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West Alabama Food Bank

Organization: Non-Profit Food Bank
Facility Type: Warehouse
Status: Open

Address:
1605 23rd Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403

Region:West Alabama
County/Parish:Tuscaloosa


Facility has Loading Dock: Yes
Facility has Forklift: Yes
Facility has Pallet Jack: Yes

Main/General Business Number: 205-759-5519
Main/General Business E-mail Address: (hidden)
Website: http://www.westalabamafoodbank.org/

Management Contact: (hidden)
Supply Contact: (hidden)
Make Checks Payable To: The West Alabama Food Bank



Areas Served: Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Sumter, Hale, Bibb Counties



This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

Gathering Food to Serve People in Need

The West Alabama Food Bank works in our nine county service
area procuring food donations to serve a population of over
315,000 residents; over fifteen percent of whom are living
in poverty. Over the last seventeen years the WAFB has
distributed over 12,000,000 pounds of food to households in
need through our network of 65 agencies. The WAFB is a member
of the Alabama Food Bank Association and an affiliate of
America' Second Harvest The Nation's Food Bank Network.
Join us in the fight to end hunger in our community!

Programs

Basic agency warehouse shopping program.
Pre-order system / agency pickup/self-delivery.
County quarterly free distribution program.
USDA commodity program.
Brown Bag program.
Salvage program.
Value-added product program.
Agency specialty item order program.
Community service worker program.

Capacity

Dry storage (racked) capacity of over 8,000 square feet.
Cold storage including frozen and refrigerated walk-in units.
Box truck with 5,000 pound freight capacity.
Forklift, electric and manual pallet jacks.
One freight loading dock and two street level loading bays.

Future Programs, Projects & Capacity Building Activities

Mobile food pantry.
Refrigerated trucking.
Additional warehouse and frozen storage space.

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For Names & addresses of Pantry Partners go to:
http://www.westalabamafoodbank.org/partners.html

Info Source/Changes:
website
Added avails/needs
(see full history)

Created At: Sun Aug 05 21:14:03 +0000 2007
Updated At: Tue Jun 22 02:34:39 +0000 2010
Updated By: DNug


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