Summary of Statistics FY2009

TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION

Through direct service programs and the help of more than 300 member agencies in 30 counties of GA & SC, Golden Harvest Food Bank distributed 12,434,289 pounds of grocery product.

FOOD PANTRIES

Georgia South Carolina Total
family visits190,355135,749326,104
total persons within these families431,079349,326780,405
seniors, within these families112,17169,999182,170
children within these families130,59680,123210,719


ONSITE FEEDING PROGRAMS

Georgia South Carolina Total
total meals served1,286,770518,8901,785,660
of the above, meals served to seniors79,68030,974110,654
of the above, meals served to children567,746226,094793,840

TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION 7,227,618 5,216,791 12,434,289


DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS

Brown Bag

The Master's Table Soup Kitchen

Children's Harvest After School Program

provides at risk seniors, living on a fixed income, with a free 20-25 pound bag of groceries each month
4,272 bags distributed each month to an average of 5,203 seniors
Provides a free noontime meal everyday of the year to the homeless and hungry in downtown Augusta
114,635 meals annually - an average of 313 persons served each day
provides nourishing evening meals to at-risk children and a safe place to do homework after school at eight sites
26,100 meals annually - an average of 220 children served each school night

More than 151,225,627 pounds of grocery products distributed in 27 years!