The annual Chili Cook Off benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Greater Valley takes place on Saturday, April 18, at the Manteca Transit Center, 220 Moffat Blvd.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under.

The event starts at 5:30 p.m.

For more information or tickets, visit localfoodbank.org.

The food pantries Second Harvest supplies have served more than 100,000 first-time clients and over 550,000 returning clients in the last fiscal year. That represents 19.3 million pounds of food that was distributed.

Between Second Harvest and four affiliated food banks in the Northern San Joaquin Valley and Central Sierra, another 2 million pounds of food are distributed on an annual basis. The affiliates operate independently and source their own food and funds locally.

Second Harvest assists sister food banks — SF Marin, San Jose, and Redwood Empire — by providing another 4 million pounds of food each year.

Second Harvest also:

*provides groceries to six farm community sites for agricultural workers and their families in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.

*operates a Mobile Fresh program that brings an assortment of food items — with an emphasis on produce — to 28 sites each month in the most underserved communities in the San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. More than 4,600 people are served each month.

*supplies 18 school sites in the two county area via the Fresh Food 4 Kids program.

*provides groceries to 137 home-bound individuals with Amazon providing assistance for the deliveries.