The Second Harvest Community Food Bank has exceeded its fundraising goal by $235,239.62.

Over the past six months donors have donated numerous gifts and pledges to support the food bank.  A goal of $425,000 was initially set, however the agency was able to raise $660,239.62 to aid in its mission against hunger.

“We are humbled by the community support that we’ve seen through this annual fund campaign.  It has been amazing and we are blessed to have a community that supports our mission and partners with us in our fight to end hunger in our 19 county service territory,” said Chad Higdon, Executive Director of Second Harvest. “We know that some of the donations we have received this year could very well be large, one-time gifts so we are cautious to build up operations solely on one very successful campaign year.”

Second Harvest said the funds raised will be used not only to purchase nutritious food for its service area but also to replace the roof on the Second Harvest 20,000 square foot facility and expand the cooler space to create more space for additional fresh produce.