SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK HAS BEEN SERVING ORANGE COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS SINCE 1983 INCLUDING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, VETERANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.WE ENVISION AN ORANGE COUNTY WITH FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SECURITY FOR ALL. OUR MISSION, IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS, IS TO PROVIDE DIGNIFIED, EQUITABLE, CONSISTENT ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS, CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH.SECOND HARVEST SOURCES FOOD THROUGH OUR GROCERY RESCUE RETAIL FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM, LARGE-SCALE DONATIONS, (CONTINUED ON SCH O)GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND PROGRAMS, STRATEGIC PURCHASES, AND HARVESTING PRODUCE AT HARVEST SOLUTIONS FARM AND FOUNDERS FARM. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE DISTRIBUTED 42.1 MILLION POUNDS OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO 286 PARTNERS. OUR PARTNER NETWORK INCLUDES SCHOOLS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, SENIOR CENTERS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, SHELTERS FOR THE UNHOUSED, SOUP KITCHENS AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITIES. THROUGH THESE PARTNERS, SECOND HARVEST SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 458,995 COMMUNITY MEMBERS (DUPLICATED) PER MONTH DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.OUR YOUTH HUNGER STRATEGY SEEKS TO ELIMINATE FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL INSECURITY FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF FOOD-INSECURE CHILDREN. OUR PERMANENT AND MOBILE SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAMS DISTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD, SUCH AS FRESH PRODUCE, PROTEIN AND DAIRY, AT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS IN UNDER-SERVED AREAS. OUR COLLEGE PANTRY PROGRAM SERVES COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY WITH HEALTHY FOODS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS (AND THEIR FAMILIES) AS THEY FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION. THROUGH A NETWORK OF CHILD-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS (SUCH AS YMCAS, BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS, FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, ETC.), WE DISTRIBUTE AFTER-SCHOOL MEALS AND SNACKS AND SUMMER LUNCHES AND SNACKS TO CHILDREN AT RISK FOR FOOD INSECURITY.SECOND HARVEST'S SENIOR HUNGER STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL INSECURITY AMONG ORANGE COUNTY SENIORS. THROUGH THE SENIOR GROCERY PROGRAM, WE DISTRIBUTE HEALTHY FOOD TO THOUSANDS OF SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS AT SENIOR CENTERS, LOW-INCOME HOUSING, PLACES OF WORSHIP, AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. PARK-IT MARKET 1 & 2 ARE CUSTOM-BUILT REFRIGERATED TRAILERS THAT SERVE AS PANTRIES ON WHEELS AND ALLOW US TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO PRIMARILY SENIOR SITES THAT CAN'T HOST OUR OTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS. SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK DEPENDS ON ITS GENEROUS AND DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHOSE WORK REPRESENTED 25% OF THE LABOR PERFORMED AT SECOND HARVEST IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.