Jeffie's Choice: Central CA Food Bank

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Central CA Food Bank on September 23rd, 2020.

Central CA Food Bank is dedicated to ending hunger in Central California. They provide food to more than 220 agencies in Fresno, Madera, Kings, Kern and Tulare Counties and serve over 280,000 people each month totaling over 40 million pounds of food served in fiscal year 2019.

Jeffie's Choice: Second Harvest Heartland Minnesota

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Second Harvest Heartland Minnesota on September 23rd, 2020.

Second Harvest Heartland believes no one should ever go hungry, as their region produces more than enough food for everyone. Helping hungry neighbors find their next meal—so they can thrive at work, in the classroom and in their communities—is what drives Second Harvest Heartland, its partners and supporters. Beyond feeding hungry neighbors, Second Harvest Heartland believes in the importance of our work to help sustain our environment.

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Jeffie's Choice: Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee on September 23rd, 2020.

Second Harvest’s programs are arranged to reach every demographic in every corner of East Tennessee. From programs specific to children and seniors, to programs specializing in meeting families’ needs, no one is forgotten if they are hungry.

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee

Jeffie's Choice: Utah Food Bank

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to North Texas Food Bank on September 22nd, 2020.

Last year, Utah Food Bank distributed 38 million meals via a statewide network of 182 partner agencies located in all 29 counties. In addition to being one of only a handful of food banks that distributes food free-of-charge to partner agencies, they also offer several direct service programs to help the most vulnerable populations in their state — children and seniors.

Sara Perez from Utah Food Bank

Sara Perez from Utah Food Bank

Jeffie's Choice: Multi-Service Center

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Multi-Service Center on September 22nd, 2020.

At Multi-Service Center, they help to strengthen communities throughout South King County. They address the causes and barriers of poverty and homelessness with comprehensive and holistic services that help to lift people from crisis and vulnerability to self-sufficiency and stability. With individually-tailored support and resources, men, women, youth and children can find their way out of poverty.

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Jeffie's Choice: Feeding the Gulf Coast - Milton, FL Location

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $5,000.00 to Feeding the Gulf Coast - Milton, FL Location on September 22nd, 2020.

Feeding the Gulf Coast, formerly Bay Area Food Bank operates three branches located along the Central Gulf Coast with facilities in Gulfport, MS; Theodore, AL; and Milton, FL.

Together these facilities in partnership with over 400 agencies distribute over 20 million pounds of food annually to the 24-county service area through the food bank’s hunger-relief programs.

Michael Ledger, President & CEO, and Cyndy Baggett, Vice President of Development and Marketing

Michael Ledger, President & CEO, and Cyndy Baggett, Vice President of Development and Marketing

Jeffie's Choice: Feeding the Gulf Coast - Theodore, AL Location

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $5,000.00 to Feeding the Gulf Coast - Theodore, AL Location on September 22nd, 2020.

Feeding the Gulf Coast, formerly Bay Area Food Bank operates three branches located along the Central Gulf Coast with facilities in Gulfport, MS; Theodore, AL; and Milton, FL.

Together these facilities in partnership with over 400 agencies distribute over 20 million pounds of food annually to the 24-county service area through the food bank’s hunger-relief programs.

Jeffie's Choice: Second Harvest Food Bank Feeding South Louisiana

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $5,000.00 to Second Harvest Food Bank Feeding South Louisiana on September 22nd, 2020.

Second Harvest Food Bank leads the fight against hunger in South Louisiana by providing food access, advocacy, education, and disaster response. Second Harvest provides food and support to 700+ community partners and programs across 23 parishes. Their staff and volunteers distribute the equivalent of more than 32 million meals to 210,000+ people a year. 

Jeffie's Choice: Second Harvest Food Bank of ECI

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Second Harvest Food Bank of ECI on September 22nd, 2020.

Second Harvest Food Bank of ECI, the region’s largest hunger-relief organization with a network of 96 agency partners and 35 schools in Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Wabash counties, is carefully monitoring developments regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus). Their goal, at this time, is to increase food availability to their communities in phases.

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Jeffie's Choice: Student Support Network

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $5,000.00 to Student Support Network on April 24th, 2020.

Student Support Network’s mission is to improve the lives of Baltimore County students living in poverty by providing food, other basic necessities, and advocacy support. The Network partners with school staff to assist qualified students in need to improve their lives and support their education through the provision of food, clothing, educational supplies and other critical items.

Jeffie's Choice: North Texas Food Bank

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to North Texas Food Bank on April 23rd, 2020.

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis leaves many without steady income and NTFB has seen an exponential increase in the need for food assistance. For example, NTFB’s mobile pantry distributions have surged from serving an average of 300 households to serving 1,000 to almost 2,000 households per distribution. Since March 15th, they have served 12,758 families through these drive-thru Mobile Pantry distributions. Their mobile units are being deployed daily.

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Jeffie's Choice: Mississippi Food Network

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Mississippi Food Network on April 14th, 2020.

For 40 years, Feeding America has responded to the hunger crisis in America by providing food to people in need through a nationwide network of food banks. Today, Feeding America is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization—a powerful and efficient network of 200 food banks across the country.

Jeffie's Choice: Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank on April 10th, 2020.

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank was formed in 1982 by a group of community leaders who made a commitment to provide emergency food to our neighbors in need. Today, the Foodbank provides food and other essential items to member hunger-relief programs in eight Northeast Ohio counties: Carroll, Holmes, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas and Wayne.

Jeffie's Choice: Southeast Missouri Food Bank

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Stevens Street Baptist Church on April 10th, 2020 to help those affected by COVID-19. Since the coronavirus hit, Southeast Missouri Food Bank is seeing about double the number of people needing food assistance because of layoffs. For example, one of our 140 member agencies serves 60-80 families on most Fridays. On March 20, they had 115 new additional families, and on March 27, they had 74 new families.

Southeast Missouri Food Bank is a food bank for southeast Missouri, serving more than 180 hunger-relief organizations across 16 Missouri counties.

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Jeffie's Choice: Food Bank of Delaware

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Food Bank of Delaware on April 10th, 2020.

During the month of March as the pandemic began in Delaware and impacting the lives of more and more Delawareans each day with school and business closures, social distancing requirements and new cases being reported daily, theFood Bank of Delaware continued to operate and serve the community thanks to the outpouring of public support.  With your support and the support from the entire state of Delaware, they have been able to distribute more than 2.2 million pounds of food to hungry Delawareans during the month of March.  This is a 100% distribution increase over our typical monthly distributions.

Jeffie's Choice: Wiregrass Food Bank - AL

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Wiregrass Food Bank - AL on April 10th, 2020.

The Wiregrass Area Food Bank is a non-profit hunger relief charity that solicits and collects donated food. The Food Bank distributes this food to agencies feeding the needy in a six-county service area that includes Houston, Henry, Dale, Geneva, Barbour, and Coffee counties in Alabama.

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Jeffie's Choice: Food Link NY

Jeffie’s Choice, Inc., through Mariner Finance, donated $2,500.00 to Food Link NY on April 10th, 2020.

For more than 40 years, Foodlink has leveraged the power of food to end hunger and build healthier communities in Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates counties. Through good stewardship, innovation and collaboration, Foodlink mobilizes a diverse network of community partners to address both the symptoms and root causes of food insecurity.

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