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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On Inauguration Day, unemployment was 6.3 per cent, and food banks were sustaining millions of people who had been laid off.
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Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
The program now serves about 25 individual schools or districts, said Sabrina Thiede, director of programs with the food bank.
—Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
Among the nonprofits participating in Arizona Gives Day this year are organizations that help foster children, aid older adults, operate food banks, promote literacy and the arts, provide shelter for domestic violence survivors, rescue animals and support at-risk youth.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2024
Foreign students, unable to pay rents, have crammed into housing; some are accessing food banks.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
Richard Saker, the owner of Saker ShopRite stores, said the $30,000 bonus will be donated to area food banks through ShopRite's Partners in Caring program.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
Kathy Goldman, who devoted her career as a civic leader to establishing food banks, pantries and free breakfast and lunch programs in public schools to sustain low-income New Yorkers, died on March 5 in Brooklyn.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Hands of Hope International which helps women in crisis, supports food banks, and international missions.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
By prescribing the intervention, the program sought to overcome stigma associated with going to a food bank and better manage patients’ diet-responsive chronic conditions.
—Marcella Alsan, STAT, 26 Dec. 2023
Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
The program now serves about 25 individual schools or districts, said Sabrina Thiede, director of programs with the food bank.
—Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
Among the nonprofits participating in Arizona Gives Day this year are organizations that help foster children, aid older adults, operate food banks, promote literacy and the arts, provide shelter for domestic violence survivors, rescue animals and support at-risk youth.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2024
Foreign students, unable to pay rents, have crammed into housing; some are accessing food banks.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
Richard Saker, the owner of Saker ShopRite stores, said the $30,000 bonus will be donated to area food banks through ShopRite's Partners in Caring program.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
Kathy Goldman, who devoted her career as a civic leader to establishing food banks, pantries and free breakfast and lunch programs in public schools to sustain low-income New Yorkers, died on March 5 in Brooklyn.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Hands of Hope International which helps women in crisis, supports food banks, and international missions.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
By prescribing the intervention, the program sought to overcome stigma associated with going to a food bank and better manage patients’ diet-responsive chronic conditions.
—Marcella Alsan, STAT, 26 Dec. 2023
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“Food bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20bank. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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