Food Facts

Winchester Area Churches and Community Food Pantry Food Facts

(A handout to all who use the pantry)

• There are 50 + volunteers who work at the pantry to help get food to those in need. For every volunteer you meet at the pantry, there are 10 volunteers you don’t see who work when the pantry is closed to restock shelves, clean the building, unload food trucks, pick up donations at Walmart, and shop at Aldi

• WACCFP fed 4,258 households in 2015

• WACCFP gave 235,916 pounds of food to 14,129 people in those households, or close to 16.6 pounds of food per person per visit in 2015

• Churches, concerned citizens, businesses, and organizations in Randolph County donated $56,783 to the pantry in 2015 to purchase food for the pantry from Second Harvest and Aldi – if you would like a list of churches involved, please see the person at the desk

• Of the 235,916 pounds of food handed out in the pantry -

• 38,757 pounds were purchased at Aldi or donated by churches/citizens of Randolph County

• 73,304 pounds were donated through Walmart collections

• 93,587 pounds were purchased from Second Harvest

• 30,268 pounds were free government commodities through the TEFAP program Free government food amounts to only 12% of the pounds given out at the pantry

• Feeding America says 1 meal = 1.3 pounds of food.With that calculation, WACCFP gave out 181,473 meals in 2015

• Did you know cigarettes are edible?The pack of cigarettes you purchase would pay for 17 meals the pantry could give to families in need.

• The Shalom Center and the parking lot are smoke free areas. Those smoking on the property will not be served food at the food pantry and will be asked to come back another day. Cigarette butts are non-biodegradable and every butt you throw out stays there until someone picks it up.