BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC
EIN 52-1202644 · Food Banks & Pantries (K31)
What they do
THE FOOD BANK PURCHASES FOOD and OBTAINS DONATIONS of FOOD FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, RETAILERS, GROWERS and COMMUNITY MEMBERS for DISTRIBUTION to PEOPLE IN NEED IN 25 COUNTIES and EIGHT CITIES IN CENTRAL and WESTERN VIRGINIA THROUGH A NETWORK of MORE THAN 220 PROVIDERS, SOUP KITCHENS, and SHELTERS and THROUGH NUTRITION PROGRAMS WITH MORE THAN 170 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. OVER 31 MILLION POUNDS of FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SERVING ON AVERAGE 148,200 PEOPLE EACH MONTH.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1981
- Location
- 96 LAUREL HILL RD, VERONA, VA 24482-2658
- County
- Augusta
- In care of
- KARI J DIENER