food bank
noun
variants
or less commonly food pantry
: a usually non-profit organization that collects donated food and distributes it to people in need
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Organizations like her own and others that combat hunger in the community, like Harvesters food bank would be unable to fill in the gaps.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025
Whether your business sponsors the local baseball team, participates in a yearly 5K or becomes a premier sponsor of the local food bank, the residual benefits can produce good feelings about your brand as well as financial benefits for the business itself.
—Jimi Gibson, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Contact organizations that pick and donate fruit to food banks and other feeding programs.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
But some contend that the threat of a lawsuit is enough to chill development, and examples continue to pile up of CEQA stalling construction of homeless shelters, a food bank and child-care center.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025
Whether your business sponsors the local baseball team, participates in a yearly 5K or becomes a premier sponsor of the local food bank, the residual benefits can produce good feelings about your brand as well as financial benefits for the business itself.
—Jimi Gibson, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Contact organizations that pick and donate fruit to food banks and other feeding programs.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
But some contend that the threat of a lawsuit is enough to chill development, and examples continue to pile up of CEQA stalling construction of homeless shelters, a food bank and child-care center.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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“Food bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20bank. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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