How to Use food bank in a Sentence

food bank

noun

• The food bank supports about 100 households a week, and works to ensure that those in need are fed as nutritiously as possible, its website says.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
• The food banks declined to reveal the size of Swift’s gifts.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
• With workers out of the mines for months on end, a food bank was set up.
  — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024
• Since then, Waide said, his food bank saw a 30% increase in visits.
  — Nakylah Carter, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023
• And the other co-founder Michael Lee, already agreed to send to the Second Harvest food bank.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
• So 12 days later, Shinn stopped at the food bank to get provisions.
  — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• The food bank will receive 100% of the tax-deductible donations.
  — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
• Better yet, it’s tied to a fundraiser for local food banks.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
• So many did door drops to neighbors or food banks, and first responders.
  — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2024
• The money will benefit food banks that are a part of the Feeding Texas network.
  — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
• That means donations to the group are tax deductible, like gifts to a food bank or the American Red Cross.
  — David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 6 May 2024
• At a food bank just west of Denver, a migrant from Venezuela adds groceries to her cart as the child on her hip grips a banana.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
• Tan said Barnes was hesitant at first, thinking the food bank offer was too good to be true.
  — Jim Morrison, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
• The food bank has seen a drastic increase in demand since the program ended, Pulling said.
  — Michael Braithwaite, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• We may not have been born here, but even my kid was busy today at a food bank making food for people.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• No one should end the month at a food bank because their paychecks don’t feed their families.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Donations will be distributed to food banks around the state, the release said.
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2024
• The apples are then donated to local food banks, as well as to a cidery that brews a cider named for the foundation.
  — Jim Robbins John Stember, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Some workers were forced to feed their families by turning to food banks.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Hormel team members are also in Maui to raise money, which the company will match, for the local food bank.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Brown said the effects of rising inflation are being felt by the food bank itself as well.
  — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
• Last year, food banks reported an increase in first-time users as food costs rose rapidly.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• That could be trouble because the food bank is already feeding their max, which is about 1,000 people per day.
  — Joy Addison, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Hormel Foods is also helping to raise money for local food banks.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2023
• The measures come as food banks are seeing soaring demand in some countries.
  — Time, 12 June 2023
• Brown said that food banks like St. Mary's can only do so much to keep acquiring enough food to feed families.
  — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
• What to know Penske Entertainment staff, race team staff and fans also joined together to pack meals for food banks around the state.
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2024
• Swift has made donations to other food banks in cities her tour has visited.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Bring nonperishables for the local food bank and receive $2 off.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
• Funneled into a truck, they were later hauled off to a processing plant where their meat would be donated to food banks.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024