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About St Mary’s Food Bank Alliance
St. Marys Food Bank serves to alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food while encouraging self-sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and education.
St. Marys Food Bank is truly a community-based organization. Individual donors, corporate donors, and private grants help feed hungry individuals and families in our area. Serving 9 of Arizonas 15 counties, we are committed to volunteerism, building community relationships and improving the quality of life for Arizonans in need.
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St Marys Food Bank On Track To Break All
PHOENIX — As inflation has hit many across the state, Arizonans are turning to food banks in times of need. St. Marys Food Bank is on track to break an all-time monthly record for families served, heading toward 150,000 families helped in August. The Knight Center facility near 31st Avenue and Thomas Road has served over 25,000 families this month alone.
Arizonas Family was at the food bank on Thursday morning, where four lines of cars were wrapped around the building. Volunteers were packing up fresh vegetables, drinks, bread and pantry foods. Then, they began filling shopping carts with food boxes and bringing them out to peoples cars.
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The food bank says its the highest number of families served for any month in its 55-year history. The would-be record beats out distributions during COVID-19, where unemployment skyrocketed in the country. It also beats out the annual holiday food drives, where people are waiting in long lines for Thanksgiving meals. During the pandemic, we saw an incredible number of people coming to us for help, and that started to get better. Now, its starting to climb again with this inflation. Never dreamed we would be here less than a year, and were back in the same situation where we have people coming to us asking for help, said Tom Kertis, St. Marys Food Bank president and CEO.
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St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization located in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1967 by John van Hengel, St. Mary’s was the first modern organization to operate using the food bank model, which spread throughout U.S. and the rest of the world. Today, St. Mary’s is recognized as the world’s first food bank.
Since its creation, St. Mary’s has expanded its operations to nine of Arizona’s fifteen counties, distributing millions of pounds of food to the hungry each year. St. Mary’s also operates its own food pantry, allowing people to get food directly from the warehouse. The organization additionally offers specialized programs apart from food banking, including after-school programs for children and career training for adults.
St. Mary’s is a member of Feeding America, a network of hunger-relief organizations also founded by van Hengel with the purpose of providing food to people across the country.
Arizona State Fair Has Been Collecting Food For Hungry Families In Need
Something Good is sponsored by Papa Murphys
PHOENIX – The Arizona State Fair is collecting thousands of pounds of food for St. Marys Food Bank. The fair gives free admission on Fridays to anyone who donates food.
Last Friday, they collected more than 20,000 pounds of food, which has already been given out to families in need. This couldnt have come at a better time because St. Marys is seeing record demand for people needing help. If you want to help, you still have a chance.
Just bring 10 canned food items to the fair on Fridays this month from noon to 6 p.m. and you can get in for free. A family of four that brings 40 cans would save $60 on admission and we think thats Something Good!
Is something good happening in your neighborhood or community? Wed love to hear from you! Go to www.azfamily.com/somethinggood. Dont forget photos and video!
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