Bread Box Awards

In 1989, Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA began the Bread Box Awards. This event, held in October in our warehouse, recognizes the efforts of groups and individuals who do projects for the Food Bank. The awards honor those who did the most during the last year to increase public awareness of hunger in our area.

Awards are presented in nine categories: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges/Technical Schools, Individuals, Churches, Organizations, and Small Business/Big Business.

A first and second place winner is selected in each category. The main award, an actual bread box, is presented to one of the first place winners for the best community event for the Food Bank. The bread box rotates to someone new every year.

Judging is based on the originality of the event, number of people involved, and the amount of money or food raised.

2007 Bread Box Awards

The 19^th annual Bread Box Awards held at the Second Harvest Food Bank on October 17^th recognized several hundred individuals and organizations for raising $208,015 and 279,268 pounds of food during the past year to help those in need.

This year’s #1 Bread Box Award was presented to Wegmans for their Check Out Hunger fundraiser.

Winners in the 9 categories were the following:
Large Businesses:
1st Place:	Wegmans
2nd Place:	WICU
Small Businesses:
1st Place:	JR's Last Laugh Comedy Club
2nd Place:	Scooters Lounge, Inc.
Churches:
1st Place:	Saint Mark Episcopal Church
2nd Place:	Saint George Church Youth Ministry
Colleges/Technical Schools:
1st Place	Mercyhurst College
2nd Place	Edinboro University
Elementary Schools:
1st Place	Lawrence Park Elementary School
2nd Place	Edison Elementary School
Middle Schools:
1st Place	Fairview Middle School
2nd Place	Wilson Middle School
High Schools:
1st Place	Mercyhurst Prep
2nd Place	McDowell Intermediate High School
Individuals:
1st Place	Mr. Tom Jennings
2nd Place	Ray Kibbe
Organizations:
1st Place	NALC
2nd Place	The Pampered Chef

The Second Harvest Food Bank is the only non-profit in northwest Pennsylvania that is able to distribute millions of pounds of grocery products to help feed people in need each year. Second Harvest obtains the food, then, supplies it to its member agencies, who in turn, distribute it to people within the Food Bank’s eleven county service area. During 2006, the Food Bank distributed 6.5 million pounds of food.