Okaloosa County BOCC — January 17, 2017 — Okaloosa Co FL

 our core mission Working through member organizations & special programs, we provide nutritious food to meet the challenge of feeding people who are hungry as a result of personal crisis or disaster. We work to educate the public regarding domestic hunger, proper nutrition & related issues. OUR We serve 24 counties in 3 states, covering 22,000 square miles along south Alabama, SERVICE AREA south Mississippi, & the Florida Panhandle. ALABAMA Mississippi FLORIDA Feeding the Gulf Coast is a member affiliate of Feeding America. Feeding America is the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Its mission is to feed America’s hungry through a nationwide network of 200 member food banks which engage our country in the fight to end hunger throughout every county in the US. Where our food bank’s 24 county service area ends, another food bank picks up the service. OKALOOSA COUNTY SERVICE AREA PERCENT OF POPULATION IN POVERTY* OKALOOSA CO 11.3% Nonprofit Partners Crestview 19.1% School Partners Retail Store Partners Destin 7.5% Food Deserts Fort Walton 17.5% An area in which it is difficult to buy Beach affordable or good quality fresh food. Niceville 14% Valparaiso 12.1% Through our nonprofit FOOD INSECURITY partners, we directly served RATE** 20,289 unduplicated INDIVIDUAL 15.6% households in Okaloosa County in 2016. CHILD 25.2% *Census.gov, 2010 **map.feedingamerica.org HOW WE WORK Getting food to those in need is our mission. Donated/Purchased Stored Distributed Given Food is donated and At the food bank, food Food is distributed to Our partner agencies purchased for the food is inspected for safety, our network of partner provide this food to bank from various national sorted, and stored until agencies, which include people in need in their donors, the USDA, local it is distributed to our church pantries, soup community. retail partners, farmers, and network of over 400 kitchens, and other community food drives. partner agencies. charitable organizations. WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM Annual Food Sources United States Department of Agriculture, USDA Purchased Feeding America Retail Store Level Pickup Local Food Drives, Donations, and other Food Banks OKALOOSA COUNTY FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Nonprofit Partners: 22 • Meals Distributed: 2,084,761 • Over 90% is delivered to pantry agencies at a $10 cost. • Example Agencies: - Destin Harvest - First Church of God in Christ - Holt Community Pantry - Niceville Catholic Outreach - Project Hope Recovery Center RETAIL STORE LEVEL PICKUP PROGRAM • This program partners the food Okaloosa County, FL 2015 Statistics bank with retail grocery chains. • Total Stores: 20 When stores have shelf stable product that is nearing its • Total Pounds: 1,784,374 expiration date, they pull it from the shelves and instead of disposing it, they donate it to Feeding the Gulf Coast. • Food received through our Reta