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THE FACTS
Roadrunner
Food Bank
Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico is New Mexico’s largest
non-profit organization dedicated to ending hunger in New Mexico.
In 2006, Roadrunner Food Bank distributed nearly 14 million pounds
of food through a statewide network of over 700 partner agencies and
six regional food banks. Roadrunner Food Bank converts every $1
donated into $9 of fresh produce, bread, meat and non-perishables
for hungry New Mexicans. Roadrunner Food Bank is the only America’s
Second Harvest—the Nation’s Food Bank Network member in New Mexico.
Roadrunner Food Bank has distributed more than 150 million pounds of
food since 1980.
The
Need
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New Mexico
is first in the nation in the percentage of people who must
sometimes wonder where their next meal will come from (16.7%).
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New Mexico
is fourth in the nation in childhood poverty (27.5%).
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Last year
Roadrunner Food Bank, through its statewide network served
238,000 children and adults in need of emergency food
assistance.
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Hungry
people lead a fragile existence and make difficult choices among
life’s necessities.
Facts & Figures
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For every $1
donated to Roadrunner Food Bank, $9 worth of food is returned to
the community.
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Roadrunner
Food Bank distributes nearly 55,000 pounds of food every working
day. Equal to two semi-trucks of food.
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Roadrunner
Food Bank delivers food to rural communities, regional food
banks and Food for Kids schools on a daily basis.
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The Food
Bank’s administrative and fundraising costs are less than 2%.
Healthy Foods Initiative
Roadrunner Food Bank recognizes
that healthy foods are a necessity for everyone. Diabetes and
obesity are significant health issues. Roadrunner Food Bank has one
of the largest and most effective fresh produce programs among food
banks in the United States. Roadrunner and its affiliated regional
food banks distributed 6 million plus pounds of nutritious fresh
produce last year.
Healthy Children Initiative
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Children are
among the most vulnerable to the effects of hunger in our
community. One third or 81,000 of those served by Roadrunner
Food Bank are children.
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Roadrunner Food Bank works
with 35 low-income public schools to deliver weekly backpacks
filled with food to children in need. The children would
otherwise go hungry on the weekend and over school holidays.
Healthy Seniors Initiative
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21,000
seniors seek emergency food assistance each year. Many seniors
living on fixed or low incomes are forced to choose between
medicine and food each month.
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Roadrunner Food Bank’s Senior
Helpings program delivers monthly supplemental food boxes to
1,200 seniors statewide.
Healthy Families Initiative
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Working families are
struggling to pay for life’s necessities including food, fuel
and utilities. Nearly half of the households served by
Roadrunner have at least one adult working and 52 percent own
their own homes or mobile homes.
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Roadrunner delivers produce
and other perishable food directly to low-income housing on a
regular basis. Most of the residents of these sites are young
families with small children.
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Roadrunner
coordinates a large Holiday food drive to ensure that agencies
and families in need have enough food for traditional holiday
meals.
Disaster Relief
Roadrunner Food Bank provides
food, water and other supplies in disaster relief efforts including
Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, and The Cerro Grande Fire. In
August 2006, Roadrunner Food Bank provided emergency food to 450
families affected by flooding in Hatch, Alamo, Socorro and Laguna
New Mexico. The food bank also participates in statewide disaster
planning.
Special Events
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Letter Carriers’ Food Drive –
May 12, 2007
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National Hunger Awareness Day
– June 5, 2007
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Rotary Duck Pluck – August
25, 2007
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Holiday Food Drive – October
28-December 31, 2007
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Souper Bowl --January 26,
2008
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