HAFB Receives Funds for Retail Agency Capacity Building
The Heart of Alabama Food Bank (HAFB) was awarded a $1,000,000 Feeding America Retail Agency Capacity Building Grant partly funded by the Walmart Foundation. This grant aims to maximize retail rescue opportunities through agency (food pantries) capacity building,...
Community Joins HAFB’s Day of Giving – Fighting Child Hunger
The Heart of Alabama Food Bank (HAFB) hosted our first Day of Giving on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in partnership with restaurants across our direct service area (Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Coosa, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, and...
Another Successful WSFA 12’s Day of Giving
On Friday, December 1, 2023 the Heart of Alabama Food Bank kicked off the giving season with the annual WSFA 12’s Day of Giving event at Renfroe’s Market. The total raised was $33,039, 10,651 pounds of food and thousands of toys! All of it went to Toys for Tots,...
Heart of Alabama Food Bank partners with Department of Veteran Affairs to host a Veteran Mobile Pantry
On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Heart of Alabama Food Bank hosted a Veteran Mobile Pantry to serve and honor our veterans. The first 300 participants with a valid Veteran ID received a food box and the mobile pantry was open to...
Heart of Alabama Food Bank Celebrates the Opening of Trenholm State Community College’s The Councill Food Pantry
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Trenholm State Community College opened its student food pantry, The Councill Food Pantry. This pantry addresses food insecurity in the college community. This pantry was made possible with contributions of the Heart of Alabama Food...
Heart of Alabama Food Bank Provides 44,000 lbs of Water to Macon County, AL
MONTGOMERY, AL – August 30, 2023 – The Heart of Alabama Food Bank (HAFB), in conjunction with Feeding Alabama, responded to a request for assistance from the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (EMA) by providing 44,000 lbs of water to Macon County following a...
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS AND THE HEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK OPENS FOOD PANTRY TO ADDRESS VETERAN HUNGER
MONTGOMERY, AL – August 23, 2023 - The Department of Veteran Affairs, in conjunction with theHeart of Alabama Food Bank, announces the grand opening of the Dr. Joseph Henry Ward Veterans FoodPantry. The pantry is located at the Central Alabama VA Medical Center in...
New Name, Same Mission
MONTGOMERY, AL – August 16, 2023 – Michael Coleman, Chief Executive Officer of the Montgomery Area Food Bank (MAFB), announced that effective August 16, 2023, the organization will change its name from the Montgomery Area Food Bank to the Heart of Alabama Food Bank...
Montgomery Area Food Bank (MAFB) CEO, Michael Coleman named one among the “Top 20 Dynamic CEOs of 2023”by the CEO Publication
The CEO Publication, a unique digital platform featuring experts who have created ripplesacross various areas of expertise, has acknowledged Michael Coleman, CEO, of MontgomeryArea Food Bank as a leader who is transforming the industry with his unique solutions...
New Grant Funding Helps Montgomery Area Food Bank Rescue
The Montgomery Area Food Bank (MAFB) announces a 1 million dollar grant from Walmart Foundation and Feeding America®, part of a continuing, multi-year partnership to strengthen food banks and agency partners in rural communities and communities of color...