Menu About Us Login/Register Donate Projects Orientations/Trainings VOLUNTEERS Corporate Citizenship Partner Agencies Project Leaders Our Supporters NEWS & EVENTS	Be the Change. Volunteer.   Greater Boston Food Bank Description: The goal of The Greater Boston Food Bank is to help end hunger in eastern Massachusetts by acquiring and distributing as much food as possible; promoting nutrition education and hunger awareness in the community; and developing and sustaining partnerships with others who care. Founded in 1981, The Food Bank is part of the America's Second Harvest National Network, the nation's largest hunger-relief organization. The Food Bank serves as a non-profit clearinghouse for food donated by the private sector to help feed the hungry. They employ 55 people and utilize the services of 10,500 volunteers annually to acquire, inspect, sort, warehouse, and distribute enormous quantities of food. Day and night, weekdays and weekends, their 60,000 square-foot facility, loading docks and fleet of trucks are put to work to feed hungry people. The Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, and the eighth largest member of Second Harvest. Their network of 700 hunger-relief agencies distribute nearly 24 million pounds of food annually and feed more than 87,000 people weekly through about 750 hunger-relief agencies. More than 2,150 community volunteers donate in excess of 48,000 hours annually to The Food Bank. Web site: http://www.gbfb.org Entity Type: Non-profit > Partner Impact Area: Homelessness/Hunger Projects and Courses: Project Impact Area Next Occurrence Sort & Inspect Food at the Greater Boston Food Bank   Homelessness/Hunger   Saturday, September 18, 2010 9:30AM-12:00PM Representative(s): Amy Cooper Interests: Housing and Homelessness, Hunger & Food, Poverty Skills: There are no skills specified for this organization.
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