Who We Are: Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (SHMETROLINA) strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food. SHFBM has been in existence since 1981. What We Do: We provide a regional distribution warehouse and branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need. We provide training, technical assistance and hunger education to our partner agencies. Counties Served: We serve a total of 24 counties - 14 counties in North Carolina including Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly and Union. We serve 10 counties in South Carolina including Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Lancaster, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union, and York. Agencies Served: We provide food for over 950 partner agencies including soup kitchens, emergency pantries, homeless shelters, senior programs, veteran assistance organizations, low-income daycares, and animal rescues. Program Groups Served: Children, families, seniors, veterans, and animals. Food Distributed: SHMETROLINA annually distributes over 82 million pounds of food and other household items throughout our 19 county service region. 48 million pounds of our annual distribution is fresh produce, meat and dairy.