Blog: Feed Change
Read stories and updates from Feeding San Diego on our Feed Change Blog.
Food Drives Fighting Hunger
In the past month, Feeding San Diego has seen a great uptick in food drives. We want to thank all who have given their time to collect and bring donations. Some highlights include: The Cheesecake Factory at the Headquarters – 183 pounds of peanut butter Lambda Chi Alpha at UCSD’s [...]
Partners Increase Capacity with Feeding San Diego Grants
For our first round of agency grants in early 2016, the Feeding San Diego Programs Team awarded grants to seven agencies, with a total of $5,000 awarded. Items requested by partner agencies included tires for distribution vehicles, refrigeration to increase agency capacity to store fresh and nutritious food, and materials [...]
CalFresh Team Wins Two Awards
At the November all-county CalFresh Task Force Meeting, led by the San Diego Hunger Coalition, local stakeholders voted to recognize outstanding community partnerships. Nominated for three awards by their peers, the Feeding San Diego CalFresh team was awarded two certificates for their exemplary work in collaborating to improve CalFresh Access; one [...]
Nutrition Nugget & Recipe: Peppermint
It’s time to say goodbye to pumpkin spice and say hello to peppermint! Peppermint is not only a great candy cane flavor, but it also has many health benefits. Have a stomachache from eating too many holiday cookies? Sip on some peppermint tea or grab a peppermint candy for relief. Fudge [...]
Top Volunteers: December 2016
Volunteer of the Month Katherine Jefferson has volunteered more than 120 hours with Feeding San Diego since January 2015. She first attended a food sorting shift and quickly showed interest in taking on a leadership role. Within a year, Katherine became a Team Leader and is currently training to be forklift [...]
Holiday Basket Program Connects Community
By Arielle Golden, Programs Manager The Community Resource Center (CRC) is a small but mighty Feeding San Diego partner. The center is tucked away between downtown Encinitas and the Pacific Ocean, providing diverse resources for the North County community including domestic violence services, emergency and transitional housing assistance, a food [...]
