SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC

COMMUNITY FOOD PARTNERS - OUR WORK INCLUDES ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED TO FULFILL SECOND HARVEST'S MISSION TO NOURISH AND EMPOWER PEOPLE IN 46 COUNTIES ACROSS MIDDLE AND WEST TENNESSEE SO THEY CAN THRIVE. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS WITHIN THIS CATEGORY INCLUDE:PARTNER AGENCIES - SECOND HARVEST PROVIDED NEARLY 51 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 (OR MORE THAN 42 MILLION MEALS) TO APPROXIMATELY 410 NOT-FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES, INCLUDING FOOD PANTRIES, CONGREGATE MEAL SITES, AND EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS. THESE PARTNERS WORK THROUGHOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES. GROCERY RESCUE - THIS PROGRAM COLLECTS PERISHABLE AND NON-PERISHABLE FOOD FROM OVER 515 RETAIL PARTNERS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PARTNER AGENCIES AND PROGRAM SITES. PRODUCTS RESCUED AND DISTRIBUTED INCLUDE MEAT, PRODUCE, DAIRY, BREAD, BAKERY ITEMS, AND DRY PRODUCTS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, SECOND HARVEST PICKED UP DIRECTLY OR FACILITATED PICKUP BY PARTNER AGENCIES OVER 14.7 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD (EQUIVALENT TO MORE THAN 12.2 MILLION MEALS).SNAP OUTREACH - SECOND HARVEST OFFERS SNAP OUTREACH THROUGH OUR NEIGHBOR CARE PANTRIES, MOBILE PANTRY DISTRIBUTIONS, AND PARTNER AGENCIES. SNAP, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS, ASSISTS LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING MONTHLY ASSISTANCE TO PURCHASE FOOD. SECOND HARVEST'S CLIENT OUTREACH STAFF SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUTRITION BENEFITS OF SNAP, PRE-SCREEN PARTICIPANTS, AND HELP INDIVIDUALS COMPLETE THE SNAP APPLICATION. OUTREACH STAFF ASSISTED IN COMPLETING APPROXIMATELY 1,544 APPLICATIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025.MANUFACTURING - SECOND HARVEST OPERATES A COOK/CHILL OPERATION, WHICH IS A METHOD OF FOOD MANUFACTURING AND SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION THAT INVOLVES HEATING FOOD, PUMPING THE PRODUCT INTO FORM-FILL PLASTIC BAGS THAT ARE HEAT SEALED, THEN SUPER COOLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO FREEZING THE PRODUCT. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 THIS PROGRAM UTILIZED MORE THAN 162,000 POUNDS OF DONATED INGREDIENTS THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN WASTED. ADDITIONALLY, THIS OPERATION PRODUCES TRAY PACK MEALS FOR CHILDREN'S FEEDING, SENIOR NUTRITION AND PARTNER AGENCIES THAT DO DIRECT HOME DISTRIBUTION TO CLIENTS IN NEED.

PROJECT PRESERVE SALES ARE REPORTED NET OF ALLOWANCES FOR DISCOUNTS AND RETURNS. PROJECT PRESERVE SELLS PRODUCTS PRIMARILY TO OUT-OF-AREA AGENCIES IN THE FEEDING AMERICA NETWORK THROUGH A PROPRIETARY E-COMMERCE WEBSITE BUT ALSO SELLS TO PARTNER AGENCIES WITHIN THE FOOD BANK'S LOCAL AREA. IN FY2024, PROJECT PRESERVE BEGAN LISTING PRODUCTS FOR SALE ON THE FEEDING AMERICA GROCERY PURCHASING PORTAL (GPP). THOSE SALES CONTINUED IN FY2025 WITH 65 PRODUCT ORDERS GENERATING $2.4 MILLION IN SALES. ANOTHER COMPONENT OF PROJECT PRESERVE IS TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF. FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, PROJECT PRESERVE WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF FEEDING AMERICA NETWORK FOOD BANKS FOR DISASTER RELIEF IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON BY PROVIDING NEARLY 127,000 ASSEMBLED FOOD BOXES (ROUGHLY 2.5 MILLION MEALS) AND 24,000 CASES OF MIXED PRODUCTS ACROSS SEVERAL STATES FOR A TOTAL OF $3.4 MILLION IN SALES. IN ADDITION, PROJECT PRESERVE FULFILLED ORDERS FOR PRE-STAGED EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES ($1 MILLION IN SALES) PRIOR TO HURRICANE SEASON, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $0.6 MILLION IN SALES TO REPLENISH INVENTORY OF EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES AT NETWORK FOOD BANKS, RESULTING IN TOTAL COMBINED SALES OF NEARLY $5 MILLION IN FY2025.