Thanks to our collaboration with Hunger Free America and with the help of summer meal site nutrition education best practices, our all-volunteer nutrition team developed a one-week kids nutrition curriculum specifically designed to take place over the summer at each of our Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites.        This “Nutrition Week,” with the [...]

For the past eight weeks, Feeding San Diego hosted three summer AmeriCorps VISTA members, Danielle, Justin and Lisa, who have been instrumental in reaching individuals for CalFresh assistance and daily support of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Through Danielle and Justin’s work with CalFresh outreach and application assistance every day out in the community, [...]

Feeding San Diego relies on contributions from national and local partnerships to source product. Providing nearly half of the food distributed by FSD, our Food Rescue program diverts quality food heading for the landfill to serve clients. FSD partners with more than 180 local grocery stores and retailers to rescue an average of nearly a [...]

In order to build agency capacity and help our partners learn from one another, Feeding San Diego began hosting monthly live webinars for partner agencies this February. Past webinar topics, presented by FSD staff or partner agency representatives, include agency sustainability, Market Match and nutrition incentives, and volunteer best practices. Next month’s webinar is scheduled to [...]

CBS This Morning correspondent John Blackstone recently reported on a first in the nation pilot program between Starbucks and Feeding San Diego. The program was inspired by Starbucks employees, who cringed while watching unsold sandwiches, parfaits and food boxes go into the garbage every evening. Through the Feeding America and Starbucks partnership, the company plans to donate five million [...]

In partnership with the San Diego Hunger Coalition, San Diego County and community partners, FSD provides monthly same day CalFresh services where clients can receive their CalFresh benefits the same day they apply. On April 15, KPBS visited the workshop at the Third Avenue Charitable Organization and conducted interviews with clients and staff on the benefits of FSD’s [...]

In San Diego, 10 percent of those served by Feeding San Diego partner agencies, or approximately 5,000 individuals each week, are over the age of 60. FSD addresses this need by providing healthy meals to food-insecure seniors in San Diego County through strategic partnerships - including a new one that began last month. Since 2002, the Fourth [...]