Mission: The Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania, which began operation in 1982, is a nonprofit charitable organization with the mission to provide food to those in need within 11 counties of northwest Pennsylvania while creating awareness and educating the community on the realities of hunger. Second Harvest is the only food bank and the largest nonprofit food distribution organization in northwest Pennsylvania. With 60,000 square feet of space, Second Harvest solicits, receives, inventories, stores and distributes food and grocery products to an anti-hunger network of 395 member agencies and distribution partners in 11 counties. The counties served include: Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Venango and Warren. During our most recent fiscal year, Second Harvest distributed over 12 million pounds of food, the equivalent of 10 million meals, more than 85,000 individuals facing hunger. (Less)

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1981, and donations are tax-deductible.