One of every seven residents in the Cincinnati tristate area lives in poverty, meaning that more than 80,000 families in our community lack access to basic necessities, such as adequate food, shelter, transportation and clothing. This lack of basic necessities perpetuates a cycle...
The Power Pack program continues to work with schools to provide weekend food assistance to children who are low-income. Since the beginning of FY21, this program has provided 98 school sites with a total of 84,204 packs, an equivalent of 319,953 pounds of food. The economic consequences of the [...]
We hope you’ll join us virtually to celebrate our work together. We’re so grateful for your generous support to bring food, connection and hope to our tristate neighbors. Your support has already made such a difference, but we know there is so much more to do.
MORE BEST OF QUACKY VIDEOS DONATE MONTHLY Quacky the Duck is Freestore Foodbank's loveable mascot, and always up to something fun when out out helping the community! Yes, there’s a day for everything... and January 13 is Rubber Duckie Day! Even though today is all about [...]
LIFT the Tristate Graduate Many people know that Freestore Foodbank partners with 500+ partner agencies like food pantries, shelters and soup kitchens. We also have two job training programs to help people address the main reason for hunger -- poverty. These workforce development programs help unemployed and [...]
DONATE NOW X2 Double Your Dollars Day! Double Your Dollars Day on Giving Tuesday! November 30, 2021 — 24 hours dedicated to ending hunger in the tristate. For one day, your donation will DOUBLE! $25 will help provide 150 meals for the community. Can we count on you? [...]
SIGN UP How Food Insecurity Impacts Children Food insecurity is a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity can stem from many factors, including the affordability of food items, the location of places to purchase food and the availability of quality, [...]
Please meet Mikala Greene, our Extra Mile Award recipient from Freestore Foodbank’s Cincinnati COOKS class 191! Ms. Mikala is a 22 year old Cincinnati native who currently lives with her grandmother in Silverton. She is a single mother raising a 2 year- old son with Down Syndrome. She did [...]
While our Holiday Meal Distribution may look different this year, it is off to a great start! On Monday, November 2nd, we saw 300 customers who went through Liberty Street Market in Cincinnati! This year our customers will be able to shop for the fixings for their Thanksgiving meal, in addition to their regular...
The COVID-19 Hunger Crisis As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe and throughout the United States one unanticipated consequence is becoming abundantly clear: the COVID-19 hunger crisis. Since the pandemic took root in March of 2020, the number of households experiencing food insecurity and hunger has [...]
