Last year, the world was first introduced to Hunger Halter and Demeter during San Diego Comic-Con International. Feeding San Diego's new Hunger Action Heroes went from the page to the stage as part of the Hunger Action Hero Art Contest. The contest was a collaboration between Feeding San Diego and the Comic-Con Museum. The contest [...]
With Father’s Day comes the opportunity to recognize a hardworking father/son volunteering duo that have become regulars at Feeding San Diego’s headquarters on Saturdays. Jim Jumamil and his son Cooper are hard to miss at the Produce Pantry every Saturday, seeing as they’re the spitting image of each other. Whether they’re passing out the food, [...]
Sebastian Martinez puts his whole heart into his work with the LGBTQ+ community. In his role as executive director of Community Through Hope (CTH) in the South Bay, a Feeding San Diego partner agency, he has met many people in his daily work whose cases move him in personal ways. As a member of the [...]
A mother figure is a beautiful thing. The technical definition of a mother figure is a woman who is regarded as a source of nurture and support. To know one is to know that it's so much more than that. Undoubtedly, it's a woman who embraces people where they are, spreads love and warmth with [...]
According to the California Department of Social Services, nearly 400,000 people in San Diego County receive CalFresh benefits. CalFresh is California’s name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Each of these 400,000 individuals relies on the Calfresh benefits program to put nutritious food on the table. Formerly, CalFresh benefits were commonly known as [...]
The grant funds will help the non-profit continue its vital work providing nutritious meals to the more than 100,000 children experiencing food insecurity in San Diego County Feeding San Diego, the county’s leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Vertex Foundation. The funds will support the [...]
The Starbucks FoodShare program helps keep surplus food from the landfill and feeds people facing hunger in San Diego County This Earth Month, and during Starbucks Global Month of Good, Feeding San Diego is sharing the impact of its local partnership with Starbucks stores as part of the Starbucks FoodShare program, a national partnership [...]
When you can’t feed people, feed animals. That’s what the Environmental Protection Agency’s Food Recovery Hierarchy tells us. And that’s what we do at Feeding San Diego. Food waste is an unavoidable aspect of operating a hunger-relief non-profit. It doesn’t have to be negative. When food reaches a certain point, it can no longer be [...]
It’s just after noon on a Tuesday at Jewish Family Service’s campus in Kearny Mesa. Molly Smith, the non-profit’s nutrition operations manager, is sorting through protein boxes, pastries, and sandwiches with the distinctive Starbucks logo. Along with a handful of volunteers, Molly is preparing the day’s donation from the Starbucks FoodShare program. All these Starbucks [...]
Healthy Day Partners now distributing Grab & Grow Gardens® at Feeding San Diego food distributions to empower people to grow their own food In its continued effort to provide solutions to those in San Diego experiencing food insecurity, Feeding San Diego has partnered with North County non-profit Healthy Day Partners. Those who visit the Produce [...]
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