Since 2007, Coronado High School has raised over $151,000 to support local hunger-relief efforts through their Empty Bowls event. Ceramics students at Coronado High School work diligently to create ceramic bowls, which are purchased by guests and filled with soup during the event’s dinner. This year's event taking on place on April 14 seeks to raise awareness [...]
When families are struggling to make ends meet, they make do with the food they have, which is often food from our distributions. We invite you to reflect on these difficult decisions by participating in the recipe challenge. Our first Recipe Challenge consists of the following six food items. These items are commonly found in our distribution center [...]
How many items do you have in your pantry right now? How often do you go shopping for more ingredients instead of getting creative with what you already have? When families are struggling to make ends meet, they need to make do with what is in their cupboards, which is often food from one of [...]
This month, we launched our first ever Healthy Cook nutrition class series for children. The Healthy Cook classes are an interactive series where participants learn easy, nutritious ways to build a healthier lifestyle and tips for making positive changes for their family. Knox Middle School, a School Pantry site, invited us to participate in their school [...]
Serving baby spinach with a salad dressing containing a healthy fat like olive oil helps your body fully absorb all of those wonderful vitamins and nutrients. Creamy avocado, crunchy jicama and sweet mango makes a simple spinach salad sing with flavor – and the vitamin C in the mango increases your body’s ability to absorb [...]
Volunteer of the Month J.J. Emerick and Taylor Warfield first visited Feeding San Diego during a leadership information session in June 2015. Right from the start, they were fiercely passionate around taking action in fighting hunger and learning how they could help. Since then, they have donated more than 60 volunteer hours as Team Leaders. [...]
Feeding San Diego regularly conducts client surveys to evaluate the impact of our programs and to help guide plans for their ongoing improvement. This fall, we asked clients at eight School Pantry sites to answer a survey that included questions like: After receiving food from FSD, how often did anyone in your family have to skip a [...]
Bobby Riggs Tennis Club & Museum is hosting a Tennis-A-Thon as a fundraiser for Feeding San Diego on February 21, 2016. Tennis professionals, Steve Dawson and Ed Charles, will be teaching tennis lessons from 1 - 5 p.m. with 100 percent of funds donated to Feeding San Diego. Participants can request help on a shot that needs improvement or more [...]
During the 2015 holiday season, more than 100 organizations generously hosted food drives benefiting Feeding San Diego. In total, these incredible community partners donated 26,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of more than 21,000 meals. Mt. Helix Academy, a private school located in La Mesa, was a key partner. In their third year of partnering with [...]
Volunteer of the Month Volunteering since April 2015, Nick Afanasiev has donated more than 60 hours to hunger-relief. Nick is a Team Leader, helping to lead volunteer projects during food sorting shifts. These projects include gleaning produce for School Pantries and packing BackPack Bags for kids facing hunger throughout San Diego County. Nick is always ready to [...]
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