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Handbook

Roadrunner Food Bank

Established in 1980, Roadrunner Food Bank has taken the leadership role in finding solutions to the hunger problem in New Mexico. The Food Bank solicits, collects, and transports salvageable food from large and small food industry donors nationwide and they purchase large quantities of food in bulk. It then distributes millions of pounds of food each year through a statewide network of over 700 emergency food pantries, group homes, low-income day care centers, shelters, soup kitchens, and seven smaller, regional food banks. In turn, these organizations provide emergency food boxes, congregate meals, and direct distributions to over 200,000 low-income people each year.

PARTNERS IN HUNGER RELIEF
The Food Bank supplies food to a network of organizations across the state that are engaged in feeding the hungry. By pooling their resources, everyone gets more for less. Food Bank agencies pay a small Shared Maintenance Fee to help the Food Bank cover transportation, packaging, purchase, and operating expenses. Produce, bread & milk are always free. Agencies pay an average of 3¢ per pound for food they receive. In fact, this unique system saves New Mexico nonprofits over $46,000,000 each year that can be used for other services and programs.

PROGRAMS
The Food Bank assists our state’s most vulnerable citizens through direct service programs such as the Senior Assistance program, Low-Income Housing program, our new Senior Helpings program and the Native American Assistance program.

The FOOD FOR KIDS emergency food assistance program provides nutritious foods to children in low-income elementary schools. Kids who aren’t getting enough to eat at home are given a backpack filled with food each week to help supplement the free breakfasts and lunches they receive at school.

The Food Bank is also working hard to improve the quality of diets by providing more nutritious foods like produce. Their statewide Fresh Produce Initiative provides hungry New Mexicans with more than 12 million pounds of fresh, wholesome produce each year.

Roadrunner Food Bank
2645 Baylor Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: 505.247.2052
Fax: 505.242.6471
eMail: info@rrfb.org

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