About Us

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank provides food to the entire Kenai Peninsula.

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We feed people because no one deserves to be hungry!

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank (KPFB) has been a staple of communities on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska since 1988. KPFB is a non-profit organization that provides food to over 40 non-profit agencies for their food programs throughout the entire Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska—over 40 communities. We provide the following services: distributing USDA Commodities, administering an emergency direct service food program, collecting and redistributing food through the warehouse distribution program for agencies and communities, reclaiming food, holding community events, providing emergency firewood, serving a hot meal every weekday, and more. The food bank also ensures that nothing is wasted through our recycling and food reclamation programs. We are the only food bank in Alaska that has such a wide variety of programs.

Mission

We feed people because nobody deserves to be hungry.

Vision

To feed all those in need on the Kenai Peninsula.

Values

To lead the region’s efforts to provide healthy, good food to those struggling with food insecurity and hunger.


Belief that adequate shelter and food are vital keys to empowering hungry people.

Area Served

Hunger touches every area of the Kenai Peninsula—25,600 square miles, over 40 communities, and a population of 60,690 people. With such a large area to serve, KPFB uses trucks, contracts with pilots, and more to reach areas of need. KPFB also partners with 45 other non-profit organizations across the peninsula.

Food Reclamation

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank works with food industry partners to salvage food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, wholesalers, producers, farmers, and the fishing industry.

We’re leading our community through our efforts to collect unspoiled, healthy food to donate it to our neighbors in need. By donating food, we’re feeding people – not our landfills – and saving all the resources that went into producing that food from going to waste.

Any food not able to be given to our neighbors, it given to farms or mushers for animal feed, or given to farms for mulch.

Direct Service - TEFAP - CSFP

Direct Service
Through locally donated and purchased foods, we’re able to provide both shelf-stable and perishable food items to our neighbors and nonprofit partners regardless of income.
TEFAP
Through the Emergency Food Assistance Program, we’re able to provide our neighbors and nonprofit partners with USDA commodity food items at no cost, greatly increasing the amount of food that reaches our community. TEFAP items include a wide variety of shelf-stable products, as well as fresh foods such as milk, eggs, and proteins. The program is a vital part of hunger relief in our area.
CSFP
Working through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, we provide low-income seniors age 60 or older with a free monthly grocery box. Every box includes staples, such as cereals, juices, proteins, milk, grain, cheese, and canned fruits and vegetables.