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November Impact Report 2025

Food Bank of Northeast Georgia serves 15 counties across Northeast Georgia through 230+ member partner organisations, operating from distribution facilities in Athens and Clayton. In 2024 the food bank distributed a record 15.5 million pounds of food, 50% of it fresh or frozen. A new $15 million facility opened in Athens in July 2024. Demand in 2025 is running 30% above 2024 levels. The 2025 Nourishing Neighbors Survey with Athens Wellbeing Project is informing future programming. Note: source PDF partially unreadable; key figures from verified external sources.

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General food assistance through 230+ member partner network; Senior Staples bags; Mountain Branch community resources and commercial kitchen; mobile food pantries; 2025 Nourishing Neighbors community survey (in partnership with Athens Wellbeing Project) Custom geography from upload: United States

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 15.5 million pounds of food distributed across 15 counties in Northeast Georgia in 2024 — a record year — with 2025 trending 10% higher
Key Metric 2 91,000 people face food insecurity across the service area, including one-third who are children
Key Metric 3 230+ member nonprofits across 15 counties served through two distribution facilities in Athens and Clayton

Key Outcomes

  • 15.5 million pounds of food distributed in 2024 — a record — with 50% fresh or frozen food; 2025 demand up 30% in first three months year on year
  • 2025 Nourishing Neighbors Survey conducted with Athens Wellbeing Project to understand barriers to food access across the service area
  • New $15 million distribution facility opened July 2024 in Athens; 230+ member partners across 15 Northeast Georgia counties

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
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Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved