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Roadrunner Food Bank
- Name: Roadrunner Food Bank
- Address: 5840 Office Blvd NE
- City: Albuquerque, NM 87109
- Phone: 505.247.2052
- Website: www.rrfb.org
- Contact Email: sonya@rrfb.org
- Counties Served:
- Basic Programs: Fresh Produce, Back Pack, Repack Bulk, Salvage, Purchase Program, TEFAP, Mobile Pantry, Non Food Distribution, Food Stamps, Senior Brown Bag / Food Box Distribution, School Pantries, On-Site Agency Shopping
- Description: Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico has been serving New Mexico’s hungry since 1980 thanks to a vision by founder Reverend Titus Scholl. Reverend Scholl started the organization by distributing food to the hungry out of the trunk of a car. From those humble beginnings much has changed in Roadrunner’s 30+ year history. The Food Bank has had three different homes (a building on Edith Blvd., an old potato chip factory on Baylor, and currently a renovated food distribution facility on Office Blvd.). But the one thing that hasn’t changed in our 30 year history is our service to the hungry people in our community. Thirty years later we and our partners are leaders in creating solutions to end hunger in New Mexico. As the largest Food Bank in the state, we distribute more than 26 million pounds every year to a network of hundreds of partner agencies and four regional food banks. In turn, these agencies provide food directly to the hungry in our communities across the state. Agencies we serve include food pantries, shelters, group homes, soup kitchens, low-income senior housing sites, and regional food banks. Through that network, we are helping nearly 40,000 different hungry people in our state weekly. That figure is equivalent to feeding a city the size of Farmington every single week. In addition to distributing food through partner agencies, Roadrunner Food Bank runs several direct service programs to help end hunger in New Mexico.