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, better serving rural and/or communities of color. This funding helps to build capacity with agencies to conduct […]
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 Tallapoosa County). The participating restaurants donated a percentage of their sales during the Day of Giving […]
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, Christmas Clearinghouse and the Heart of […]
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 veterans, caregivers, and the military. Along with […]
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 Bank and Pastor Ken Austin, Executive Director of the Mercy House and the MAP Center […]