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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Over the next two weeks, firms and practitioners across the state will donate or solicit at least the equivalent of one billable hour with the goal of generating more than $1 million for food banks.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Jen Massey, representing the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and nominated by member Yolanda Narvaez, said that partnering with food pantries, schools, churches and shelters the food bank is able to help them to provide consistent access to food.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
As public officials pressured organizers over the years to clean up their act, SantaCon emphasized its charitable work, advertising that money raised from ticket sales would go to antipoverty groups, food banks, city parks and arts foundations.
—Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
That includes schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, crisis centers, shelters, food banks, and day care centers, among others.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Jen Massey, representing the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and nominated by member Yolanda Narvaez, said that partnering with food pantries, schools, churches and shelters the food bank is able to help them to provide consistent access to food.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
As public officials pressured organizers over the years to clean up their act, SantaCon emphasized its charitable work, advertising that money raised from ticket sales would go to antipoverty groups, food banks, city parks and arts foundations.
—Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
That includes schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, crisis centers, shelters, food banks, and day care centers, among others.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Food bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20bank. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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