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Annual Reports
Harvest Pack has been able to accomplish some wonderful things. Through partnerships with other organizations and corporations in communities throughout the United States, our meal-packing events help us get our meals where they’re needed the most. We've built strong local and international partnerships that have allowed us to deliver these meals across the country and even beyond our borders. Click on a year below to read that year's annual report. Our annual summaries are here for a quick snapshot of some of our proudest achievements.
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2023
Harvest Pack partnered with more faith organizations, more businesses, and more schools. We also packed more meals than last year. We helped put 3,167,551 healthy meals on tables in our community. Harvest Pack has continued to talk about our role in creating a company centered on inclusion. As a central theme in our company, we set time aside every month to create dialog around how to be more inclusive. Our goal continues to be the best at creating a meal pack where our participants learn more about why we use our selected ingredients, how we couldn’t provide these meals without their hands, and who will be benefiting from the meals we pack. As we continue to educate people on this important work we will continue to feed more people healthy meals.
Harvest Pack reached 2 million and growing in 2022 This year we packed meals with 73 organizations and of those all said they would like to work with us again. About 71% of our meals stayed in the local communities where they were packed. This year we packaged and distributed meals in CA GA IA IL KY MD MN NJ SC TN TX VA. Together we partnered with 10,708 volunteers to package one of the most nutritious fortified instant oatmeals or our Rice Pilaf in the country. During COVID food insecurity increased throughout the United States. Harvest Pack significantly reduced food insecurity this year.
2021
2021 brought a renewed sense of determination and adaptation as we continued to navigate the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the lessons learned from the previous year, we further refined our safety protocols to ensure the well-being of our volunteers and recipients. Our Hunger Heroes continued to demonstrate unwavering dedication, and their efforts were instrumental in our ability to provide for the community. In 2021, we successfully organized several safe and effective meal pack events, resulting in an incredible total of 977,103 meals donated. This remarkable achievement was made possible by our partnerships with schools, faith-based organizations, and businesses, as well as the relentless support of our community and the resilience of our volunteers. We reinforced our mission to combat hunger in even the most challenging times and continued to put healthy food on tables everywhere.
2020
2020 was a year that looked very different from the rest. When the COVID-19 pandemic started, there was a lot of uncertainty around our events. But one thing was for sure - hunger was going to be an even bigger issue this year than ever in our organization's history. So, the question became: How can we feed the community in a way that's both safe and effective? Following CDC recommendations, we heightened our sanitation processes and implemented physical distancing guidelines. The pandemic allowed us to promote our volunteers to Masked Heroes and they stepped up to the challenge! Thanks to the support of the community, we were able to hold safe meal packs that resulted in 849,762 meals being donated!
2019 was another year of growth and record-breaking. With 50 events across 12 states, 8,849 volunteers put 1.4 million meals onto tables locally and internationally. For the first time, we hosted a Friends & Family meal packing event at our warehouse, where our loved ones packed thousands of meals! We continued to expand our zero-waste efforts by adding an educational segment to our events that details food waste. This year, we also increased our staff and board members, which proved to be the best decision in reaching new goals.
2018 was filled with fun events and new partnerships with schools and organizations. The success of these events was amazing, with nearly three-fourths of our events surpassing their meal-packing goal. In the end, over 1.1 million meals were packed! Our high school scholarship and elementary school leadership programs were also created this year to foster student leadership. With continued support from our volunteers, partners, and donors, we're excited for the greater things to come!
In September of 2017, we reached our #5MillionIn5 milestone. We've distributed 5 million meals in just 5 years. To build a stronger community of sustaining donors, we launched our monthly giving program. While these are accomplishments to be proud of, we know there is more work to do. We're continuing our hard work to finish the year strong so we can keep putting a dent in food insecurity.
2016
We saw an astonishing increase in domestically donated meals in 2016. Thanks to the tireless efforts and dedication of our wonderful volunteers, we were able to donate 381,350 domestic meals, marking a remarkable 423% increase from 2015. On top of this, an impressive 1,018,650 meals were donated internationally. A total of 1,400,000 meals were donated with the invaluable support of our partners and the incredible commitment of our volunteers, whose hard work and passion continue to make a profound impact on countless lives.
2015
This year marked a 144% increase from the previous year in the number of meals we donated. Thanks to our partnerships and meal-packing events, we were able to donate 90,000 meals domestically in 2015. Partners in the Philippines and Haiti received a total of 1,896,048 meals, furthering our global impact. Overall, a total of 1,986,048 meals were donated through our work with volunteers and partners.
What's Next?
Harvest Pack continues to strengthen our existing relationships and develop new ones with other organizations each year. We look to work with more corporations and communities to increase our number of meal-packing events and therefore meals served. Our goal is to continue raising awareness of food insecurity and increasing community involvement in eliminating hunger. Healthy food on every table!
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