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Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee Charity Profile
The mission of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee is to feed the hungry by securing and distributing food and grocery products to non-profit agencies that provide services to the needy, ill and elderly in the eight-county region of Northeast Tennessee.
The Food Bank is a non-profit organization serving the eight counties in Northeast Tennessee with emergency food for distribution. Click here to view Second Harvest Food Bank's Full Report on Network for Good or log onto http://www.guidestar.org to view our 990 or for more information.
Highlights – FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011
Distributed 7,760,712 pounds of food to 200 Food Bank agencies
Agencies gave food to an average 32,321 individuals each month
Mobile Food Pantry Program expanded to distribute 366,665 pounds of food and served 7,522 people.
Fifteen new food Bank agencies were added to serve people in need in the region.
Expanded Food for Kids program providing over 3,400 children with healthy snacks and meal items.
Volunteers provided more than 10,057 hours of service
Summer Food Service program served over 500 unduplicated children at 16 sites staffed by 17 summer VISTA workers
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast TN Website Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee Web site. The protection of your privacy is important to us. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for the Food Bank Web site at http://www.netfoodbank.org The Food Bank is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The personally identifiable information collected by the Food Bank site is used to fulfill online requests. We may also use this information to send users further details about the Food Bank and its upcoming events, programs and projects. Non-personally identifiable information may be used in aggregate form to analyze the usage of our site and improve site design and interface. This information that we collect will not be disclosed to third parties unless in response to a legal claim or law enforcement agency's request. Cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information. They enable us to provide a more seamless experience for our users. For example, by setting a cookie for our site, the user would not have to log in with a password more than once, thereby saving time while navigating our site. If a user rejects the cookie, there may be areas of our site that are restricted. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience of our site. This Web site contains links to other sites. The Food Bank is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. When we link to a new site we will launch a new browser window. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. This Web site has made commercially reasonable efforts to protect our users' information with appropriate physical and electronic procedures to prevent unauthorized access both online and off-line. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (such as volunteer coordinator) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Users may provide feedback to the Food Bank by sending an e-mail communityrelations@netfoodbank.org Any contact information entered when providing feedback will only be used to acknowledge or respond to that feedback. If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as e-mail address or ZIP code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us.
Personal information may be updated by contacting us in one of the following ways: Send e-mail to administration@netfoodbank.org or call (423)477-4053. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will make those changes on this page and post a notification for a suitable period of time on our homepage. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information is collected.
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Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee Volunteer Information
Individual Volunteer Opportunities
Second Harvest has many volunteer opportunities for individuals who desire a volunteer experience. Individual volunteer opportunities include:
Warehouse Assistants: Participating in various tasks in the warehouse from custodial duties to sorting food.
Food for Kids Volunteers: Assisting in the creation of packs of nutritious snacks for school children on free and reduced lunch. (Volunteer dates and times vary according to product supply).
Administrative Volunteers: Utilizing your vocational expertise (clerical, technical, etc.) to help in the management of the Food Bank.
If you are interested in volunteering at Second Harvest, then complete the volunteer application and either mail or email it to the following:
Second Harvest Food Bank , 127 Dillon Court Gray, TN 37615 volunteers@netfoodbank.org (put “Volunteer Opportunities” in the “Subject” section.)
Group Volunteer Activities
Second Harvest provides volunteer opportunities for groups at either our facility or through our partner agencies. If your club, organization, church group, etc. wishes to volunteer, please complete the application and send an email to volunteers@netfoodbank.org with “Group Volunteer Activity” in the Subject tab.
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