Golden Harvest passes milestone with over 300 million meals

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Golden Harvest Meals Financial institution is surpassing a significant milestone by giving out greater than 300 million meals.

That’s the whole variety of meals since opening 4 many years in the past.

It contains the meals served on the grasp’s desk soup kitchen and those given out by their pantries and accomplice businesses.

Leaders say they’re happy with this accomplishment however, as wants improve they nonetheless have a protracted method to go to perform their aim of absolutely ending starvation within the counties they serve.

Amy Breitmann, the president and CEO of Golden Harvest Meals Financial institution, says “We all know there’s about an 8.8 million meal hole within the service space that we serve. Within the rural counties, loads of want that isn’t being met so we’ve acquired loads of work to do nonetheless to assist our neighbors.”

They are saying they’ve a ten-year plan and targets for annually to ensure nobody is with out meals. Breitmann says it wouldn’t be potential with out their volunteers and donors.

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