It's a sunny afternoon in Sorrento Valley. Viktoriia, a Ukrainian woman now living in the U.S., watches as her parents entertain her three-year-old son. They're waiting to enter Feeding San Diego's Marketplace to shop for no-cost produce and pantry staples. Her parents have only recently arrived in the U.S. as Ukrainian refugees and are living [...]
July is Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the passing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July 1990. We spoke to one of our long-time volunteers, Marjorie, about her experience volunteering as a deaf person. Marjorie started volunteering with Feeding San Diego in 2012 and is marking ten years of volunteer service this [...]
Every comic book fan dreams of having their heroes step off the page and into reality. For two talented young artists, this dream has become a reality. The winners of Feeding San Diego and the Comic-Con Museums's recent art contest, 14-year-old Aiden Prior and 17-year-old Sirenna Acencio, recently met their Hunger Action Heroes in person!A [...]
Inflation has become impossible to ignore. Throughout the country, families are watching the prices of nearly everything soar. Food budgets simply don’t stretch as far or buy as much as last year. Inflation, which includes staggering gas prices here in California, continues to create ripple effects throughout everyone’s lives. These price increases are especially challenging [...]
For many military families, the cost of living in San Diego makes buying groceries a struggle. Last week, Feeding San Diego held a Memorial Day food distribution at North Terrace Elementary School to support local military families ahead of the long weekend. With the help of school staff, volunteers distributed nutritious food to over 200 [...]
Non-profit providing nutritious food for North Terrace Elementary and surrounding schools leading into Memorial Day as part of its school pantry program Tomorrow, Feeding San Diego will host a no-cost food distribution for military families ahead of Memorial Day. Families from North Terrace, Stuart Mesa, and Santa Margarita Elementary Schools are invited to a food distribution [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At Feeding San Diego, we recognize how much food insecurity affects mental health. The stress of worrying about your next meal can have massive effects on mental and physical health. As a result, the National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI) identifies access to nutritious food as a "critical social [...]
It’s a beautiful, sunshine-filled afternoon when Brian pulls his green pick-up truck up to the back entrance of Albertson’s in Escondido. A brightly colored magnet on the driver’s door announces his mission: MealConnect™ Food Rescue. Brian is a MealConnect volunteer driver. These volunteers answer the call when our food donors use the MealConnect app to [...]
There are many migrant farmworkers in need of resources in San Diego County, particularly in northern areas including Vista, Fallbrook, Ramona, Pala, Rincon, and Rice Canyon. Food assistance is one of those resources. Feeding San Diego has partnered with the Vista Community Clinic (VCC) and Poder Popular to provide food assistance for over a decade. [...]
This Women’s History Month, we are shining a spotlight on the women in our network who are making things happen in the sphere of hunger relief. The stories of the incredible women working with Feeding San Diego to provide food assistance in thoughtful and creative ways are too many to count. However, we are honored [...]
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