A Dream and a Mission
Who We Are
We rescued and delivered over
2.2 MILLION POUNDS
of food in 2018, including:
Fresh produce
Dairy products
Canned goods
Frozen meats
Prepared foods
Bread and other bakery items
We currently partner with 94 agencies and counting. They include:
Single meal providers, such as soup kitchens and breakfast programs
Nonprofit child care and after school/summer programs
Shelters and group homes
Senior programs
Community centers
Low income housing for seniors and disabled citizens
Therapeutic programs supporting special populations
Our Story
Loaves & Fishes was founded in Greenville in 1991 after local banker Sam Hunt read about City Harvest, a food rescue organization in New York City. Knowing that hunger was a problem in Greenville and recognizing that a significant amount of high quality perishable food was being discarded rather than effectively utilized to feed the hungry, he engaged a number of his contacts in founding Loaves & Fishes.
From that first year, when 25,000 pounds were rescued, Loaves & Fishes has grown to rescue and deliver over 2.1 million pounds of food to our nearly 100 partner agencies in Greenville County.
Our Team
Our Board
Officers
Will Hodge, Chairman
Pinnacle Bank
Angela Hutcheson, Vice Chairman
Physician
Jesse Hansford, Treasurer
Gateway Wealth Strategies – Raymond James
Members
Bob Bunchman, Lincoln Financial Securities
Grice Hunt, NAI Earle Furman Inc.
Marilyn Messer, Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Nick Stavely, Gordon Food Service
Marian L. Bowers, Womble, Bond, Dickson
Members Emeritus
Carol Ann Bell, Community Volunteer
Ana Davis, Godshall Staffing
Jon Good, NAI Earle Furman
Beverly Henderson, Community Volunteer
Brad Hughes, Allstate
Terrie Long, Greenville Health System
Bob Munnich, Larkin’s on the River & Grill Marks
Tyson Smoak, Pintail Capital
Chef Patrick Wagner, Culinary Institute of the Carolinas
Marsha Woods, United Community Bank
Jake Cluverius, Merrill Lynch
John Meachum, Dixon Hughes Goodman