Membership Renewal Now Due
All Members must complete their annual trainings and renewal by NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 2 to continue accessing Membership benefits. All Members must finish each of the following to complete their renewal:
1. Review the new 2025 Member Manual.
2. Review the Member Conference Slides 2024-2025.
3. Complete the new 2025 Food Safety Training.
4. Complete the new 2025 Civil Rights Training.pdf.
5. Sign and send a 2025 Member Contract to your Food Access Coordinator.
6. Pay your $100 Annual Member Fee.
Members are required to have their registered shopper(s) and those who manage food distributions within their organization to review both the Food Safety Training and Civil Rights training. Then please log their completion in your 2025 Volunteer Trainings Log.
After completing your renewal, store each completed document in your files:
1. The 2025 Member Contract.
2. A Volunteer Log with all completions recorded.
Are you looking to become a new Member?
The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia provides our members access to millions of pounds of food they might not otherwise have. Members gain access to food either through our online inventory system or by selecting items from our sharing floor.
To learn more about becoming a Member with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, please click here.
Sharing Floor
The Sharing Floor is the Food Bank’s layout of donated foods, similar in style to a small grocery store. Here, Members may obtain items in individual packing rather than bulk. Members must have registered shoppers before they can access the Sharing Floor at either our Athens or Clayton locations. If you would like to register your organization to access the Sharing Floor, please contact your Food Access Coordinator.
Members with registered shoppers can schedule a one hour, on-the-hour appointment each week during open hours:
- Athens Sharing Floor – 8:00am-4:00pm
- Clayton Sharing Floor – 8:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-3:00pm
To schedule or cancel an appointment, Members can call the Athens Sharing Floor at (706) 354-8191 extension 106 or the Clayton Sharing Floor at (706) 354-8191 extension 212 or 208.
Sharing Floor and Online Ordering Closure Dates
- For information on the Athens Sharing Floor click here.
- For information on the Clayton Sharing Floor click here.
Member Resources
For answers regarding if your expired food is still safe to eat, see the Food Keeper App.
To learn more about the 211 local food locator and resource hotline, visit United Way of Northeast Georgia’s website.
For more information on food safety and handling of refrigerated and frozen foods, see the Food Keeper Brochure.
To learn more about food insecurity in Georgia, visit Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap.
To signup to receive food recall information, please register for updates through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Have Questions? Need Help? Contact Your Food Access Coordinator!
For members located in Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties: Tracey Massey at tmassey@foodbanknega.org or (706) 713-9319.
For members located in Barrow, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe, and Elbert counties: Kyle Fox at kfox@foodbanknega.org or (706) 713-9315.
For members located in Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, White counties: Annie Barnum at abranum@foodbanknega.org or (706) 960-9205.
