Please read the posts of TexasTiger05, beginning on page 13, including this one:

Just wanted to give come context behind this donation.

The Athens County Food Pantry isn't a food bank. It's what food bank's call a partner agency. Food Bank's around the country divide up service areas and their partners order food from the food bank. They all do it differently, but ultimately the food that their partners receive from the food banks is at a heavily discounted rate because food banks can buy product within their network. I guess the best way to describe it is like Costco, but for qualified non profits.

Food banks still need donations from the community, however they are able to employ staff to seek those donations. They have Development departments and grant writer(s) to assist with that. On the other hand, food pantries do not. Some are large and can mimic what food pantries do in regards to fund raising, but on the whole food pantries (or, partner agencies) are ran by people who have full time jobs or retirees. Ultimately these people are not employed and do the best they can do with extremely limited budgets and free time.

Donating to the Athens County food pantry is HUGE. Food banks can receive huge donations (ie any post hurricane response) and have fund raising events. Again, not saying they dont require the community's support, but what I'm saying is that this large donation to the Athens Food Pantry is unprecedented. The donations will help lead them to sustainable change within their community. This isn't the kind of donation this pantry would see unless they received a grant that's been written by a professional grant write and that's most likely impossible for partner agencies to accomplish.

Keep it up, Tiger Nation and Ohio! This is amazing to witness