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About Us
Established in 1981, America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia is a locally inspired, volunteer-driven nonprofit food bank
and community-building organization with the mission of feeding hungry people and strengthening communities in our twenty-one
county service area.Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia cultivates partnerships with more than 300 agencies to distribute food to families in need throughout southeastern Georgia.
In 2008, Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia secured and distributed more than 4.7 million pounds of food and grocery products. Because of the organization's efficiency in procuring food member agencies saved nearly $6.7 million by using the food bank for their feeding programs.
How We Work
America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia's primary function is our warehouse operations. Truckloads of food are donated daily by local and national grocers, businesses, and individuals. Second Harvest inspects and stocks donated items in its 30,000 square foot warehouse. Donations are supplemented with purchased items. Fresh and non-perishable products are then distributed to more than 300 nonprofit agencies in a 21-county service delivery area that includes both urban and rural communities. Our partner agencies include food pantries, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, domestic abuse facilities, senior centers and daycare centers for low-income children.
Our Mission
The mission of the food bank is to feed the hungry by distributing nutritious food to nonprofit agencies and at risk elderly and youth, to assist in disaster relief, and work towards long term solutions to hunger and poverty. Our statement of purpose is "Utilizing food and education to improve lives and create a Hunger-Free community".
Hunger Facts
- 56% of all emergency food requests in American cities come from either children or their parents. (Conference of Mayors, Hunger and Homelessness in America, 12/04)
- 23.3% of all households with children served by the America's Second Harvest network reported that during the previous 12 months, the children in the household were sometimes or often not eating enough because they couldn't afford enough food.(America's Second Harvest National)
- 37% of adults requesting food assistance were employed at the time. (Conference of Mayor, Hunger and Homelessness in America, 12/01)
- 10.7% of Georgia Households are food insecure-more than 900,000 people. (Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis, 2002)
- 1 in 6 Georgia children is at risk of going hungry at some point each month. (Children's Defense Fund, 2002)
- 1 in 5 elderly Georgians lives in poverty or is at extreme risk of living in poverty and more than 6,000 Georgia seniors are on the waiting list to receive Meals on Wheels. (Applied Research Center, 1999)
- 20.16% of the total population of our 21-county service area lives below the poverty level. (US Census, 2002)
- 29% of children in our 21-county service area are below poverty. (US Census, 2002)
- 10.49% of the elderly in our 21-county service area are below poverty. (US Census, 2002)
IRS Form 990 2008