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In the early 1980's, a group
of lay and religious leaders in the Mahoning Valley realized that while
people were going hungry, companies were throwing away unused but still
nutritious food. An effort was started to get theses companies to
donate food to one central location in order to ease distribution to the
many local charities already engaged in the fight against hunger.
The Food Assistance Warehouse was incorporated as a 501(c)3
charitable organization in December of 1982 and began operating as a
clearinghouse for large quantities of food.
The Warehouse originally
served the urban areas of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties but need
challenged us to expand countywide and in 1987, Columbiana County was
added. In 1994, The Warehouse became Second Harvest Food Bank
of the Mahoning Valley, a certified member of America's Second
Harvest, the largest domestic hunger relief organization
in the nation.
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