america's second harvest success story
One of the most important partnerships that Aidmatrix has secured to date has been with America's Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Through a Network of over 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations, A2H distributes food to more than 25 million hungry Americans each year, nine million of which are children. Since 2001, A2H has expanded their Aidmatrix partnership by adopting our online donation shopping and naming Aidmatrix as solution provider for all national donations.
Through Aidmatrix, large national A2H donors will donate products online for redistribution to food banks across the country. In addition, we have continued our work to expand our Food Bank services through A2H, with implementations in Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina. Through 'On-line Shopping', A2H Food Bank Network Members will increase overall effectiveness, decrease existing work, provide real-time visibility to inventory, and provide easy order entry, order status and an ability to fill more orders.
In February of 2003, Aidmatrix and America's Second Harvest released DonorExpress, a solution that helps A2H's large national donor companies to donate items online, and Member food banks to shop online from those donations. After just two months, more than $17 million pounds of food was donated through the system by companies including ConaAgra, Tropicana, Kelloggs and Kraft. In addition over 30 food banks across the United States have already started receiving donations through the system.
By 2004, over 125 million pounds of food will be managed through DonorExpress and Aidmatrix will be used by over 35 of the country's leading food and consumer goods producers, including: Olive Gardens, Barilla and MinuteMaid. Eventually over 1/2 of A2H's 550 donors will be on the system.
On the food bank side, the adoption will happen even more quickly, with over 100 food banks, almost half the A2H Network, on line by the end of the year. By 2005, this system may process 100% of all food distributed to the organization's 215 Members and 35,000+ relief organizations, totaling almost 1/2 billion pounds of food per year.