organization: Non-Profit -> Non-Profit Food Bank

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE: What does WSFB do? Simply put, Westside Food Bank is a community supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which collects donated surplus and salvageable food locally, as well as food purchased at wholesale, salvage and co-op prices, then distributes this emergency food to hungry people through more than 65 social service agencies. In doing so the food bank solicits, collects, inspects, sorts, stores, and distributes surplus food donations from all sectors of the food industry including supermarket warehouses and food manufacturers, processors, wholesalers, and brokers. The Food Bank also solicits financial contributions which are used to buy warehouse equipment and supplies and to support specialized food programs and wholesale food purchases. Westside Food Bank is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 as a project of the Westside Ecumenical Council. The Westside Food Bank's mission is to distribute as much nutritious food as possible to local food assistance charities, and to reduce food waste on the Westside. Over the years we have grown to the point that we now distribute nearly 4 million pounds of food a year to more than 60 social service agencies, thereby sustaining 80,000 of our most vulnerable neighbors--approximately half of them children. In order to supply our member agencies, we acquire food through a variety of sources, including food industry donations, community food drives and the purchase of food supplies in bulk at wholesale prices. In addition, Extra Helpings Westside, our innovative prepared and perishable food recovery program, collects more than 130,000 pounds of food per month from restaurants, markets, bakeries, caterers, and farmers' markets and delivers it to our member agencies. -> FROM THE WEBSITE: What does WSFB do? Simply put, Westside Food Bank is a community supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which collects donated surplus and salvageable food locally, as well as food purchased at wholesale, salvage and co-op prices, then distributes this emergency food to hungry people through more than 65 social service agencies. In doing so the food bank solicits, collects, inspects, sorts, stores, and distributes surplus food donations from all sectors of the food industry including supermarket warehouses and food manufacturers, processors, wholesalers, and brokers. The Food Bank also solicits financial contributions which are used to buy warehouse equipment and supplies and to support specialized food programs and wholesale food purchases. Westside Food Bank is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 as a project of the Westside Ecumenical Council. The Westside Food Bank's mission is to distribute as much nutritious food as possible to local food assistance charities, and to reduce food waste on the Westside. Over the years we have grown to the point that we now distribute nearly 4 million pounds of food a year to more than 60 social service agencies, thereby sustaining 80,000 of our most vulnerable neighbors--approximately half of them children. In order to supply our member agencies, we acquire food through a variety of sources, including food industry donations, community food drives and the purchase of food supplies in bulk at wholesale prices. In addition, Extra Helpings Westside, our innovative prepared and perishable food recovery program, collects more than 130,000 pounds of food per month from restaurants, markets, bakeries, caterers, and farmers' markets and delivers it to our member agencies. We Serve Our member agencies are located throughout the Santa Monica, West Los Angeles, Venice, Culver City, Inglewood, and West Hollywood areas of Los Angeles County. Though this is an affluent area, one out of every ten people who reside here- -over 100,000 people--live in households with incomes of less than $15,000 a year. Our food reaches the entire spectrum of the needy: Low-income families Unemployed and underemployed Seniors Women and children living in domestic violence shelters Homeless Mentally ill Disabled People in rehabilitation facilities Veterans who may face the challenges of readjustment, ill-health or poverty Anyone else without access to enough food