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Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank Network
C.B.T.U. COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD RECEIPIENT

The Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank was recently named Community Action Award recipient by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Since our founding in 1984, we have distributed over 63 million pounds of food and grocery products to those in need.

The Food Bank currently serves more than 300 non-profit agencies in eight counties throughout Northwest Ohio including Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood and Williams. In effect, the Food Bank is a cooperative effort to solicit, transport, sort, repack and distribute large amounts of food and other grocery products.

The food solicits donations from national, regional, and local; growers, manufacturers, packers, wholesalers, and retailers. Then distributes these products to a network of non-profit member agencies in Northwest Ohio, who distribute the food to those in need in their communities.

First Call for Help refers individuals residing in the following counties served by the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank. Referrals are then given to local food pantries who distribute directly to their local community.

Defiance County 419-599-8332
Fulton County 419-468-4357
Henry County 419-599-1660
Lucas County 419-246-4636
Ottawa County 419-734-6645
Sandusky County 419-334-2720
Williams County 419-636-6725
Wood County 419-352-1545

Mission: 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., in partnership with America's Second Harvest—The Nation's Food Bank Network, is a recipient of the Wal-Mart BackPack Grant. Thanks to the generosity of Wal-Mart, a BackPack program has been established at the James C. Caldwell Community Center. The Back Pack program is a sub-program of Kids Café®. Backpacks full of non-perishable food items are distributed to eligible Kids Café participants who may not receive enough food at home on weekends and holidays during the school year.

Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank Receives $10,000 Kids Café®Reinforcement Grant through the ConAgra Foods Feeding Children Better Foundation.

In support of Kids Café at the James C. Caldwell Community Center.

RMHC Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank Receives $10,000 Kids Café® Capacity Building Grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities to expand the program!

In support of Kids Café at the James C. Caldwell Community Center.