food bank

noun

an agency, group, or center that collects food and distributes it to people experiencing food insecurity.

First recorded in 1915–20

He has close ties with the city political establishment and serves more than 200 needy families a week through his food bank.

It could mean the difference between groceries or the food bank.

She is a strong supporter of Partners in Health, Share Our Strength, and The Greater Boston Food Bank.

And so, to survive, she started showing up at the Amarillo Resource Center food bank, in the windswept Texas Panhandle.

And those were $500 sneakers she sported at a food-bank event.

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