Fuel for Summer

There are nearly 500,000 K through 12 students in San Diego County, and over 240,000 of those students rely on free or reduced-price meals while in school. That means almost 50% of San Diego County students lose access to nutritious meals in the summer months.

Help ensure children have the fuel they need.

Fuel for Summer

Help ensure children have the fuel they need.

Fuel for Summer aims to fill the gaps so children can enjoy their summers rather than worry about their next meal. During the summer, Feeding San Diego partners with libraries, recreation centers, and schools across the county to host sites where families can receive free groceries and meals all summer. We need your help to support critical summer food distributions throughout the county. All children deserve to have the nutrition they need to grow and thrive over the summer months and beyond.

Ways to Get Involved During Fuel for Summer

This summer, bring your kids in for a volunteer shift! At our distribution center, parents and kids ages six and older can donate their time to help glean, sort, and pack food that will be distributed to San Diegans facing hunger.

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Check out our new store! Every item purchased helps provide nutritious meals to San Diegans facing hunger.

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Spread the Word

Help bring awareness to the issue of hunger in San Diego County and support Feeding San Diego’s work.

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Why Donate to Feeding San Diego

When you give to Feeding San Diego, every dollar helps provide 2 meals to San Diegans facing hunger.

How it works

State of Hunger

Hunger can be hard to recognize, but it is all around us. According to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2024 research, more than 350,000 people in San Diego County are food insecure.

Purchasing Power

Our distribution model stretches your dollar further. Because we rescue food and partner with food distributors, every dollar you donate helps provide 2 meals to the community.

Food Rescue

More than 92% of the food we distribute is rescued. High-quality surplus food is collected from all types of food donors and distributed to people in need, keeping food in the community and out of the landfill.

Four-Star Charity

With a 96% rating on Charity Navigator, you can give with confidence, knowing your donation makes a positive impact on your local community.

It helps me out a lot, it helps my roommates out a lot, so I can only imagine what it does for the entire student population.

“Coming to the pantry every week is a big thing. My parents are both immigrants, and it’s a big deal for them for me to be here at CSU San Marcos and for me to have moved out. The price increases on everything ever since the pandemic has been crazy for everyone living in the dorms. This is such a big deal for me to be able to come here and get free food. Programs like this should be more funded. It helps me out a lot, it helps my roommates out a lot, so I can only imagine what it does for the entire student population.”

— David, a student at California State University San Marcos