In recent years, the Foodbank has focused on developing innovative food distribution models to better serve hunger-relief partners and our community members facing food insecurity. One of those models is the Agency Direct Pickup program (ADP).
ADP empowers hunger-relief partners to pick up food donations directly from local food donors and take them back to their program. This alternative distribution model ensures that food programs with limited food storage space receive perishable products “just in time” for distribution.
A few times each week, Domestic Violence Project, Inc., a hungerrelief partner of the Foodbank, picks up food donations from local retailers to provide meals for people living at the shelter. It also participates in the Starbucks FoodShare program, picking up donations directly from a local store.
“Through this partnership with the Foodbank, we are able to get our families and individuals on a healthy path and make sure their nutritional needs are met,” said Ashley Huprich, development associate with the organization. “It allows us to be able to feed them, make sure they have what
they need and what their children need.”
Because of ADP, Domestic Violence Project, Inc. can allocate its financial donations and resources to other necessary costs associated with its services.
“Being able to partner with the Foodbank has been such a big blessing for our agency, especially during this crazy time.”