About Hunger

Hunger in America

In 2009, the Arkansas Foodbank took part in a landmark national hunger study in conjunction with Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Foodbank staff members conducted face-to-face interviews with 445 people seeking emergency food at food pantries, soup kitchens and other emergency feeding programs. The results painted a picture of hunger in the U.S.


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Arkansas Foodbank

  • The Arkansas Foodbank is the largest non-governmental provider of emergency food aid in the state
  • In 2012 we distributed 16.3 million pounds of food to about 300 local agencies serving 23,000 people per week
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Efficient, Effective

  • For every dollar donated we can provide three meals
  • Foodbank partner agencies touch the lives of 166,200 individuals every year—23,000 per week
  • Serving children: The Foodbank feeds children through "Kids Cafes" and the “Backpack for Kids” program;
  • Serving seniors: The Senior Supplement program aids the elderly
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The Need Is Great

  • Fully 35% of the people needing food assistance in 2009 were children
  • 81% of the hundreds of food pantries we work with are faith-based
  • We operate a 77,000-square-foot warehouse in Little Rock and will soon move to a new warehouse that will more than triple our capacity to help hungry Arkansans
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