Feed America First

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We are a faith-based hunger relief organization. We collect large scale food donations from manufacturers, growers, distributors, and other charities, and then distribute that food at no charge to some of the numerous small agencies already engaged in hunger relief in our poor communities. We currently supply about 140 agencies, most of them on a monthly basis. These agencies are on the front lines. They are children's homes and church pantries, homeless shelters and substance abuse recovery centers. Often, they are neighbors helping neighbors, and those doing the giving hardly have any more than those who receive the help. Feed America First was chartered in June 2000 with the mission to "provide food to those who feed the hungry." So far we have distributed about 7.5 million pounds of food to agencies in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and beyond. For every dollar donated we have been able to provide about 15-20 meals. God has been good to us. We began in a 2,000 square foot warehouse in Savannah, TN. Our first truck was tiny and unreliable, and money was inevitably tight. Since then we have moved into a 4,000 square foot warehouse closer to home in Murfreesboro, TN. We have gone through a series of trucks, each a little more reliable than the last. As of August 2005 and with significant grant assistance, we now own an 18' refrigerated box truck. And the most wonderful news is that it might cough and smoke, but it always starts!

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