Our Valley Needs Your Help

We talk a lot about the need to gather food for our hungry friends and neighbors in Columbiana, Mahoning,and Trumbull counties. There’s a good reason - the number of people needing food is increasing dramtically, and unfortunately, it appears that it isn’t going to change anytime soon. So, as the need continues to increase, we need the next generation of volunteers to get geared up to serve in the same manner as those who are running agencies now. Read the information below and get inspired to start helping those in need around you.

Poverty in the Valley

Food Bank member agencies reported a 38% increase in the number of people coming to them for food assitance in the last six months of 2008. This chart shows how many people are living in poverty around us.

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Columbiana County

18,001 Residents
7,322 Children

Trumbull County

23,662 Residents
8,405 Children

Mahoning County

38,477 Residents
13,929 Children

Source: 2005-2007 American Community Survey