food bank
noun
variants
or less commonly food pantry
: a usually non-profit organization that collects donated food and distributes it to people in need
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Most of the orders are from nonprofits that provide them to schools, churches, clinics and food banks, which then distribute them to immigrants.
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Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
That includes volunteering at homeless shelters and food banks, roughly 25 years in the Rotary Club and the founding of StreetWise, a newspaper turned magazine in Chicago designed to help homeless people.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
The food bank also used $1 million of the donation to purchase new equipment, including two generators and two tractor trailers for carrying perishables, and has spent about $3 million on improving the food bank's facility in Laredo, Texas.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Others – delaying doctor’s appointments, going hungry instead of going to the food bank, tolerating abuse instead of seeking help – are harder to observe, and their negative effects may not be evident for years.
—Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
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Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
That includes volunteering at homeless shelters and food banks, roughly 25 years in the Rotary Club and the founding of StreetWise, a newspaper turned magazine in Chicago designed to help homeless people.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
The food bank also used $1 million of the donation to purchase new equipment, including two generators and two tractor trailers for carrying perishables, and has spent about $3 million on improving the food bank's facility in Laredo, Texas.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Others – delaying doctor’s appointments, going hungry instead of going to the food bank, tolerating abuse instead of seeking help – are harder to observe, and their negative effects may not be evident for years.
—Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Food bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20bank. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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