Feeding San Diego partners with San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council on new emergency food distribution in North County
FEEDING SAN DIEGO PARTNERS WITH SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES LABOR COUNCIL ON NEW EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN NORTH COUNTY
Drive-through distribution to be held this Saturday, July 18 at Palomar College
SAN DIEGO (July 16, 2020) — To provide further relief to San Diego County residents facing hunger, Feeding San Diego has again partnered with the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council on a new distribution site. Scheduled for the third Saturday of every month, the distribution takes place at Palomar College in San Marcos. In addition to hundreds of distribution locations countywide, this site is one of several regional emergency food distributions that Feeding San Diego has launched since the pandemic hit in mid-March. Feeding San Diego and the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council held its first emergency drive-through distribution on March 21, 2020, at SDCCU Stadium in Mission Valley. This site continues to operate on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month and has served 9,000 people to date.
What: Drive-through distribution where volunteers place food directly in the trunk, keeping six feet of distance at all times. Groceries include fresh produce, canned goods, and shelf-stable nutritious foods. Feeding San Diego delivers the food and the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council provides the volunteers, including Palomar College professors and staff from Poway Unified School District. The site is equipped to serve the first 600 vehicles. When: Saturday, July 18, starting at 9 a.m.
Where: Palomar College Lot 12, 1140 W Mission Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069
Who: Interview opportunities with Gavon Morris, Chief Development and Marketing Officer of Feeding San Diego, community volunteers, and other participants.
For additional assistance, those affected by the pandemic or people in need can easily find the closest food distribution by visiting feedingsandiego.org/get-help and entering their zip code in the “Find Food Map.”
Between March 14 and June 28, Feeding San Diego provided 7.9 million meals to the community, playing a pivotal role in COVID-19 relief efforts across San Diego County. The organization has hosted more than 1,129 distributions, including youth meal sites and direct programs, and increased food supplied to its 162 agency partners to expand the distribution of meals to those in need.
To help people facing hunger during the pandemic, San Diegans can give online to enable Feeding San Diego to continue its critical work during this unprecedented time.
ABOUT FEEDING SAN DIEGO
Feeding San Diego is a non-profit organization on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. Established in 2007, Feeding San Diego is the leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization in San Diego County and the only Feeding America affiliate in the region. Feeding San Diego provides more than 26 million meals every year to children, families, seniors, college students, military families and veterans, and people facing homelessness in partnership with a network of 300 local charities, schools, faith communities, meal sites, and food pantries. For more information on Feeding San Diego and its coronavirus response, visit feedingsandiego.org/coronavirus.
