Summary of Statistics

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 10,786,382 pounds of grocery product.

FOOD PANTRIES

Georgia South Carolina Total
family visits183,173101,200284,760
total persons within these families395,438219,905675,730
seniors, within these families145,06651,495196,561
children within these families130,35164,725195,463


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 6,756,282 4,030,100 10,786,382


DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS

Brown Bag

The Master's Table Soup Kitchen

Kid's Cafe After School Program

provides at risk seniors, living on a fixed income, with a free 20-25 pound bag of groceries each month
3,918 bags distributed each month to an average of 4,764 seniors
Provides a free noontime meal everyday of the year to the homeless and hungry in downtown Augusta
91,828 meals annually - an average of 251 persons served each day
provides nourishing evening meals to at-risk children and a safe place to do homework after school at eight sites
27,755 meals annually - an average of 198 children served each school night

More than 139,791,338 pounds of grocery products distributed in 26 years!