By Lucy Loughridge, Student, Francis Parker Upper School Three hundred and twenty-seven million people live in the United States. Thirty-seven million of those struggle with hunger, and that was before the coronavirus global pandemic. A lack of nutrition has proven itself time again to be detrimental in regards to one’s health, and with over 10% of American citizens [...]
Feeding San Diego today announced it will launch a weekly drive-through food distribution in Ramona, it is increasing food supplied at its ten Feeding East County rural mobile pantry distributions and it is adding two additional special distributions on Monday, March 30 in Campo and Jacumba to meet rising demand. The organization will continue [...]
On March 24, Feeding San Diego hosted an inaugural UNITE: Stakeholder Call to discuss our response to the COVID-19 crisis in San Diego County. Feeding San Diego CEO Vince Hall discussed our modified food distribution strategies and ways members of the community can help. Participants on the call had the opportunity to [...]
Demand for services continues to rise while sources of food become unpredictable Feeding San Diego hosted a press conference earlier today, Tuesday, March 17, to announce additional emergency food distributions to help meet the increased need throughout San Diego County. Amid the progression of the novel coronavirus, Feeding San Diego is maintaining its operations [...]
Feeding San Diego Chief Operations Officer Alicia Saake sat down with Alex Reep from the United Nations Association San Diego Chapter to discuss food insecurity in San Diego County and how to address it through food rescue. Feeding San Diego’s food rescue and distribution model aligns with U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 2 “No Hunger” and Goal 13 “Climate [...]
This morning, Vince Hall, CEO of Feeding San Diego, had the opportunity to testify before Congress on the issue of veteran hunger. This hearing, hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, examined United States Department of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs programs that provide nutrition [...]
Not only do one in eight San Diegans face hunger, but they also lack access to nutritious food, especially fresh produce. When purchasing food on a limited budget, many people make difficult choices, choosing foods that temporarily meet their needs but lack nutritional value, like fast food or prepackaged meals. Produce can also be [...]
One in six children in San Diego County face hunger every single day — more than 127,000 of our neighbors. At the same time, 40 percent of perfectly good food in San Diego County goes to waste. The Feeding San Diego Retail Rescue program helps end this cycle of waste. We pair local grocery [...]
In response to the partial government shutdown, Feeding San Diego held a special food distribution at the United States Coast Guard Sector San Diego on Wednesday, January 23. The distribution provided groceries to help ease the burden of those not receiving their pay. Amongst the food were apples, oranges, rice and even diapers. Members [...]
Feeding San Diego is encouraging federal employees, federal contractors, and other San Diegans affected by the on-going partial shutdown of the federal government to seek free food assistance through its network of distribution sites across San Diego County. Approximately 150 of the distribution sites are operated by local charities and religious organizations who partner [...]
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