|  Our
Vision
Communities
free of hunger.
Our
Mission
To
eliminate hunger in
Fort
Worth and 13 surrounding counties by providing food, education
and
other resources to a network of partner agencies and their communities.
Who
We Are
Founded
in December 1981, we are the distribution hub of a 13-county
network of hunger-relief charities and social services
centers. This network operates in Tarrant and 12 neighboring
counties on the west side of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan
area. As a North Texas food bank serving more than
Tarrant County, our name is Tarrant AREA Food Bank.
As
a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), Tarrant Area Food Bank receives
fresh, frozen and nonperishable food donated by the food industry
and the community. From our 69,000-plus square-foot warehouse
in downtown Fort Worth, we distribute this donated product to
our network that serves abuse victims, children, the elderly,
the chronically ill, the unemployed, the working poor and other
Texans in need.
Our
Affiliations
Not
to be confused with other food banks in Fort Worth, Tarrant Area
Food Bank is a member of Feeding America (formerly
known as America’s Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network).
This national network of more than 200 nonprofit food banks serves
all 50 states.
We
also belong to the Texas Food Bank Network, which
coordinates sharing of food donations and other resources among
the 18 member food banks.
Our
History
Tarrant
Area Food Bank began distributing food in October 1982 and by
the end of that year had distributed donated food to 50 charities
in Fort Worth. Today, we are a regional clearinghouse for donated
food and household products distributed to a network of 300 hunger-relief
agencies in 13 counties. Since 1982, with the help of thousands
of volunteers, Tarrant Area Food Bank has distributed more than
244 million pounds of food and household products.
In
the late 1990s, we began implementing special programs to complement
our food distribution program. We now offer nutrition education
to individuals and families receiving food assistance, two different
feeding programs for children and free culinary job training for
low-income adults, as well as assistance to individuals and families
in applying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(formerly called Food Stamps) and related benefits.
For
the community, we offer an interactive workshop on the reality
of hunger, tours of our warehouse and guest speakers knowledgeable
about local hunger and Tarrant Area Food Bank's mission and activities.
For
more information about any of these programs, please go to Special
Programs.
Tarrant
Area Food Bank Fast Facts
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