Why It Matters

No One Should Go Hungry.

One in eight households in Yavapai County doesn’t have enough food.

For those who have plenty, it’s hard to imagine making choices on how to divide limited household dollars among essential food and services. Will it be water or power? Lunch or dinner?

Food banks, pantries and school food programs fill temporary gaps with emergency food boxes.

That’s where you come in, by participating in the Yavapai Food Neighbors Project as a volunteer donor or neighborhood food coordinator.

The project provides a sustainable source of nonperishable items to food banks, which frees them to obtain perishable food. Vulnerable families and individuals benefit from the variety of food that makes a meal.

Yavapai County’s poverty rate is nearly 13 percent as of 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Food scarcity is higher than that, according to Feeding America, a national group of food banks. In Arizona, 1 in 8 people face hunger. Among children, 1 in 5 don’t have enough to eat.

There’s plenty of food to go around. Sharing with our neighbors sustains our community and stabilizes families.