MILTON — Bay Area Food Bank has rebranded itself and now is Feeding the Gulf Coast.
When the food bank opened in 1981, it served Mobile and Baldwin counties, hence the “Bay Area” name. Today, as a member food bank of Feeding America, the organization serves 24 counties spanning the Mississippi/Louisiana border to as far east as Panama City, and as far north as Choctaw County in Alabama.
Partner agencies, retail stores, donors and government officials across the service area do not identify with the name Bay Area Food Bank, which prevents the food bank from serving each county effectively.
See www.feedingthegulfcoast.org for more information about the nonprofit organization, which is a United Way agency.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Bay Area Food Bank gets a new name