Help end hunger
through food rescue.

Help end hunger

through food rescue.

Every $1 helps provide 2 meals

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Hunger Action Month

Everyone needs nutritious food to thrive. Yet, nearly 400,000 people in San Diego County are facing hunger, while 31% of food produced is wasted. This September, for Hunger Action Month, join us in supporting families across the county. Every action counts.

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Use our Find Food Map to find a free distribution near you.

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Nearly 400,000 people in San Diego County are facing hunger while 31% of food produced is wasted. You can help.

Who Is Feeding San Diego?

Established in 2007, Feeding San Diego is the leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization in San Diego County and the only Feeding America partner food bank in the region.

Feeding San Diego is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. Your support helps provide nutritious meals to people facing hunger. That means:

Kids succeed in school
Families stay in their homes
Heroes serve their country without worrying about their families back home
Seniors retire with dignity

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Feeding San Diego protects people and the planet.

meals distributed since 2007

Our FY25 Annual Impact

July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025

meals distributed

lbs. of food rescued

metric tons of CO₂ equivalent prevented

Feeding San Diego protects people and the planet.

meals distributed since 2007

Our FY23 Annual Impact

June 1, 2022 to July 30, 2023

meals distributed

lbs. of food rescued

metric tons of CO₂ equivalent prevented

Updates

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Community Voices

Clara

“It helps people with low incomes. This is a big help for me and my family. There are five of us. My daughter, her two daughters, and me, and my other daughter. My granddaughter will be three next month, on the third, and the other baby is a year and three months, and my daughter is pregnant. My daughter gets SNAP. It helps. But it’s barely enough for us. That’s why we’re here. The program helps us. It is very, very, very helpful. Keep doing it because it empowers people who don’t have many resources, and it benefits us. People used to be able to go to the 99 Cents Store and get things very cheap. But now, there’s no 99 Cents Store; people come here to get help from the program. It helps us.“

Esther

“I just retired from the DMV. I was working for 15 years, almost, and I used to work for the Superior Court. I’ve had really good jobs, but now I can’t even survive. I’m barely making it. I have a good retirement and my Social Security. I’m 67. But when you pay over $3,800 just for your rent, you don’t have money, and I have a car payment and insurance. It’s over $4,000. It’s really, really hard. Right now, I have $4.00 in my checking account. And I have to go get medication. I don’t have money for food. I get food bank. Hopefully, it keeps coming. We get good stuff, we get milk, eggs. But it’s getting to be less and less and less and more and more people.”

Corine

“I’m a veteran, and my husband is also a veteran. I try to help other veterans. Most of the church is veterans, former marines, navy, what have you, but mainly marines. So what I do is I keep what I need, and what I don’t need, then I help out the other veterans in the church. So they don’t have to worry about food. Inflation is ridiculous. And it got even worse since COVID hit. It gets so expensive to buy food. I ain’t going to be able to afford food, with everything else going up. I appreciate them taking the time to donate the food. I appreciate the time that volunteers take to come out and help distribute the food. Because they make it easy for us to get what we need and then keep on moving and make our life better.”

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