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The Central Virginia Foodbank (CVFB) was founded in 1980 to procure and distribute food efficiently and effectively to feeding programs throughout the area. Since then, the Central Virginia Foodbank service area has grown to include 31 counties and six cities in the Central Virginia region. Presently, we distribute food through a network of almost 550 network partner agencies, which includes more than 100 child care providers serving needy children. In addition, we serve as many as 2,500 daily meals in the summer and 1,500 daily meals during the school year to needy children through our 40 Kids Cafe programs. The amount of food we distribute has steadily grown over the years. In fiscal year 2004-2005, we distributed more than 11.3 million pounds of food to the hungry. We received donated food from food manufacturers and grocers, the USDA, community and company food drives, and from individual donations of food and money. In fiscal year 2004-2005, food drives provided more than 961,000 pounds of food. The people who receive Foodbank food are among our society’s most vulnerable people:
Elderly people struggling to survive on limited incomes – and to pay for medicine. While our primary focus is “that none shall go hungry,” we are also working hard to raise awareness of hunger issues in Central Virginia through various events scheduled throughout the year.
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