Facts about the Hunger Network

• 60,000 people per month receive emergency food at one of our center or hot meal programs…that is 17,000 more than the capacity of Progressive Field.
  
• 25,000, or forty one percent of those served each month are children.
  
• The Hunger Network serves 6,500,000 meals per year.
• Over 75% of the emergency food in Greater Cleveland is distributed by the Hunger Network.
  
• The Hunger Network purchases food from the food bank and other food wholesalers and then puts that nutritious food directly into the hands of the truly needy.
  
• The Hunger Network pays for 95% of the food it gives to the hungry.
  
• The Hunger Network is an effective and efficient delivery system with centers strategically located throughout Cleveland's neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs.
  
• The Hunger Network distributes food at over 100 hunger center pantries and hot meal programs throughout Cuyahoga County.
  
• More than 1000 caring volunteers work in our centers and provide more then just a food to the people we serve.
  
• 94% of the Hunger Network's annual expenses is for program costs, while 5% is for fundraising and .61% is for administrative costs.
  
• The Hunger Network employs 3 full time staff members (Community Liaisons) who perform onsite direct client and agency outreach to connect the hungry to other vital resources including, but not limited to, food stamps, child care, health care, job assistance, rental and utility assistance.