Worcester County Food Bank, Inc.

Our ultimate goal is to create a hunger-free community - but donated food alone isn't enough to end hunger. We're committed to forward thinking, strategic partnerships, advocacy: building momentum around policies and programs that decrease hunger and increase food access.

1) Through food acquisition and distribution, we will provide 5.8 million meals annually by 2020.
2) By maximizing and helping connect neighbors to federal nutrition programs, we will increase food access by 6 million meals by 2020.
3) We will build our capacity for advocacy and movement-building.
4) We will invest in organizational excellence: expanding, improving, and supporting our human and physical resources.

Worcester County Food Bank employs a dedicated staff of over 25 people, who are our greatest asset. They work in operations, Partner Agency relations, advocacy, communications, and fund development. They, and our dedicated Board of Directors, include people with lived experience of hunger and poverty.

In addition, WCFB's network of 118 Partner Agencies - food pantries and community meal programs across Worcester County - help distribute food to 81,000 neighbors in need, roughly 1/3 of them children.

This year, WCFB and its Partner Agencies helped distribute a total of 6.5 million pounds of food (the equivalent of 5.4 million meals) - over half of it fruits, vegetables and proteins - to 81,000 neighbors in Worcester County, 1/3 of them children.

Through our advocacy efforts, we helped expand Breakfast After the Bell programs by three school districts, providing access to nutritious breakfast for an additional 2,000 students. We also conducted five trainings across the region, mobilizing residents to speak up about hunger in their communities and organizing around important advocacy efforts like Paid Family and Medical Leave, a $15 minimum wage, SNAP, and the Healthy Incentives Program.

Over the coming year, recognizing that WCFB is just one player in the larger effort to end hunger in our community, we will continue to build our partners' capacity for advocacy and storytelling, raising awareness of hunger and opportunities to help.