Here’s a list of qualifying charities nominated under our “Good Grains for a Good Cause” outreach for Whole Grains Month 2013. Many of the charities below received multiple nominations.

Although this sweepstakes is over and we’ve selected our winner, we encourage you to check out some of the worthy organizations below, and consider making your own donation of food, if you haven’t done so already.

ARIZONA
Yuma Food Bank, Yuma
Crossroads Mission, Yuma

ARKANSAS
Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank, Texarkana
Kids First, Searcy
Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, Jonesboro

CALIFORNIA
Families Forward, Irvine
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Concord
River City Food Bank, Sacramento
Sacred Heart Community Service, San Jose
Loaves and Fishes, Paradise

COLORADO
St Mary’s Food Bank, Littleton

CONNECTICUT
Foodshare, Hartford

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
No Kid Hungry, Washington DC
Capital Area Food Bank, Washington DC

FLORIDA
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Orlando
St. Rose of Lima Food Pantry, Kissimmee
Lake Cares, Mount Dora

GEORGIA
Snack in a Backpack, Blue Ridge OUR WINNER!
Feeding America, Atlanta
Morganton Baptist Church, Morganton
Norcross Cooperative Ministry, Norcross

HAWAII
Kauai Independent Food Bank, Lihue

IDAHO
Boise Rescue Mission, Boise

ILLINOIS
Marillac Social Center, Chicago
St. Ailbe’s Parish Food Pantry, Chicago (no website)
The Salvation Army Citadel Corps Community Center, Norridge
Greater Roseland West Pullman Food Network, Chicago
Casa Catalina Food Pantry, Chicago
Lakeview Pantry, Chicago

INDIANA
Combined Community Services, Warsaw
Food Bank of Northern Indiana, South Bend
Love Chapel, Columbus
Monkey Do Project, Indianapolis
The Julian Center, Indianapolis
Tri-State Food Bank, Evansville
Food Finders Food Bank, Lafayette

IOWA
Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Waterloo

KANSAS
Just Food, Lawrence

KENTUCKY
Jackson County Food Bank, McKee (no website)
Fleming County Food Pantry, Flemingsburg
The Crittenden County Food Bank, Marion (no website)
God’s Outreach Madison County Food Bank, Richmond

LOUISIANA
Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, Baton Rouge

MASSACHUSETTS
Falmouth Service Center, Falmouth

MICHIGAN
Food Gatherers, Ann Arbor
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes, Kalamazoo
Gleaners Community Food Bank, Detroit
Ladders of Hope, Fennville

MINNESOTA
Westonka Food Shelf, Mound
Bemidji Community Food Shelf, Bimidji

MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Food Network, Jackson
We Care Food Pantry, Quitman (on Facebook)
Gleaners Community Food Bank, Detroit

MISSOURI
Central Missouri Food Bank, Columbia
Harvesters, Kansas City
Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue, Joplin
Episcopal Community Services, Kansas City
In As Much Ministry, Liberty (no website)

NEBRASKA
Low Income Ministry, Fremont (no website)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Food Bank, Manchester
Seacoast Family Food Pantry, Portsmouth

NEW JERSEY
Center for Food Action, Saddle Brook
Cherry Hill Food Pantry, Cherry Hill
St. John’s Soup Kitchen, Newark

NEW MEXICO
Carc Inc., Carlsbad
Joy Junction Homeless Shelter, Albuquerque
Roadrunner Food Bank, Albuquerque
The Food Depot of Santa Fe, Santa Fe

NEW YORK
Calvary Food Pantry, Auburn
Food Bank of Central New York, Syracuse
Foodlink, Rochester
Maryknoll Sisters, Ossining
Food Bank for New York City, New York

NORTH CAROLINA
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Raleigh
The Shepherd’s Table, Shelby

NORTH DAKOTA
Daily Bread, Carrington (no website)
Great Plains Food Bank, Fargo

OHIO
Cove United Methodist Church and Lakewood Christian Church, Lakewood
Faith Mission, Columbus

OKLAHOMA
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

PENNSYLVANIA
Channels Food Rescue, Harrisburg
SHARE Food Program, Philadelphia
Westmoreland County Food Bank, Greensburg
Philabundance, Philadelphia

RHODE ISLAND
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale, Peace Dale

SOUTH DAKOTA
Pierre/Ft. Pierre Food Pantry, Pierre

TENNESSEE
MidSouth Food Bank, Memphis
Regional Inter-Faith Association, Jackson

TEXAS
Food Bank of the Golden Crescent, Victoria
Houston Food Bank, Houston

VERMONT
Vermont Food Bank, Barre
Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, Burlington

VIRGINIA
Virginia Peninsula Foodbank, Hampton / Newport News / Williamsburg / Matthews County
Lynchburg Daily Bread, Lynchburg

WASHINGTON
Snohomish Community Food Bank, Snohomish
Kent Food Bank, Kent 
Community Action of Skagit County, Mount Vernon

WISCONSIN
Simple Hope, Menomonee Falls
The Hunger Task Force of La Crosse, La Crosse
Loaves and Fishes of the Fox Valley, Appleton

 

List current through 9/30/2013