The St. Louis Area Foodbank recently acquired a 92,000-square-foot facility near the Earth City Business Park and will opened distribution to its 500+ food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters on National Hunger Awareness Day – Tuesday, June 5, 2007.

In honor of the their longstanding partnership with the St. Louis Area Foodbank, the first items distributed from the new facility were picked up by the St. Nicholas Food Pantry which serves St. Louis City and Lutheran Family & Child Food Pantry which serves southwestern Illinois.  Both agencies have partnered with the Foodbank for more than 20 consecutive years.

Representatives from the St. Nicholas Food Pantry with the very first items distributed from the new location.

Representatives from Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois/Hardin Food Pantry load their first-ever order from the new facility.

Since 1975, the St. Louis Area Foodbank has served as the community’s premiere hunger-relief organization.  The organization distributes more than 13 million pounds of food each year through more than 500 community partners serving those in need throughout the bi-state area The acquisition of this larger facility will enable the Foodbank to immediately increase distribution 8-10% annually.

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