Wednesday, June 28, Pat Sain, MHI CEO, and Jerry Whitehead, sales rep for MHI, donated a forklift and pallet jack to Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB), a equipment donation that equals approximately $20,000.   MHI is Material Handling Inc. is the leading supplier of material handling and forklift solutions, warehouse products and repair and maintenance […]

Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB) hosted our first Family Day on Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the GMFB warehouse. The event was free and open to the public with more than one hundred volunteers and friends in attendance! Grilled hamburgers and hotdogs were served, and  a variety of games and […]

Wednesday Publix delivered more than 15,000 pounds of food to Gainesville-based Georgia Mountain Food Bank following its recent Food for Sharing campaign. The Food for Sharing campaign is an annual opportunity for Publix customers to give back to their community. This year customers donated $25,587 which was enough to provide six pallets of food to […]

For most families the end of the school year marks an exciting time filled with laughter and summer fun. However, for the food insecure, this time of year becomes one of the hungriest and unhealthiest. At Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB), the summer marks the beginning of one of its busiest seasons. “For one out […]

Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB) is excited to partner with the Georgia legal community again this year to fight hunger through the sixth annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy competition scheduled for April 17 through 28. “Year after year, we are blown away at the continued support of our legal community,” said Kay Blackstock, executive director […]

Thanks to this community’s support, it was another record-breaking year for Kroger’s annual “Can Hunger” Food Drive. Each year, Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB) is the recipient of the proceeds collected during the drive in the months of November and December within its five county service area of Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin and Union counties. […]

As many families are making plans for holiday gatherings, meals and celebrations, one in five people in our community still faces the uncertainty of not knowing if a next meal will even come at all. “Hunger does not go on holiday,” said Kay Blackstock, executive director of Georgia Mountain Food Bank (GMFB). “In fact, often […]

No Longer Bound is a 12-month residential regeneration center for men with drug and alcohol addiction. With a mission to rescue addicts, regenerate men and reconcile families, their program is intensive and it works — approximately 70% of residents will graduate No Longer Bound, free from their addictions and ready for a second chance at […]

It was organized, if a bit chaotic at first — the first part of Spartan Service Week at West Hall High School on Monday. More than 900 students rotated through the cafeteria and packed 50,608 meals, Shenley Rountree, the coordinator for the week, said. “Everything got packaged,” Rountree said. The students formed groups of 12 […]

First Baptist Church’s banquet hall was once again overflowing with people clamoring over soup, salad and empty bowls. The annual Empty Bowl Lunch benefiting Georgia Mountain Food Bank was held Tuesday. The event includes a lunch featuring soup, salad and dessert, live and silent auctions and a presentation about the food bank’s impact in North […]