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15 07, 2024

Feeding San Diego Debuts New Comic Book Featuring Hunger Action Heroes Created by Two Local Students

2024-07-15T09:06:19-07:00

Exciting new book educates young readers on the importance of food rescue for hunger relief   Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger relief and food rescue organization, announces the release of its new comic book “Hunger Action Heroes Unite!” The book, now available on the non-profit’s website, features Hunger Halter and Demeter, two characters originally developed [...]

Feeding San Diego Debuts New Comic Book Featuring Hunger Action Heroes Created by Two Local Students2024-07-15T09:06:19-07:00
8 07, 2024

Partnership with San Diego County Library Provides Food Resources to Families During the Summer Months

2024-07-08T10:14:29-07:00

Libraries are community hubs. Many free resources and services are available at local libraries, so why not food? During the summer months when kids lose access to school meals, Feeding San Diego partners with the San Diego County Library to provide summer meals or food pantries at branches throughout the county. When schools are [...]

Partnership with San Diego County Library Provides Food Resources to Families During the Summer Months2024-07-08T10:14:29-07:00
5 07, 2024

Feeding San Diego Receives $50,000 Grant From Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors and O Organics to Support School Pantry Program

2024-07-05T11:44:41-07:00

Funds support longstanding program that provides nutritious food to local students and families at schools across the county during the school year and summer months Feeding San Diego has received a $50,000 grant from Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors program to combat hunger during the summer months and after school hours when school-aged children face [...]

Feeding San Diego Receives $50,000 Grant From Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors and O Organics to Support School Pantry Program2024-07-05T11:44:41-07:00
3 06, 2024

Feeding San Diego Hosting Over 30 Summer Meal and Food Distribution Sites Across the County for Kids Facing Hunger

2024-06-03T15:58:11-07:00

The hunger-relief non-profit is partnering with libraries, recreation centers, and schools to operate the sites  A new study released last month from Feeding America, the national organization of which Feeding San Diego is a partner food bank, revealed that just over 100,000 kids in San Diego County are experiencing food insecurity. With high inflation and cost of [...]

Feeding San Diego Hosting Over 30 Summer Meal and Food Distribution Sites Across the County for Kids Facing Hunger2024-06-03T15:58:11-07:00
14 05, 2024

Answering FAQs During CalFresh Awareness Month

2024-05-14T11:52:52-07:00

CalFresh Awareness Month is every May and is the official month dedicated to increasing public awareness of CalFresh. Known nationally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), we call it CalFresh here in California. You might have also heard of the program by its former name,  Food Stamps. CalFresh aims to help low-income individuals and families [...]

Answering FAQs During CalFresh Awareness Month2024-05-14T11:52:52-07:00
7 05, 2024

Feeding San Diego is Calling on the Legal Community to Help Raise Funds as Part of its Food from the Bar Fundraiser

2024-05-07T06:19:10-07:00

Funds raised for the non-profit support hunger-relief programs for kids who lose access to meals during the summer months   This summer, legal professionals can support critical hunger-relief programs by being a part of Food from the Bar. This friendly fundraising competition for legal professionals is now in its 12th year and provides an opportunity for the local [...]

Feeding San Diego is Calling on the Legal Community to Help Raise Funds as Part of its Food from the Bar Fundraiser2024-05-07T06:19:10-07:00
24 04, 2024

Core Volunteer Opportunities for National Volunteer Week and Beyond

2024-04-24T13:23:05-07:00

Volunteering in your community comes with a lot of benefits. It gives you the chance to give back to others, and equally important, it can also be a rewarding social experience where you meet new people and stay active. Here at Feeding San Diego, we have volunteer opportunities available nearly every day of the week. [...]

Core Volunteer Opportunities for National Volunteer Week and Beyond2024-04-24T13:23:05-07:00
18 04, 2024

Feeding San Diego Needs Volunteers for Vital Food Rescue Driver Role That Supports Hunger-Relief Programs

2024-04-18T09:58:48-07:00

The Feeding America partner food bank rescues over 31 million pounds of food every year with the help of volunteers, food donors, and food distribution partners    Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization, is calling on the community to help fill a specific volunteer role this Earth Month. The non-profit, which [...]

Feeding San Diego Needs Volunteers for Vital Food Rescue Driver Role That Supports Hunger-Relief Programs2024-04-18T09:58:48-07:00
17 04, 2024

Expanded Feeding San Diego Marketplace Offers Free Groceries

2024-04-17T14:27:05-07:00

San Diego is a beautiful place to live, but in 2024, it's challenging to keep up with costs here. In fact, San Diego has been ranked one of the most expensive cities to live in. Increasingly, families have to make impossible choices between paying for housing, childcare, utilities, gas, and groceries. While costs like housing [...]

Expanded Feeding San Diego Marketplace Offers Free Groceries2024-04-17T14:27:05-07:00
12 04, 2024

Feeding San Diego Receives Grant from the Vertex Foundation to Support its School Pantry Program

2024-04-12T12:56:25-07:00

Grant helps fund the non-profit’s longstanding program that provides meals to students and families at elementary, middle, and high schools across the county Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization, has been awarded a grant from the Vertex Foundation to support the School Pantry Program. The Foundation has been a Feeding San Diego [...]

Feeding San Diego Receives Grant from the Vertex Foundation to Support its School Pantry Program2024-04-12T12:56:25-07:00
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