Our mission is to enable other community organizations to end hunger.  We strive to maximize community resources by effectively obtaining and distributing food through a food collection and distribution system. 

The Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, Inc. (TNWOFB) was founded in 1984 as the result of a community task force convened by the Council for Human Services; formally known as the Community Planning Council. The recession of the early eighties prompted community leaders to develop a strategy to cope with the growing hunger issue in the community. TNWOFB was formed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. TNWOFB currently serves more than 250 agencies in 8 counties in Northwest Ohio including Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood and Williams.

Since 1985 the Food Bank has been a member of Feeding America formerly known as America's Second Harvest, the largest domestic hunger relief organization. The Food Bank is also a member of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks.

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