By the early 2000s, the Greater Cleveland Food Bank was northeastern Ohio’s largest hunger relief organization, providing nearly 19 million pounds of food to its member agencies annually. But lack of storage at its 100-year-old main warehouse and distribution center downtown required the organization to turn away almost 1.5 million tons of provisions each year. In 2003, the #Cleveland Foundation contributed $1 million toward the $10 million cost of constructing a new 60,000-square-foot facility for the Foodbank near I-90. The new headquarters, which opened in 2004, positioned the organization to expand its services.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:48:00 +0000
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