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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
28 03, 2024

First-Ever Pacific Building Group Charity Golf Tournament to Raise Funds for Feeding San Diego

2024-03-28T19:47:52-07:00

The event is set to take place on Monday, May 6 in Rancho Santa Fe Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization, will be the beneficiary of a new charitable golf tournament happening this spring in Rancho Santa Fe. The upcoming Pacific Building Group Charity Golf Tournament will take place on Monday, May [...]

First-Ever Pacific Building Group Charity Golf Tournament to Raise Funds for Feeding San Diego2024-03-28T19:47:52-07:00
22 03, 2024

Feeding San Diego Selected for $75,000 Life Science Cares San Diego Grant to Support its School Pantry Program

2024-03-22T10:12:40-07:00

The grant will contribute to funding the non-profit’s largest program combating childhood hunger, which provides food at no cost at approximately 40 schools across the county  Feeding San Diego has received a $75,000 grant from Life Science Cares San Diego (LFCSD). LSCSD is non-profit organization activating the financial and human capital of the life sciences industry and partnering [...]

Feeding San Diego Selected for $75,000 Life Science Cares San Diego Grant to Support its School Pantry Program2024-03-22T10:12:40-07:00
11 03, 2024

Feeding San Diego Distributing Locally Grown Produce as Part of National Program

2024-03-11T10:35:11-07:00

It's an incredible sight to see tiny, bright orange carrots being pulled from the ground. To detect the distinct smell of cilantro wafting in the breeze. To see row after row of verdant green curly lettuce leaves popping out above the dark soil. Touring a farm makes you understand it's a labor of love. Local [...]

Feeding San Diego Distributing Locally Grown Produce as Part of National Program2024-03-11T10:35:11-07:00
11 03, 2024

Feeding San Diego Participating in National Program to Support Local Farmers, Food Systems, and Combat Food Insecurity

2024-03-11T09:53:37-07:00

The hunger-relief organization is distributing locally grown produce as part of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA)        Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger relief and food rescue organization, is now distributing produce from local farms purchased with federal funds intended to bolster the underserved, both farmers and community members served [...]

Feeding San Diego Participating in National Program to Support Local Farmers, Food Systems, and Combat Food Insecurity2024-03-11T09:53:37-07:00
7 03, 2024

Feeding San Diego Receives $129,900.93 From CVS Health to Support its Year-Round Hunger-Relief and Food Rescue Programming

2024-03-07T09:06:31-08:00

The non-profit’s programs support San Diegans across the county by providing access to nutritious food at no cost       Feeding San Diego has received its first grant from CVS Health Corporation (CVS Health). The $129,900.93 received will go towards the hunger-relief and food rescue organization’s general operating budget that maintains the non-profit’s year-round hunger-relief programming. Funds [...]

Feeding San Diego Receives $129,900.93 From CVS Health to Support its Year-Round Hunger-Relief and Food Rescue Programming2024-03-07T09:06:31-08:00
27 02, 2024

Feeding San Diego Names Bob Kamensky, a Retired U.S. Navy Veteran with over 35 Years of Service, it’s New Chief Executive Officer

2024-02-27T08:58:35-08:00

Kamensky served as interim CEO before being selected as CEO by the board       Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization, has named Bob Kamensky its new chief executive officer. A longtime San Diegan and U.S. Navy veteran with over 35 years of service, Kamensky transitioned to the not-for-profit sector in 2021 [...]

Feeding San Diego Names Bob Kamensky, a Retired U.S. Navy Veteran with over 35 Years of Service, it’s New Chief Executive Officer2024-02-27T08:58:35-08:00
20 02, 2024

Black History Month 2024: Elevating Black Voices in the Feeding San Diego Network

2024-02-20T16:47:29-08:00

Black History Month 2024 is a time to tell the stories of people in the Feeding San Diego network that exemplify Black excellence and leadership. It's also a time to reflect on food insecurity in the Black community. Our network of Black leaders, growers, change makers, volunteers, and neighbors shines year-round, but February is an [...]

Black History Month 2024: Elevating Black Voices in the Feeding San Diego Network2024-02-20T16:47:29-08:00
1 02, 2024

Feeding San Diego’s Emergency Flood Response

2024-02-13T09:41:22-08:00

On Monday, January 22, as much rain fell in San Diego in just six hours as it normally would in three months. This torrential rainfall caused devastation in our county that hadn't been seen in decades. Homes and roads flooded. Cars were carried by water miles away from where they were parked. People and pets [...]

Feeding San Diego’s Emergency Flood Response2024-02-13T09:41:22-08:00
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