The Central Virginia Foodbank (CVFB) was founded in 1980 to procure and distribute food efficiently and effectively to feeding programs throughout the area. Since then, the Central Virginia Foodbank service area has grown to include 31 counties and five cities in the Central Virginia region. Presently, we distribute food through a network of more than 500 network partner agencies, which includes more than 130 child care providers serving needy children. In addition, we serve as many as 4,000 daily meals in the summer and 2,000 daily meals during the school year to needy children through our 42 Kids Café and 13 Café for Kids programs.
The amount of food we distribute has steadily grown over the years. In fiscal year 2005-2006, we distributed more than 12.9 million pounds of food to the hungry. We received donated food from food manufacturers and grocers, the USDA, community and company food drives, and from individual donations of food and money. In fiscal year 2005-2006, food drives provided more than 1 million pounds of food.
The people who receive Foodbank food are among our society’s most vulnerable people:
| 50% |
Children who live in poverty or who are victims of disasters. |
| 37% |
Adults – the working poor, disabled, homeless, unemployed, or mentally ill. |
| 13% |
Elderly people struggling to survive on limited incomes – and to pay for medicine.
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While our primary focus is “that none shall go hungry,” we are also working hard to raise awareness of hunger issues in Central Virginia through various events scheduled throughout the year.