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Our Vision
Reaching under-served families with nutritious food support.
The Need
There is physical hunger and hopelessness among our neighbors, especially those who lack transportation.
The Solution
Provide grocery support to under-served communities in need of food, encouragement, and unconditional love.
Why Now?
Hunger is everywhere and in every neighborhood. Feeding America reports that Georgia is number 4 in the nation when it comes to household food insecurity. Our present economy and high un/under employment has caused households in all neighborhoods to experience food scarcity. Most of all, we must see to the needs of our neighbors out of simple obedience to our greatest commandments which are Love God, Love your neighbor. (Luke 10:26-28)
We Believe
- We believe we can ease the burden of households experiencing food instability by providing nutritious and desirable foods.
- We believe growing a community of compassion requires actively engaging all of God’s Children with purpose and consistency.
- We believe in loving our neighbors unconditionally for who they are at the moment we meet them. We do not discriminate. We serve everyone regardless of race, color, national origin, gender (including gender expression), religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or family status, parental status, income derived from public assistance programs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activities.
- We believe when individuals learn Forever Fed truly seeks to be the hands and feet of Christ we will earn the privilege of sharing our faith with them.
Our Community Partners
The Atlanta Community Food Bank partners with us by sharing food, community grants, leadership resources, and educational support. This partnership is our resource for 90% of the foods we distribute. This relationship also enables us to receive donated foods from Publix Supermarket, Sprouts Fresh Market, Sam’s Club, and Aldi.
Hillside United Methodist Church generously provides Forever Fed with our Distribution Center Space free of charge. Hillside UMC Missions and Outreach Ministry also supports us financially and with food drives, mission projects, and most importantly, volunteers. Hillside UMC is also kind enough to share printing resources, building and equipment maintenance, and trash service with us. Hillside has graciously accommodated and fueled our tremendous growth and invested in our success in ways too numerous to list. Hillside has met and exceeded all of our expectations and we are very fortunate to share their campus.
Woodstock City Church has partnered with Forever Fed for many years. Not only do we benefit from their food drives, we also receive additional food drive financial gifts empowering us to purchase foods from the ACFB for a nominal cost. The annual “Be Rich” campaigns have infused valuable volunteers, and several key capital purchases including (but not limited to) our refrigerated box truck, our pantry truck, our two cold storage shipping containers, and many other pieces of equipment we utilize each and every day to sustain our large volume of food distribution. We are abundantly blessed!
We have many additional partnerships, including our fellow food pantries, churches, businesses, schools, scouts, clubs, and more! If your church, business, or organization would like to partner with us please contact Susan@ForeverFed.org.
Forever Fed is much more than the services we offer to families in need. Our job is to seek out and support God’s children who are often passed over, forgotten, or invisible to main stream society.
We minister to under-served people regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, disability, political beliefs, or religious affiliation.
Forever Fed was founded in 2010 by a group of like-minded people with a heart to serve the community with food support. Our 432 square mile county lacked the public transportation needed for families in need to obtain food support from other agencies. The most efficient way to reach these under-served families was to travel to them.
In August 2010, after much prayer and with the support of a fantastic group of community leaders, Forever Fed, a Mobile Food Ministry was born. Since our inception God has transformed and grown our ministry. What began as ma prepared meal ministry has graduated into a mobile food pantry providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of grocery support to under-served communities.
WHAT MAKES US DIFERENT?
Traveling and serving directly in struggling neighborhoods grows everyone’s community awareness. Our Volunteers witness the struggles of their community firsthand, and the families we serve discover and interact with people who care.
Our style of serving in consistent locations on the same day each month has allowed us to gain the trust of the families we serve. Walls of mistrust are being torn down and replaced by warm hugs, encouragement, and joy. Neighbors from all socioeconomic levels are getting to know each other and growing in compassion. Our success in providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of food support to families in need is flavored with the unconditional love of Jesus Christ. Some of our pantry guests even partner with us by becoming volunteers! Together we celebrate life and Glorify God. Many think it odd that we do not preach the Gospel at our events. Through the years we discovered most of the families we serve already know Christ. Our goal is to remind them they are precious and highly valued. Simply put, our service is our testimony of His love and our sermon to the world.
SERVICE STATISTICS
2022 |
Pounds of Groceries Distributed | Households Served | People Served | Children Served | Seniors Served |
| January | 47,300 | 651 | 2,763 | 910 | 453 |
| February | 45,664 | 714 | 2,971 | 1,090 | 524 |
| March | 42,537 | 702 | 2,968 | 1,056 | 462 |
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2021 |
Pounds of Groceries Distributed | Households Served | People Served | Children Served | Seniors Served |
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January |
69,905 | 1,139 | 4,853 | 1,822 | 763 |
| February | 67,829 | 1,013 | 4,144 | 1,627 | 625 |
| March | 59,415 | 950 | 3,873 | 1,524 | 587 |
| April | 73,209 | 989 | 4,069 | 1,417 | 580 |
| May | 46,583 | 596 | 2,339 | 924 | 403 |
| June | 25,285 | 583 | 2,003 | 651 | 363 |
| July | 35,825 | 693 | 2838 | 1204 | 356 |
| August | 42,579 | 574 | 2,551 | 894 | 352 |
| September | 45,766 | 844 | 2,735 | 945 | 346 |
| October | 44,477 | 640 | 2,339 | 965 | 387 |
| November | 42,256 | 610 | 2,418 | 979 | 409 |
| December | 51,337 | 787 | 3081 | 1181 | 330 |
| Totals | 604,466 | 9,418 | 37,243 | 14,133 | 5,501 |
2020 |
Pounds of Groceries Distributed | Households Served | People Served | Children Served | Seniors Served |
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| January | 25,845 | 578 | 1903 | 741 | 210 |
| February | 28,210 | 539 | 1927 | 786 | 171 |
| March* | 21,111 | 314 | 1084 | 417 | 125 |
| April | 48,651 | 688 | 2739 | 1083 | 363 |
| May | 59,394 | 768 | 3095 | 1274 | 476 |
| June | 55,358 | 695 | 3016 | 1108 | 447 |
| July | 71,173 | 793 | 3335 | 1493 | 603 |
| August | 76,118 | 1014 | 3681 | 1706 | 797 |
| September* | 69,113 | 952 | 3854 | 1682 | 660 |
| October* | 86,488 | 1064 | 4155 | 1685 | 650 |
| November | 93,307 | 1180 | 4687 | 1884 | 751 |
| December | 84,135 | 1190 | 5187 | 1786 | 817 |
| Total | 718,903 | 9,775 | 38,663 | 15,645 | 6,070 |
*notes
March: SHUT DOWN 2 WEEKS TO REDESIGN DISTRIBUTION METHOD
September: SCHOOL BACK IN SESSION-RELIEVED SOME OF THE FOOD INSECURITY IN FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
October: LARGE AMOUNT OF FRESH FOODS AVAILABLE FROM ACFB, POUNDS PER HOUSEHOLD INCREASED
2019 |
Pounds of Grocery Distributed | Households Served | People Served | Children Served | Seniors Served |
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| January | 19,405 | 317 | 1,012 | 440 | 58 |
| February | 18,228 | 585 | 1,877 | 1,136 | 104 |
| March | 16,750 | 392 | 1,183 | 452 | 130 |
| April | 18,883 | 461 | 1562 | 676 | 126 |
| May | 18,662 | 444 | 1,495 | 594 | 110 |
| June | 16,021 | 370 | 1,483 | 691 | 106 |
| July | 25,985 | 602 | 2,467 | 1,176 | 137 |
| August | 26,078 | 782 | 2,214 | 829 | 145 |
| September | 26,026 | 514 | 1,954 | 874 | 108 |
| October | 25,251 | 779 | 2,188 | 1,108 | 108 |
| November | 22,701 | 596 | 1,851 | 912 | 153 |
| December | 32,810 | 800 | 2,441 | 1,082 | 233 |
| Total | 266,800 | 6,642 | 21,727 | 9,970 | 1,518 |
2018 |
Unique People Served | Unique Households Served | Pounds of Grocery Support | Total Sack Meals | Cans4Kids/Food4U Households | Total Snacks to Children’s Programs | Pantries Hosted | Clothes Closets Hosted |
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| January | 980 | 516 | 17,486 | 625 | 20 | 750 | 7 | 4 |
| February | 856 | 1516 | 15,916 | 625 | 18 | 750 | 7 | 3 |
| March | 740 | 425 | 15,481 | 500 | 16 | 600 | 7 | 2 |
| April | 1,003 | 325 | 17,132 | 125 | 18 | 1,720 | 7 | 3 |
| May | 859 | 310 | 18,711 | 700 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| June | 847 | 328 | 19,600 | 3,956 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| July | 826 | 319 | 17,290 | 3,500 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| August | 1,061 | 355 | 20,628 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| September | 910 | 325 | 18,323 | 0 | 23 | 1,122 | 7 | 3 |
| October | 1,071 | 511 | 18,561 | 84 | 24 | 1,170 | 7 | 3 |
| November | 1,194 | 490 | 20,290 | 718 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| December | 2117 | 478 | 19,827 | 585 | 24 | 550 | 6 | 3 |
2017 |
Pounds Groceries Distributed | Sack Lunches Served | Families Served | People Served | Children Served | Senior Citizens Served |
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| January | 16,939 | 675 | 267 | 833 | 356 | 55 |
| February | 15,514 | 1,030 | 303 | 952 | 344 | 55 |
| March | 14,417 | 540 | 249 | 826 | 341 | 80 |
| April | 15,978 | 405 | 575 | 1,250 | 674 | 90 |
| May | 18,163 | 540 | 458 | 1,313 | 510 | 103 |
| June | 20,631 | 3,280 | 556 | 2,568 | 1,496 | 93 |
| July | 20,316 | 3,500 | 293 | 888 | 300 | 73 |
| August | 20,047 | 500 | 330 | 1,368 | 682 | 85 |
| September | 18,114 | 1,000 | 464 | 1,193 | 588 | 89 |
| October | 18,830 | 625 | 404 | 1,1363 | 403 | 83 |
| November | 16,195 | 1,000 | 508 | 985 | 710 | 78 |
| December | 26,728 | 1,500 | 1,105 | 1,468 | 879 | 79 |
| Totals | 221,872 | 14,595 |