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The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio.

History

The Cleveland Foodbank started in 1979.

In 2001, the Foodbank merged with Food Rescue of Northeast Ohio.

In 2006, America's Second Harvest named Cleveland Foodbank as its Member of the Year out of 220 affiliate food banks.

The Food Bank opened a 200,000-square-foot partner distribution hub in 2022.

In 2023, 424,000 people were served by the Food Bank in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland, and Richland counties.

Programs

Greater Cleveland Food Bank has a network of more than 1,000 food pantries.

Greater Cleveland Food Bank teaches cooking classes to people running hot meal programs.

The annual Harvest for Hunger campaign helps support food distribution throughout the year.

References

  1. Forestry, United States Congress Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and (2013). Healthy Food Initiatives, Local Production and Nutrition: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, March 7, 2012. U.S. Government Printing Office.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Golden, Sandra (18 October 2023). "Food Bank's new Community Resource Center in Collinwood will fight hunger and social inequity". The Land.
  3. "The Misplaced Pages Library". wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org.
  4. "Cleveland Foodbank Wins National Recognition". The George Gund Foundation. 26 October 2006.
  5. braspe@cjn.org, BECKY RASPE (14 November 2022). "Cleveland Food Bank celebrates grand opening of new distribution hub". Cleveland Jewish News.
  6. "MSN". www.msn.com.
  7. "The Greater Cleveland Food Bank and the Cleveland Browns Team Up on Expansion Plans and the 25th Annual Taste of the Browns". www.clevelandbrowns.com.
  8. "'It's really the least we can do': Browns host holiday distribution event at Greater Cleveland Food Bank". News 5 Cleveland WEWS. 26 November 2024.
  9. Rickman, William (3 March 2015). "Long Lines at the Pantry: Hunger and Need on the Rise in Ohio - Belt Magazine". beltmag.com.
  10. Ashworth, Alan (June 1, 2024). "4.2 million meals: Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank meets goal in final days of campaign". Akron Beacon Journal.

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