It’s an early August morning in Alpine, CA. There is only so much time until the sun is fully shining and the heat really kicks in. A small crowd gathers in the shade of the parking lot that serves as Alpine Mobile Pantry to pick up no-cost food. Feeding San Diego’s bright orange truck, which [...]
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 [...]
When we met Dawnett and her grandson, Taylor, in Fallbrook, they were picking up their weekly groceries from our partner Fallbrook Food Pantry. Feeding San Diego has long partnered with the Fallbrook Food Pantry to provide food assistance to low-income families in the rural, agricultural community. We deliver produce and pantry staples. In addition, we [...]
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 St. Patrick’s Day, we’re talking about luck. More importantly, we’re talking about sharing your luck. Our friends at the Lucky Duck Foundation recently invested an additional $1 million in a job placement and training initiative for San Diegans experiencing homelessness. These funds will extend current employment and training programs, as well as explore new [...]
“It is a bit cold up here in the morning,” Diane Hake, the site lead of the Julian mobile pantry, said in her email. “You may want to bring a jacket and gloves. When the wind comes up, it is chilling.” Diane was preparing our team for the chilly October temperatures in Julian, the [...]
Chefs are in the business of making sure all are well-fed and loved, and Chef Travis Swikard is working to ensure that every San Diegan is given that opportunity. He’s joined Feeding San Diego in its mission to end hunger as an ambassador, and is lending his time and talent to raise funds via a virtual cooking class this holiday season. Having [...]
September is Hunger Action Month. It was established by Feeding America in September 2008 to inspire the nation to get involved with the hunger crisis across the country. Every year, Feeding San Diego joins Feeding America and the other 199 network food banks to bring attention to the problem at hand: hunger exists in our [...]
In the picture, from left to right, are: Erik, Bryce, Angela, Alina, and Sophia Local high school student Bryce is going above and beyond to make sure children in his community don’t go hungry. Thanks to his parents, who introduced him to Feeding San Diego when he was in middle school, Bryce has [...]
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