What is a Food Bank?

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El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, El Paso's Food Bank, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit hunger relief organization. The Food Bank is the distribution center that serves as a clearing house to solicit, inspect, repack and distribute food to partner agencies. These partner agencies are food pantries, churches, soup kitchens and shelters that feed the 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 3 children who are food insecure in our area.

Where does the food come from?

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger utilizes four sources of food procurement. They are the USDA, Feeding America, food rescue from grocery chains and food donations.

Companies, organizations and members of the community also play a key role by making generous monetary and food donations for El Pasoans Fighting Hunger to fulfill its mission.

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Food Bank	Food Pantry	Soup Kitchen
Is the distribution center	Is a 501(c)(3) partner agency or a church affiliated agency to the food bank	Is a 501(c)(3) partner agency or a church affiliated agency to the food bank
Stores, inspects & packages food	Obtains food from El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank	Obtains food from El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank
Distributes to 132 partner agencies	Directly distributes the food to those in need in their local areas	Prepares and serves hot meals to those in need
It is operated by staff & volunteers	It is operated by volunteers	It is operated by volunteers