It's an incredible sight to see tiny, bright orange carrots being pulled from the ground. To detect the distinct smell of cilantro wafting in the breeze. To see row after row of verdant green curly lettuce leaves popping out above the dark soil. Touring a farm makes you understand it's a labor of love. Local [...]
“Don’t get me started...” warns Erika when asked how inflation has recently impacted her and her family. She lists items that have been too expensive for her to purchase: milk, eggs. She says something that many people running households have been thinking over the past few years: “Every penny counts.” Over the past two [...]
Teachers make a significant impact on the lives of students in a myriad of ways. World Teacher’s Day is a day to celebrate how teachers transform education. This World Teacher’s Day, we’re spotlighting one teacher who saw a need and took action. Elizabeth Lonnecker, a ninth- and eleventh-grade English teacher at Hoover High School, noticed [...]
In honor of National Senior Citizens Day, we spoke to a recently retired volunteer who uses her free time to give back. After retiring, Stephanie found purpose through volunteering with local organizations like Feeding San Diego. She started volunteering at Feeding San Diego in January 2023. Now, she volunteers every week in Feeding San Diego’s [...]
Sam Myatt, a partnerships coordinator with Feeding San Diego During Pride Month, we celebrate the amazing contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. We took the opportunity to speak with one of our partnership coordinators, Sam Myatt. She talked to us about how her experience as a member of the community influences her work at [...]
A mother figure is a beautiful thing. The technical definition of a mother figure is a woman who is regarded as a source of nurture and support. To know one is to know that it's so much more than that. Undoubtedly, it's a woman who embraces people where they are, spreads love and warmth with [...]
It’s a Friday evening at Feeding San Diego’s Sorrento Valley headquarters. Volunteers busily sort and pack food to go out to the community. In their midst is the Korn Family. Parents Usa and Tommy work the conveyer belt alongside 15-year-old Iris and 13-year-old Lucas. They’re working together on a kitting project, putting shelf-stable goods into [...]
When it comes to volunteers, Feeding San Diego has had success attracting some of the most amazing people to our organization. We have a long list of volunteers who show up every single week, sometimes for multiple shifts. They take on leadership roles, offer to help with complex projects, and display an enthusiasm for the [...]
Six-year-old Zoey knows how to make scrambled eggs. According to her, it’s simple enough. She describes how she cracks an egg with just one finger and uses a fork to whisk them before pouring them into the pan. In her blue printed dress and cowboy boots, at home in her kitchen, all you see is [...]
It's a sunny afternoon in Sorrento Valley. Viktoriia, a Ukrainian woman now living in the U.S., watches as her parents entertain her three-year-old son. They're waiting to enter Feeding San Diego's Marketplace to shop for no-cost produce and pantry staples. Her parents have only recently arrived in the U.S. as Ukrainian refugees and are living [...]
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