About Us:

The West Alabama Food Bank (WAFB) was incorporated in 1987 as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help alleviate hunger and food insecurity in nine West Alabama counties including Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter and Tuscaloosa.

The WAFB operates a 10,000 square foot warehouse with on site cold storage. WAFB member nonprofit agencies pick up and distribute food to the hungry in their respective communities. Through these agencies the WAFB has distributed over seventeen million pounds of food.

Alabama has one of the highest poverty rates in the country.  One of every five children and one of every four seniors live below the poverty level and many more Alabamians face "food insecurity”, meaning a limited or uncertain access to food.  In addition, our unemployment rate is more than 16% in part of our service area.