Fighting hunger in South Carolina, one community at a time.

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The Midlands Area Food Bank's mission is to educate and empower South Carolinians by strengthening communities to overcome food insecurity. Although the Midlands Area Food Bank is a newly formed organization, the organization's leadership has been serving South Carolina's food insecure residents for the past 20 years. 

Members of our leadership team (aptly known as "The Coalition") have more than 50 years combined experience advocating on behalf of low-to-moderate income families, and we have made tremendous strides in partnering with public entities, corporations and foundations, nonprofits, community and faith-based organizations, social entrepreneurs, and other purposeful collaborators to meet the needs of vulnerable people in South Carolina. Our extensive network of local partners throughout South Carolina has been instrumental in assisting us in implementing some very worthwhile initiatives related to issues concerning hunger, health, education, and economic development. Also, since the Great Recession of 2008 and as a consequence of the downturn in the economy, we have seen a steady increase in the number of families that have experienced food insecurity. In response to this, The Coalition increased its efforts to work with local partners to distribute food in rural areas of South Carolina.

To date, The Coalition's volunteers and partners have logged over 100,000 man hours to include vehicle capacity and manpower to assist this effort, distributing food to local church and community partners throughout rural South Carolina and to people and places where there was limited distribution capacity. All of this was accomplished through grassroots efforts and partnership engagement. Based on our work in this area and our firsthand experience "on the ground" in communities across the state, we believed there was a need for a USDA-designated food bank in South Carolina that would focus primarily on mobile distribution in food desert areas and other underserved, vulnerable regions around the state.

Through effective leadership and committed people, Midlands Area Food Bank is leading the way in mobile food distribution in South Carolina. Our Motto, "Let's Power Up to Stamp Out Hunger in South Carolina," is a testament to the work that we have been performing in South Carolina for the past two decades. 

We welcome you to take this journey with us as we plant the seeds of hope throughout the State of South Carolina. Building on the past and looking ahead to the future, let's power-up and spread out across our state to fight hunger and food insecurity.