Our Mission: Feeding hungry people by collecting and distributing food and grocery products, advocating for hunger-relief programs and collaborating with others who address basic human needs.

Vision of the Food Bank: We believe that no one should go hungry & we are dedicated to building and sustaining a community that makes grocery products accessible to all people.

 Thank You to the more than 1,600 people who gave $262,891
to the Feinstein Challenge!

WHAT'S NEW FOR YOU!

  05-08 Woman's League of Battle Creek supports Food Bank.
     Read Battle Creek Shopper News article here.
  05-06 May 10 Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Collection
     happens. Be part of it. Click here to learn how.
  05-01 Sculpture Exhibit is up at Lakeview Square Mall through
     May 4. Come out and cast your vote for your favorite. Check out
     Shopper News article here.
  04-30 On-air personalities from WIN 98.5 help make Empty
     Bowls for the Food Bank. See their good work here!
  04-28 Battle Creek Enquirer & Spartan Stores support Food
     Bank via special collection envelope. Read Enquirer story here.
  04-25 Comcast volunteers will join Food Bank for special Family
     Matters Day, read press release here.

Past and Present: The Food Bank held its first-ever reunion of
    alumni and present Board Members, getting together to
    discuss the past, and the future. To see some photos click here.

Tailgates helping agencies get food without adding to fuel and
     transportation costs. To see photos click here.

Read our 2006 Annual Report in .pdf format, click here.

Food Recall Information: click here for information on food recalls - these recalls DO NOT involve Food Bank product, but may include items individuals or food pantries might have purchased:

        To view articles previously published on our site,
please click here.

Read our May, 2008  E-Mail Newsletter! Click here!

If you'd like to make a secured on-line donation to support the 
Food Bank, please click here!

Hunger in America 2006: Click here for local  summary.
Click here for a printer-friendly version of local, state or national summary; or full local study. (You'll need Adobe Reader). 

What do you think of our website? We're very open to suggestions
and thrive on feedback! E-mail us by clicking here! 

This website was redesigned through a partnership with Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

This site is made possible through the support of: Albion Community Foundation, Battle Creek Community Foundation, Dorothy Dalton Foundation, Gary Sisters Foundation, Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, Fabri-Kal Corp., Herrick Foundation & the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

THIS WEB SITE LAST UPDATED: May 8, 2008

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