Page 1. ASHGROVECOMMUNITYFOODBANKANNUALREPORT2026A year of full tables. What you made possible from July 2025 to June 2026: 5.1 million meals for our neighbors across Ashgrove County.

Page 2. ALETTERTOOURNEIGHBORS Thank you for showing up. This was the busiest year in our 34 years. More families came to a pantry for the first time than in any year since 2020, and grocery prices kept climbing all year. Every month, about 18,400 people in Ashgrove County got food from us or one of our 64 partner pantries. You met that need. You gave more, you volunteered more, and you brought friends. Because of you, we didn't turn anyone away, and almost half of everything we handed out was fresh fruit and vegetables. The pages that follow are your work. Turn them slowly. Watch the video from one Saturday in the warehouse. Then come and see it for yourself. Saturdays start at 8. Claire Bennett Executive Director Claire Bennett has led the food bank since 2018. Marcus Reed, board chair, packs boxes on the first Saturday of every month. $1 buys 3 meals. We buy food by the truckload, so your gift goes further here. GIVENOW2

Page 3. THEYEARINNUMBERS What one year looks like. 5.1M meals handed out across four counties 6.2M pounds of food, sorted and shipped from our warehouse 18,400 neighbors helped every month, 1 in 3 of them children 64 partner pantries, school programs and meal sites 3,140 volunteers who gave 41,600 hours 94¢ of every dollar went straight to food and programs WHATWASINTHEBOXES Share of all pounds Fresh fruit and vegetables 43% Protein, dairy and eggs 21% Grains, bread and cereal 19% Canned and shelf foods 17% 3

Page 4. WATCH One Saturday in the warehouse. Every Saturday about 120 volunteers pack 2,000 boxes in three hours. Here is what that looks like, in 36 seconds. Trucks arrive at 7. By 11 the shelves are empty again. TAPTOPLAY · 0 : 364

Page 5. FRESHFIRST Nearly half of it was fresh. Five years ago, fresh food was one box in ten. This year it was 2.7 million pounds, 43% of everything we gave out. Forty-one farms in the valley sell us their extra at cost or give it outright. Fresh food spoils fast, so we built a second walk-in cooler in March and added a refrigerated truck. Produce that comes in on a Tuesday is on a table by Thursday. “My kids eat apples now because they're there.” APARENTATTHEPINEAVENUEPANTRY From this year's farm partners. Tap for more. 5

Page 6. KIDSANDFAMILIES No empty stomachs on Monday morning. Weekend Backpacks Every Friday, 2,300 kids at 38 schools go home with a backpack of food for Saturday and Sunday. Teachers tell us Monday mornings are calmer. Summer Meals When school lets out, free lunch does too. Our 22 summer sites served 96,000 lunches at parks, libraries and pools. “We came twice, when Andre was between jobs. Now we volunteer on Saturdays, all three of us.” TASHAWELLS , ASHGROVE6

Page 7. OLDERNEIGHBORS Groceries that come to the door. One in four people we serve is over 60, and many live alone on a fixed income. Each month, 1,850 seniors get a Senior Box with milk, cereal, canned fish, fruit and fresh vegetables picked for them. For those who can't get out, volunteers bring the box to the door, and most stay for a cup of coffee. For some, it's the only visit that week. Meals on the Move Our pantry on wheels now makes 12 stops in the hill towns every week, where the nearest grocery store is 20 miles away. 7

Page 8. GROWASHGROVE We grew some of it ourselves. Our acre and a half behind the warehouse grew 38,000 pounds of tomatoes, squash, greens and herbs this year, all picked by volunteers and on pantry shelves within a day. We also ran 14 free classes on growing food in a small yard or a pot on the porch. The seedlings went home with everyone who came. 8

Page 9. VOLUNTEERS3,140 of you rolled up your sleeves. Saturday crews, a church youth group and the Ashgrove High football team. Tap for more. 41,600 hours given 212 company and school groups $1.3M what those hours would have cost us Shifts are three hours, ages 10 and up. Bring a friend, or bring your whole office. PICKASHIFT9

Page 10. WHERETHEMONEYGOES Every dollar, accounted for. Our budget for the year ending June 30, 2026 was $6.4 million in cash, plus $11.8 million worth of donated food. Our books are audited every year by an independent firm. WHEREITCAMEFROM $6.6M raised People like you 41% Foundations and grants 22% State and county programs 18% Local businesses 12% Events 7% WHEREITWENT $6.4M spent Food and programs 94% Fundraising 4% Running the office 2% The $200,000 surplus went into the cooler and the new refrigerated truck. FULLFINANCIALS10

Page 11. THANKYOU The people who filled the shelves. Gifts received July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Thank you as well to the 9,800 people whose gifts were too many to list here. $ 5 0 , 000ANDUP The Rourke Foundation Ashgrove Community Trust Brightwater Grocers $ 1 0 , 000ANDUP First Ashgrove Credit Union Diane and Walter Brandt The Nakamura Family Ashgrove Regional Health Anonymous (3) $ 1 , 000ANDUP Carmen and Luis Ortega Second Rise Bakery Dr. Helen Osei Frank and Mary Kowalski The Patel Family Beth Sullivan Jamal Greene Tom and Erin Lindgren FOODDRIVES Ashgrove Public Library, 3,400 pounds in its Fines for Food month Ashgrove High Student Council St. Brendan's Parish FARMPARTNERS Cutler Orchards, Two Creeks Farm, Millbrook Dairy and 38 more BOARDOFDIRECTORS Marcus Reed, chair Gloria Mendes, vice chair Alan Prescott, treasurer Rachel Kim David Ferreira Joyce Haley Sam Whitcomb Give monthly, feed all year. Monthly givers help us plan the next truckload. GIVEMONTH LY 1 1

Page 12. NEXTYEARSTARTSNOW Keep the shelves full. $25 feeds a family of four for a week. $50 a month fills a Weekend Backpack every Friday of the school year. GIVENOWVOLUNTEER Ashgrove Community Food Bank · 410 Mill Road, Ashgrove · (555) 014-6620 A registered charity. Gifts are tax-deductible as the law allows.