Since being founded in June 2000, Feed America First has now distributed over ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD! Our Founder and Executive Director, Tom Henry, shares his thoughts on this milestone in the latest issue of our monthly newsletter, Breaking Bread. Also in this issue includes a look back at 2018, and our most recent Hurricane Florence disaster relief efforts!

We are blessed and excited to announce that Dancing With The Nashville Stars raised enough to provide over ONE MILLION MEALS for our neighbors in need! Also in this issue is a look at what "disaster relief" truly is and how you can help!

Your support helps Feed America First provide food to over 200 partner agencies across Middle TN. Read more about one of our partner agencies in McMinnville who gives away groceries and also cooks fresh meals for their neighbors in need every Friday. Sometimes, this is the first meal their visitors have eaten that day. Also in this issue - Dancing With The Nashville Stars, our annual fundraising banquet, is just a few days away!

Those affected by Hurricane Florence need our help - and we can't do it without you! Read inside about our disaster relief efforts and how you can help. Also in this issue: The Stacy B. Windrow 5k raised enough to provide over 100,000 meals for our neighbors in need! And, meet the celebrity dancers in our 2018 Dancing With The Nashville Stars banquet!

 What started as a desire to help feed kids in need, turned into a whole community coming together to help feed anyone and everyone who needed help. Read this incredible story in our latest issue of Breaking Bread! Also: The Stacy B. Windrow 5k benefiting Feed America First is right around the corner!

 Irla had absolutely no food in her house and had no idea how she was going to feed her kids. Then, she heard about one of our partner agencies and stopped by for food. "It was like Heaven came down!" she said. Read more inside about how much your support of Feed America First helps our neighbors in need!

 Our Hurricane Irma disaster relief efforts continue! Read inside about how your support helped hundreds of families in Ft. Myers, FL, including Stephanie who is still getting back on her feet after she and her kids had to stay in a shelter for a month after the hurricane. Also in this issue: The 'Boro Buggy Bash, a fun new event, is right around the corner!

Because of your support, women like Sheila don't have to worry about how they will feed her granddaughter or buy her husbands medicine. You're there to help set their dinner table! Also in this issue, our golf tournament raised enough for 750,000 meals! And the 'Boro Buggy Bash was rescheduled to Saturday, September 8th!

Mary Chandler lost everything during Hurricane Harvey - she is raising 4 of her grandkids on her own, and they all had to be rescued by boat. We recently met her at our most recent disaster relief trip to Beaumont, TX. Click below to read more about Mary and our disaster relief efforts! Also in this issue: Introducing the 'Boro Buggy Bash!

Pearl and her family are no strangers to struggle. With car wrecks, her husband's recent Alzheimer's diagnosis, and a grandson with critical conditions who has to be tube fed every day, groceries are the last thing they can afford. But thanks to your support of Feed America First, Pearl and her family don't have to worry about going hungry! Also in this issue... what in the world is the 'Boro Buggy Bash?!