Project financed in both 2021 and 2022. Expansion of a food bank that will more than double their capacity to provide meals in its 24-county service area. CFBEO provides on-site feeding programs, emergency shelter, emergency food pantries, children and senior feeding programs, veterans’ outreach initiatives and disaster relief food programs. The 50,000 sq. ft. expansion will increase capacity to 52 million pounds of food distributed annually, an increase from 20 million pounds, which is the equivalent of 45 million meals per year. The expansion includes a 12,500 sq. ft. food preparation kitchen which will increase prepared meal distribution to 8,000 meals per day. CFBEO currently works with 350 partner agencies with more than 380 direct feeding sites.