Feeding San Diego hosts free food distributions throughout San Diego County. We work with hundreds of partners to provide food assistance at a variety of convenient locations, including churches, schools, and community centers. If you're wondering, "How do I find free food near me?" our Find Food Map is a helpful resource to locate [...]
A bright orange Feeding San Diego sits outside the Descanso Library. Around it, volunteers empty boxes, arrange food on tables, and prepare for the mobile pantry. Descanso, like many towns in San Diego's East County, is far from stores selling affordable groceries. For many neighbors, this pantry is a lifeline. Feeding San Diego recently [...]
At Feeding San Diego, we know how stressful summer can be for families that rely on school meals. During the summer, we work with sites around the county to provide free summer meals. There are three types of summer distributions: Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites, summer school pantries, and summer pantries. We have [...]
The sky is cloudy over Burbank Elementary School, but the orange ribbon across the new Feeding San Diego school pantry brightens the scene. Chef Travis Swikard, owner of the restaurant Callie, cuts the ribbon to a round of applause. The generosity of Chef Travis and the team at Callie helped create a new resource [...]
It's National Volunteer Appreciation Week! Every April, we set aside time to show our appreciation for the incredible volunteers who make our mission possible. During our last fiscal year (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025), we had over 12,000 unique volunteers donate more than 66,000 hours. That's the equivalent of 32 full-time staff [...]
On July 4, 2025, the federal government made sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known locally as CalFresh. These SNAP benefit changes will start to take effect in April 2026. There are three major phases this year that directly impact eligibility and how the program is funded. April 2026: Eligibility Changes [...]
The Miller Elementary library is bustling. For a few hours once a month, the room transforms into a school pantry. The tables are covered in canned tuna, peanut butter, and something extra special is waiting outside on their way out: boxes of local produce. Miller Elementary in Tierrasanta, part of our School Pantry program, [...]
Ten years. More than 4.2 million pounds rescued. 248 stores participating in San Diego County. These numbers exemplify the incredible impact the Starbucks FoodShare Program has had on our community since we helped pilot the program in 2016. For over a decade, this partnership has shown what’s possible when a global, for-profit company prioritizes [...]
"There are no more easy days." That's how Carolina Miller, the director of programs & operations at Fallbrook Food Pantry, described the wake of COVID and federal funding cuts. Like so many other partners in the Feeding San Diego network, Fallbrook Food Pantry has had two ongoing issues: higher demand and lower funding. With [...]
It's a sunny day in Southeast San Diego. Against the blue of the sky, bright orange tents with Feeding San Diego's logo draw attention to the new school pantry at Morse High School. Smiling volunteers and staff cut an orange ribbon to officially launch the pantry, which will help feed students, parents, and neighbors [...]
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