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Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley awarded $100K

By Mahoning Matters staff and Jeremy Harper
Mike Iberis, executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, speaks with reporters Monday at its Youngstown facility, as 20 men and women from Ohio's National Guard help coordinate food assistance response during the state's COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Justin Dennis | Mahoning Matters)
Mike Iberis, executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, speaks with reporters Monday at its Youngstown facility, as 20 men and women from Ohio's National Guard help coordinate food assistance response during the state's COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Justin Dennis | Mahoning Matters)

YOUNGSTOWN — Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley has been awarded $100,000, made possible in part by a grant from the S. L. Gimbel Foundation, a component fund at The Inland Empire Community Foundation in Riverside, Calif.

"We are grateful to the S. L. Gimbel Foundation for this generous grant that will be used to purchase shelf-stable food and fresh produce," Michael Iberis, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank, said in a news release. "This grant will go a long way in helping us fill nearly 14,000 requests for food assistance each week in the tri-county area."

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, a member of Feeding America, provides food to those in need in the tri-county area through 163 partner agencies, which include food pantries, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, shelters for battered women, school pantries and after-school programs.

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This story was originally published November 4, 2021 at 4:45 AM with the headline "Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley awarded $100K."