Blog: Feed Change
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Enterprise Helps Provide 80,000 Meals For Families Facing Hunger In San Diego
In January 2018 Feeding Sawn Diego received a generous $20,000 gift from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car “Fill Your Tank” philanthropic program. The “Fill Your Tank” program is a six-year initiative, launched during Enterprise’s 60th anniversary, to invest $60 million in the fight against hunger across the country. Fred Abdelnour, Director of [...]
Top Volunteers: March 2018
Volunteer of the Month: Alessandro Costa Alessandro recently moved to San Diego and in the past 6 months alone, he has already volunteered more than 100 hours at Feeding San Diego. As a Data Expert Volunteer with a background in Industrial Engineering, Alessandro helps enter and analyze data in Excel, [...]
Feeding San Diego Responds to Those Affected By Fires
After the Lilac Fire in north San Diego County, homes and over 150 other structures were burned to the ground. The fire lasted for nearly ten days before officials could contain the inferno. Before the flames were extinguished, the fire displaced an estimated 10,000 residents, cut off power to 20,000 [...]
New After School Program Helps Provide Nutritious Meals for Students
As the children go through the line to grab their meals (the menu being homemade pepperoni pizza, oranges, salad and milk), one little boy says, “I love your cooking! You have the best food.” This child is receiving meals through the after-school meals program CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food [...]
Top Volunteers: February 2018
Volunteer of the Month: Nancy Kane Nancy has been volunteering with Feeding San Diego since November of 2012 and has donated more than 674 hours. Nancy is a jack of all trades! As a Team Leader, She not only helps to lead projects and answer questions from new volunteers, but [...]
Cooking Class Teaches Knox Middle School Students Healthy Eating
Feeding San Diego is hosting a series of healthy cooking classes, as part of the Feeding Excellence program, to teach students about health and nutrition. The classes include hands-on training and cooking demonstrations targeted at improving the health of clients at specific distribution sites. The most recent Healthy Cook classes [...]
