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30 10, 2018

Retail Rescue Program Brings Out the Best in a Community

2018-10-30T11:50:17-07:00

Faith Community, Sprouts, and Feeding San Diego Join Together to Feed Clairemont Walking into the garden courtyard of Community Christian Service Agency, across the street from Clairemont High School, you are immediately welcomed by the friendly volunteers and staff, and made to feel part of their circle. They know many of the folks who arrive, [...]

Retail Rescue Program Brings Out the Best in a Community2018-10-30T11:50:17-07:00
24 10, 2018

Hunger Free Kids Report: Still Work to Do to Fill the Meal Gap in San Diego County

2018-10-24T15:31:42-07:00

But there is $170 million available to end child hunger in San Diego The San Diego Hunger Coalition today released 2018 Hunger Free Kids Report, the first in San Diego County to provide a road map for schools and nonprofits, like Feeding San Diego, to seize opportunities to feed more kids through existing federal programs. All [...]

Hunger Free Kids Report: Still Work to Do to Fill the Meal Gap in San Diego County2018-10-24T15:31:42-07:00
16 10, 2018

Runway: Where Fashion Meets Compassion Recap

2018-10-16T08:46:53-07:00

Bloomingdale’s and Feeding San Diego joined forces during Hunger Action Month to present RUNWAY: Where Fashion meets Compassion.  Attendees met on the 2nd floor of the Fashion Valley Bloomingdale’s where the area was transformed for the much-awaited fashion show. Drinks were poured and appetizers were passed around as guests mingled before the show began.  The [...]

Runway: Where Fashion Meets Compassion Recap2018-10-16T08:46:53-07:00
16 10, 2018

FOREver Grateful

2018-10-16T08:41:33-07:00

On September 21, RSI Roofing and Solar dedicated their annual Customer Appreciation Golf Tournament event to the fight against hunger in San Diego County. More than 100 generous supporters attended the event. Before the tournament began guests purchased tickets to win an array of prizes.  After a fun day of golf, guests gathered for a [...]

FOREver Grateful2018-10-16T08:41:33-07:00
9 10, 2018

An Innovative Approach to Getting Food to College Students: Feeding San Diego’s College Partnership Program

2018-10-09T09:40:40-07:00

From the coast to the desert and all points in between, college students experience hunger. Many students, especially those who attend community colleges, work full time, raise children, and are pursuing second careers. They handle these competing stresses while also facing multiple financial pressures. According to a 2016 HOPE Lab survey of 33,000 students at [...]

An Innovative Approach to Getting Food to College Students: Feeding San Diego’s College Partnership Program2018-10-09T09:40:40-07:00
9 10, 2018

OK, I Only Have $5, What Should I Eat? – A CalFresh Story

2018-10-09T09:28:18-07:00

“I thought I didn’t deserve help, that I wasn’t poor enough or there were other people who needed it more than me,” explained Maria, a student at San Diego City College, when asked why she hadn’t applied for CalFresh earlier. This said by a young woman who is a full-time student working three jobs, doing [...]

OK, I Only Have $5, What Should I Eat? – A CalFresh Story2018-10-09T09:28:18-07:00
3 10, 2018

Top Volunteers: September 2018

2018-10-03T10:49:14-07:00

Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Jerinice Quiles, our new AmeriCorps Volunteer Fellow. She will be supporting the Volunteer Department with volunteer recruitment, onboarding, event coordination, and community outreach. She's originally from Puerto Rico and grew up in Orlando, FL. Jerinice is excited to get involved with her new community and to help FSD fight food insecurity in San [...]

Top Volunteers: September 20182018-10-03T10:49:14-07:00
18 09, 2018

Teams for Good: Give Hope, Share Joy, Do Good

2018-09-18T12:59:15-07:00

While the holidays are a time of celebration and abundance for many, other people in our community experience the joy of the season tempered by the anxiety of financial stress. Last year with the help of the community, Feeding San Diego provided more than 4.2 million meals for local, food-insecure families, children, and seniors during [...]

Teams for Good: Give Hope, Share Joy, Do Good2018-09-18T12:59:15-07:00
14 09, 2018

It’s Really Really Free: New Farmers Market Sprouts on Miramar College Campus

2018-09-14T08:58:59-07:00

Almost everyone who encounters a Feeding San Diego farmers market on college campuses has trouble believing that everything is free. As humans just trying to get by with our daily lives in the fast-moving, hustling 21st Century, we can be forgiven for sometimes being a little suspicious or cynical. After all, there’s an adage drummed [...]

It’s Really Really Free: New Farmers Market Sprouts on Miramar College Campus2018-09-14T08:58:59-07:00
10 09, 2018

College Students Learn About an Important Food Resource

2018-09-10T08:58:44-07:00

Feeding San Diego & Mesa College Give a Primer on CalFresh Between the rising cost of tuition, paying for books, housing, transportation, utilities, phones, and more, affording food is often the first place students make budget cuts. It’s become cliché that students subsist on ramen, but it’s a topic that can’t be ignored or joked away [...]

College Students Learn About an Important Food Resource2018-09-10T08:58:44-07:00
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