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Food Network: Emergency Food Network
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The Emergency Food Network (EFN) has been working since 1982 so that no person in Pierce County goes hungry. Each month in Pierce County, more than 140,000 people seek emergency food assistance. EFN provides food and other essentials at no cost to 74 food banks, hot meal sites and shelters for distribution to low-income families and individuals. The Emergency Food Network is comprised of the Distribution Center in Lakewood, the Cannery Project in Kent, and the eight acre organic Mother Earth Farm in Orting.
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Emergency Food Network operates with a staff of ten full-time and one part-time employees. It is joined in its work by a dedicated corps of 1,600 volunteers who gave more than 18,000 hours to the organization last year.Due to a low administrative and fundraising overhead of 3.4 percent EFN is able to distribute $12 dollars worth of food to local feeding programs for every dollar donated.
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The counter to one million will be featured on an application on Facebook called "Emergency Canned Food Drive." Teens across America can access it, log how many cans they have donated, see how many friends have donated, and watch the total grow. In addition, a Facebook group called "Emergency Canned Food Drive" will allow kids to post ideas, photos, and news updates.
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Fare For All Express sales sales have continued to climb at the Emergency Foodshelf Network (EFN). The EFN warehouse sale location will now be open for every other Monday to accomodate working families. Get the dates and more information. Read More
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Harvesters is Kansas City's only food bank. Covering a 13-county metropolitan area, Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 550 not-forprofit agencies including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Together, Harvesters' network serves nearly 60,000 people every week. Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of America's Second Harvest, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks serving all 50 states.
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