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 visits | 190,355 | 135,749 | 326,104 |
| total persons within these families | 431,079 | 349,326 | 780,405 |
| seniors, within these families | 112,171 | 69,999 | 182,170 |
| children within these families | 130,596 | 80,123 | 210,719 |
ONSITE FEEDING PROGRAMS
| Georgia | South Carolina | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| total meals served | 1,286,770 | 518,890 | 1,785,660 |
| of the above, meals served to seniors | 79,680 | 30,974 | 110,654 |
| of the above, meals served to children | 567,746 | 226,094 | 793,840 |
| TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION | 7,227,618 | 5,216,791 | 12,434,289 |
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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!
