In the month of December, the Feeding Kids Team worked with eight school partners to open their doors during winter vacation to provide a distribution to families in their communities. While schools are typically closed during the latter half of December for winter break, these schools worked with Feeding San Diego, their administration, teachers and [...]
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 to build dignified and attractive [...]
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 pantry, and classes. Every holiday [...]
Feeding San Diego is excited to announce the launch of our newest Mobile Pantry site in Oceanside, a twice-monthly pop-up food distribution in partnership with North County Health Services and the City of Oceanside. Located in an area of Oceanside that serves military families around Camp Pendleton, families employed in agricultural work and surrounding neighborhoods, the [...]
In early September, Feeding San Diego started a donation program with expanding retailing giant, Smart & Final. Smart & Final has always been a great supporter of their communities through their foundation but has recently taken their philanthropy to the store level by donating excess product to Feeding San Diego. The donation program will capture product that [...]
Feeding San Diego is excited to kick off the new school year by welcoming four new sites to our School Pantry program. After much collaboration, planning and training, the four new sites at Fallbrook and Laurel Elementary in Oceanside and Sunset and Willow Elementary in San Ysidro are ready to welcome parents and students to their [...]
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, [...]
One of our fantastic partner agencies, St. Rose of Lima, has taken it upon themselves to respond to the growing need of their community by partnering with other organizations in the Chula Vista community, including another FSD partner agency, Turning the Hearts Center. Together, they joined efforts to offer a “Day of Hope” for homeless [...]
By Lisa Huynh, AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate When schools are out for the summer, many children who rely on school lunches no longer have breakfast and/or lunch. Kids who come from low-income families may not have access to a meal every day. With the scarcity of food, kids are more likely to grab unhealthy choices, increasing their [...]
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