing hunger across central Alabama.
Start your drive: feedingal.org/food-fund-driv…
Our partners are hosting food distributions across central Alabama to support our neighbors facing hunger. Please call ahead to confirm hours and availability before visiting.
View the full list at feedingAL.org/find-food.
A small but mighty first harvest from our Shipt Community Garden.
We’re just getting started, but we’re excited to provide fresh produce from our home in Bessemer to our neighbors across central Alabama.
20.5% of children in our 12-county service area face food insecurity.
Through Family Markets, School Pantries, and Sunny Bites, we work with schools and community partners to help children and families access food year-round.
Read more: feedingal.org/newsletter/
A little friendly competition can make a big impact.
Food drives don’t have to be complicated. Add a theme, create teams, set a goal, and make it a competition. It’s a simple way to bring people together and make giving back even more engaging.
Start here feedingal.org/food-fund-driv…
In observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama offices will be closed on Monday, October 12.
We will reopen and resume normal operations on Tuesday, October 13.
Hunger Action Month was a success because of YOU!
In September, 902 volunteers gave 2,200 hours, and we provided more than 1.8 million meals to neighbors across central Alabama.
The month may be over, but the work continues. Get involved: feedingal.org
September was jam-packed with Hunger Action Month activities, great volunteers, distributions, and a grand opening. See it for yourself in our September recap.
Holiday box season is officially underway!
Our volunteers have started building the first of 20,000 holiday boxes that will help bring familiar holiday foods to the tables of neighbors facing hunger across central Alabama.
You don’t need a big event to make a big difference.
Start a food drive at work, church, school, or in your neighborhood. Pick a timeframe, spread the word, and start collecting.
It’s simple to launch and meaningful for neighbors facing hunger.
feedingal.org/food-fund-driv…
A new home. The same mission.
Our new Joseph S. Bruno Campus gives us more space, more cold storage, and greater capacity to move food to neighbors across central Alabama.
Read the full story in our fall newsletter: feedingal.org/newsletter/
Distributions are happening near you. In addition to this list, more distributions can be found at feedingal.org/find-food.
Food drives do more than stock our shelves. They provide food that is distributed directly to neighbors in our community while also helping raise awareness of hunger across central Alabama.
Ready to get started? Learn more and start your own food drive 👉 feedingal.org/food-fund-driv…
In our fall newsletter, we share the story of volunteers from Oxford First UMC and St. Mark UMC who serve families and seniors in their community each month.
Read the full story in our digital fall newsletter: feedingal.org/newsletter/
We are incredibly grateful to @Publix Super Market Charities for their continued investment in our mission and neighbors facing hunger across central Alabama. 🧵
Publix has also continued to show up through service. Their team recently packed Mobile Pantry boxes at our warehouse and joined us at our Legion Field distribution during Hunger Action Month.
Today is Hunger Action Day, and we’re wearing orange to stand with our neighbors facing hunger across central Alabama.
Each member of our team has a reason why this work matters to them. Together, those reasons reflect one shared mission - feeding our neighbors!
