GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC
"till no one is hungry"
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB), as a Partner Distribution of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, addresses hunger, health and quality of life by serving those in need. GMFB distributes food and household items to nonprofit organizations that serve food insecure people. Our georgraphic service area covers five counties in northeast Georgia that include; Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin and Union counties.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mobile Food Pantries
A program designed to take food directly to those in need. Our 5 county service area spans over 1400 square miles and even though we have over 65 hunger relief partner agencies, there remains a great need for emergency food assistance to people in outlying areas. Very often, transportation to a food pantry is an obstacle for clients in rural areas. The mobile pantry brings the food boxes, that incorporate fresh fruit and vegetables, right into neighborhoods and communities of great need.
Summer Lunch Bags
A program designed to supplement University of North Georgia's Summer Feeding Program during the summer to children who normally qualify for free and reduced meals during the school year. This program has expanded each year since its inception in 2009, providing healthy lunches during the 8 full weeks of summer break and utilizes hundreds of community volunteer hours. GMFB provides supplemental snacks and supplies as well as mobile pantries during the summer months in the neighborhoods where children are served .
Food Rescue Program
We host community food drives to supplement our food supply, but one of our main food resources is through partnerships with retail grocery stores, food manufacturers and food distributors. We receive surplus and unsaleable food in large bulk quantities, which we store in our new 20,000 square foot food warehouse equipped with cold food storage space, and are then able to redistribute the food to our partner agencies and into the hands of families in need.
Neighborhood Fresh Grocery Delivery Program
Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s (GMFB) Neighborhood Fresh Grocery Mobile Program brings high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables in a specialized van to people in need at various community and neighborhood locations. The Produce Mobile Program began operation in August 2017. The program is currently serving 9 sites in Hall county, Georgia.
Prescriptive Food Boxes
This program is a partnership with local health clinics to provide diet specific shelf stable food boxes to low income patients suffering health disparities including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Currently the pilot project is in the Good News Clinic, Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic and Longstreet Clinic.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Food Rescue Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of meals provided is calculated by dividing the number of pounds of food distributed by 1.20 (recognized as a meal)
Total pounds of food rescued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Food Rescue Program
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The food we are able to distribute comes through our partnership with the Atlanta Community Food Bank along with goods donated locally from retailers, manufacturers, distributors and food drives.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Increase food security for all communities in our geographic service area.
Create awareness of the problem of food insecurity through education and community partnerships.
Engage and empower communities to ensure access to the quantity and quality of food needed for all citizens to live healthier lives.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Build partner agency capacity to serve more people with higher nutritional value food.
Participate in community initiatives in place to serve citizens in need and address gaps in resources collaboratively.
Form partnerships to reach people in need where they might otherwise be overlooked.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Georgia Mountain Food Bank strives to fulfill our mission working as efficiently and effectively as possible at all times. GMFB recognizes growth in resources and capacity year over year.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our partner agency network continues to grow each year, now at 74 food distribution org's established in 5 counties of northeast Georgia. We will continue to work toward building our partner agencies capacity.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Communication barrierss
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC
Board of directorsas of 02/20/2024
Mr. Steven Ellis
Big Sky Electrical LLC.
Mr. Casey Ramsey
Asst. County Administrator
Suzanne Willis
Suzanne Willis Properties
Andrew Beauchamp
Rushton & Company
Brian Bailey
The Medical Center Foundation
Julie Knight-Brown
Lumpkin Co. Schools
Felix Santiago
Ames Taping Tools
Steven Ellis
Self-Employed
Carli Jones
Jaemor Farms
Lori Lebow
Gainesville Eye Associates
Casey Ramsey
Hall Co. Government
Felix Santiago
Ames Taping Tools
Reneigh Satterfield
Edward Jones
Stacey Jones
Homestar
George Wangemann
City of Gainesville
Jennifer McCall
Attorney
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.