Intel Corporation selects Second Harvest Food Bank for technology makeover
San Jose, California, June 19, 2006 – Grant will upgrade warehouse distribution system enabling the food bank to provide an additional 4 million meals annually.
Intel Corporation named Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties as the recipient of a USD 100,000 technology makeover grant. Second Harvest plans to use the grant to develop and install a warehouse inventory tracking system that will enable the Food Bank to more efficiently process the flow of food into and out of their warehouses.
"The technology makeover grant is an effort to put technology to work for the benefit of our community," said Michael Jacobson, California Public Affairs Manager at Intel Corporation.
By radically re-engineering its inventory management system to use technology similar to that used by large grocery chains, the Food Bank will be able to increase its food distribution to hungry seniors, families and individuals in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties by 20 percent; all without additional warehouse space or increasing its staff.
"The new technology will have a huge impact on the communities we serve," said Sue Perkins, CFO at Second Harvest. "We will have up to the minute visibility of our current inventory and be able to more efficiently allocate food to our network of more than 700 partner non-profit agencies and distribution sites."
The concept for the technology makeover came from a 2005 study released by the Community Foundation Silicon Valley which uncovered that local nonprofit organizations were still struggling to use technology to become more efficient in providing services. The report called on non-profit financial contributors to support the building of technological capacity for nonprofits, beyond just the purchase of hardware. Intel California Public Affairs considered several possible solutions to address the non-profit technology gap before settling on the technology makeover grant. "This grant is a great opportunity for the Food Bank," said Perkins. "Technology grants are few and far between but keeping our systems upgraded is essential to our operation. We are fortunate that the people at Intel saw this need and came forward with the technology makeover grant."
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is a private non-profit organization that collects and distributes close to 30 million pounds of food each year. We currently serve an average of 156,000 individuals each month; 60 percent are low income families and 20 percent are seniors. By building collaborative networks, we efficiently distribute food by leveraging donations of money, food and human resources. But we cannot do it alone. We rely upon the energy and commitment of the local community to fight hunger.
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Intel Corporation named Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties as the recipient of a USD 100,000 technology makeover grant. Second Harvest plans to use the grant to develop and install a warehouse inventory tracking system that will enable the Food Bank to more efficiently process the flow of food into and out of their warehouses.