The Wiregrass Area United Way Food Bank was started by the Wiregrass United Way in July, 1990, and is now in its thirteenth year of operation. The food bank primarily serves five counties in Southeast Alabama: Dale, Coffee, Geneva, Henry and Houston at its 18,000 square foot warehouse.

• distributed over 34 million pounds of food
• helped to provide over 26 million meals
• savings for participating agencies per month averages over $300,000, agencies have saved over $46 million during the past 16 years
• salvaged over 34 million pounds of food that would have been dumped or destroyed
• grown from 16 member agencies to over 250 (and still growing)

Another program operated through the Food Bank is the Brown Bag Program, which provides supplemental groceries every third Wednesday of the month to qualified and sponsored seniors in the Wiregrass. The program began with 27 recipiants and has since grown to over 1000 in the five-county service area. To contact the Brown Bag Program call: (334) 794-4499

The Wiregrass Area United Way Food Bank may be reached at:

Together, we can make a difference.

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