Teachers make a significant impact on the lives of students in a myriad of ways. World Teacher’s Day is a day to celebrate how teachers transform education. This World Teacher’s Day, we’re spotlighting one teacher who saw a need and took action. Elizabeth Lonnecker, a ninth- and eleventh-grade English teacher at Hoover High School, noticed [...]
The drive along Highway 76 to the Pauma Valley Community Center is picturesque. Fruit trees dot the hills. Signs advertise freshly picked produce and local honey. The sight as you arrive at the center is a bit different. A line of waiting cars winds around the driveway and extends into the road. At the center [...]
In honor of National Senior Citizens Day, we spoke to a recently retired volunteer who uses her free time to give back. After retiring, Stephanie found purpose through volunteering with local organizations like Feeding San Diego. She started volunteering at Feeding San Diego in January 2023. Now, she volunteers every week in Feeding San Diego’s [...]
Every July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Signed into law on July 26, 1990, this act aimed to break down the barriers to inclusion faced by people with disabilities. Disability Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of people with disabilities while [...]
Sam Myatt, a partnerships coordinator with Feeding San Diego During Pride Month, we celebrate the amazing contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. We took the opportunity to speak with one of our partnership coordinators, Sam Myatt. She talked to us about how her experience as a member of the community influences her work at [...]
During Military Appreciation Month, we reflect on the importance of supporting military families and veterans. The sad reality is that within the military, many families go hungry. According to Feeding America, nearly a quarter (24%) of active-duty service members were food insecure in 2020. Here in San Diego County, that includes many of the 5,000 [...]
Since 1955, the San Diego Rescue Mission has been providing meals, shelter, clothing, education, and job-skills training for men, women, and single parents with children experiencing homelessness. A Powerful Partnership The Rescue Mission has been a loyal partner with Feeding San Diego for 13 years. They have grown exponentially over the years and have greatly [...]
There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings when it comes to food insecurity. The first key misunderstanding is that food insecurity is different from hunger. Hunger is a physical feeling when you haven’t had enough to eat. In contrast, food insecurity is an economic condition. Someone who is food insecure does not consistently have [...]
It’s a Friday evening at Feeding San Diego’s Sorrento Valley headquarters. Volunteers busily sort and pack food to go out to the community. In their midst is the Korn Family. Parents Usa and Tommy work the conveyer belt alongside 15-year-old Iris and 13-year-old Lucas. They’re working together on a kitting project, putting shelf-stable goods into [...]
Walking into the Daily Bread Marketplace at Bayview Baptist Church in Encanto is like walking into the corner market. The two aisles showcase carefully made signs with the contents of the shelves. Along the left wall, refrigerated items rest behind glass doors, carefully placed by the volunteers and ministry partners. Clearly, this space has been [...]
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