Fall is fast approaching and with autumn season comes….. pumpkins! Pumpkins not only taste great, but are also good for you! Instead of going out to a coffee shop, make your own pumpkin spiced latte at home with real pumpkins. Healthy Pumpkin Spiced Latte Serves 1 Ingredients 1 cup nonfat milk 1 tbsp pumpkin puree [...]

A wife, mother and business owner, Glenda Durst lives in the Valencia Park neighborhood of San Diego with her husband and their three special needs foster kids. On top of all of that, Glenda is also a hunger-relief advocate. Earlier in life, Glenda found herself homeless with her eldest daughters. As she received help from [...]

Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation when school food programs do.  Summer months put a burden on families who rely on these school programs to help provide food. Feeding San Diego puts together programs to try and lift the weight off the shoulders of children and families who are food-insecure. We rely on volunteers to [...]

Volunteer of the Month Ansley Apple has volunteered more than 112 hours with Feeding San Diego since August 2016. As an Office Volunteer, she provides essential administrative support to a small volunteer department staff that engages a high volume of volunteers each week. She helps with data entry, filing support, and a variety of essential [...]

Last month, the Mobile Pantry in San Marcos transitioned from a truck hosted distribution to a drop model. Originally our Mobile Pantry trucks would supply the truck and the food to host the distribution. The drop model allows Feeding San Diego to provide twice the amount of fresh fruits and vegetable items as well as more [...]

While we all love to indulge at our favorite pizza place every now and then; this eggplant pizza recipe allows us to satisfy that craving, but with added nutrition. Not only is this recipe good for you, it is absolutely delicious. Nutrition Nugget: Eggplants are a great source of fiber, potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin [...]

In July 2017, Feeding San Diego was fortunate enough to be the recipient of a large donation of strawberries, blackberries, and tomatoes. Nobody wants to see good food go to waste; so when farmers find themselves with an abundance of produce, we quickly work to get this high quality, time-sensitive product out to the community [...]

Volunteer of the Month Please join us in celebrating Marylu Ramirez as our Volunteer of the Month! Marylu makes others feel welcome and comfortable during each volunteer shift. Her warmth and kindness truly make volunteers feel like they are a part of our Feeding San Diego family. Since September 2013 she has donated more than 358 [...]

In San Diego County, more than 125,000 kids receive free or reduced priced breakfasts and lunches during the school year.  These meals are essential to the health and well-being of the students ensuring that they have the fuel they need to learn and grow. In the summer when school is out, many kids face the reality [...]

The aim of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is to bridge the gap of hunger that often occurs when kids no longer have access to school meals in the summer time, which is extremely detrimental to children. Equally alarming is the lack of education and engagement that kids often endure in these months. That’s [...]