Audacy Pittsburgh is once again partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for our annual “Feed the Need” campaign. This year's campaign date is Tuesday, March 26th from 6AM-6PM.
Many people fight food insecurity in our region and we want to make sure no one has to worry about where their next meal comes from.
1 in 10 individuals, including 1 in 8 children are food insecure
DONATE HERE or text NEED to 50155.
Last fiscal year Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank served 42 million meals. That is 2 million more meals than fiscal year 2020. Inflation continues to impact food prices which has impacted the need Parents are telling the Food Bank they're skipping meals so their kids can eat, seniors are saying while they used to stretch their prescriptions to afford food, they're not filling their prescriptions at all to save money. More working families are coming through our doors with high rent and unpredictable heating bills. $1 can provide enough food for up to 3 meals Last year, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank:
• More than 400,000 neighbor service visits. A NSV is the number of times any person/household is served by Food Bank member pantries, The Market (our onsite pantry) and Food Bank community distributions.
• Distributed enough food for nearly 42 million meals across its 11-county service area.
• Distributed 37 million pounds of food, a nearly 11 percent increase from last year.
• Distributed 12.5 million pounds of produce, a 17 increase from last year.
• Received more than 17,900 calls for food assistance, a nearly 12 percent increase from last year.
• Rescued 18.4 million pounds of food that otherwise would’ve gone into a landfill.
TO GET YOUR VERY OWN EXCLUSIVE "FEEDING ALL YINZ" FEED THE NEED SHIRT FROM STEEL CITY - VISIT HERE
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*Proceeds benefit the Feed the Need Radiothon
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