Relief Fleet

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The America’s Second Harvest Network spends millions of dollars on interstate transportation each year. The cost of transportation often prohibits food banks and food-rescue organizations from being able to accept a food donation. 

Relief Fleet works to lower transportation costs by soliciting free or deeply discounted freight for donated loads for all network members. Through Relief Fleet, transportation companies contact the America's Second Harvest Network national office and offer empty trailer space that could be used to transport donations. Donation pick-up and delivery are then matched with travel routes and proximity to a local network food bank that can accommodate the donation.

Fast Facts

•  In 2005, 11.5 million pounds or 846 total shipments of donated food were distributed free-of-charge to 186 food banks through Relief Fleet.

•  Just one truckload of donated food can provide up to 27,000 meals for hungry Americans.

•  For every dollar saved on transportation, the America's Second Harvest Network can provide five meals to a needy family of four.

•  Last year, the Network saved $460,000 in transportation costs, enabling those funds to be put back into programs that feed the hungry.

For more information about Relief Fleet, please contact Peg Collins-Sarinyamas at 312.263.6516 or at pcollins@secondharvest.org.