Basic Organization Information
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Inc.
- Also Known As:
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The Food Bank
- Physical Address:
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Hatfield, MA
01038
- EIN:
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04-2751023
- Web URL:
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www.foodbankwma.org
- NTEE Category:
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K Agriculture, Food, Nutrition
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K31 Food Banks, Food Pantries
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K Agriculture, Food, Nutrition
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K40 Nutrition Programs
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P Human Services
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P99 Human Services - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C.
- Year Founded:
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1982
- Ruling Year:
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1982
- How This Organization Is Funded:
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Individuals & Corporate Donations - $1,334,626
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Grants - $1,291,510
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Member Agencies (Association fees, delivery fees, shared maintenace fees, and food buying) - $951,897
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Mission Statement
The mission of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts is to work with our community to reduce hunger and increase food security.
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Chief Executive
Mr. Andrew Morehouse
Term:
Since
Sept
2005
Chief Executive Profile:
Andrew Morehouse is responsible for the overall management of The Food Bank. He also engages in public education and advocacy, carries out fundraising and "friendraising," and serves on several non-profit boards of directors. Morehouse has served as the Executive Director since 2005 and has devoted the past twenty-two years to the non-profit sector and, specifically, to social and economic justice issues. Prior to The Food Bank, he was the founding director for ten years of a community-based community development corporation devoted to asset-building strategies of, for, and by low-income residents in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Morehouse has also worked in Washington, DC in community-based programs in the Salvadoran refugee community and in public policy think tanks on U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Morehouse has a B.A. in Anthropology from Bates College, a M.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, and is currently enrolled in the Professional M.B.A. program at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Morehouse has traveled extensively in Latin America, and is bilingual and bicultural.
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Program:
Food Distribution and related programs
- Budget:
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$10,625,876
- Category:
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Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
- Population Served:
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
Program Description:
In addition to serving as the regional hub for emergency food, The Food Bank also provides:
- Emergency food delivery: Distribution to 86 front-line emergency food pantries, meal sites, and shelters.
- Brown Bag for Elders: Monthly distribution of a bag of nutritious groceries to 5,500 elders in 51 communities.
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Outreach & Enrollment: Formerly Food Stamps, SNAP outreach and application assistance to assist eligible households to receive federally-funded monthly SNAP benefits in order to purchase nutritious food.
- Network Capacity Building: Coordination and capacity building services for our 350 member agencies to assure comprehensive hunger prevention resources in all four counties from emergency food and nutrition education to SNAP (Food Stamps) outreach & enrollment, and access to local food resources such as community gardens and farmers markets.
- Target:Hunger: Community organizing and research project in one urban and one rural area designed to be a measurable and replicable model to build local resources by collaborating with more than two dozen partners in each area drawing on community assets and ownership.
- Nutrition education: Nutrition, smart shopping, and recipe workshops as well as a nutritional inventory rating system to improve the nutrition of individuals and families experiencing hunger and food insecurity.
- Food Bank Farm: 60-acre farm in partnership with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer that contributes 100,000 pounds annually (about half the harvest) of fresh, chemical-free produce to The Food Bank.
- Education & Advocacy: Research, public speaking, media communication, events, hunger education and public policy advocacy to raise awareness of and, ultimately, reduce, if not prevent, hunger and food insecurity.
Program Long-Term Success:
The Food Bank provided 7.6 million pounds of food, the equivalent of approximately 6 million meals, to more than 108,000 individuals through 350 front-line food providers.
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Volunteer Needs
To become a volunteer with The Food Bank, please attend one of our regular volunteer orientations. These orientations will give you basic information about how The Food Bank works, and introduce you to the variety of volunteer positions we have available. Volunteer orientations are held on the second Tuesday and fourth Saturday of each month.
We welcome individual volunteers as well as corporate teams, churches, schools, and other groups that wish to schedule a community service day with The Food Bank.
A sampling of some of the work that Food Bank volunteers do includes supporting special events, Food Bank programs, clerical work, and warehouse.
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