Accelerate
the POWER of FOOD BANKING
Mesa Brasil SESC
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TURNING AN IDEA FOR SOCIAL IMPACT INTO FOOD FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE All in a Day’s Work In the world of food banking, challenges and opportunities are different in every community. Local regulations, the availability of food sources, geography and even cultural feelings about helping others can vary significantly. Because of this, the food bank model must be adapted in each country. That’s where GFN comes in.
Expertise
GFN Learning Center – We began work on an exciting new initiative for online education that will offer resources designed to deepen food bankers’ knowledge, advance their abilities and enhance leadership skills. Online ToolKits – GFN ToolKits help social entrepreneurs understand the dynamics of starting a food bank and initiate the food bank development process.
Connections
The GFN Network Development Team – With nearly 60 years of combined food banking experience, GFN experts are uniquely qualified to help food banks achieve success.
GFN directly connects our member food banks with global supporters that contribute valued assets, such as food, volunteers, warehouse and office space, equipment and vehicles, and professional services... along with compassion, enthusiasm and creativity.
Education and Training
Financial Support
H-E-B/GFN Food Bank Leadership Institute (FBLI) – Our international educational forum is an intensive four-day food banking immersion that strengthens individual food bank leaders and the global food banking community.
4 / The Global FoodBanking Network
Generous grants to GFN—for example, FY 2015 grants from the Abbott Fund, Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, General Mills Foundation and others—make it possible for us to provide specific funding to help food banks expand into underserved areas, operate critical programs for children, and significantly increase their overall capacities to accept and distribute greater volumes of food.