The federal government has been shut down since October 1. With federal employees missing paychecks and critical nutrition benefits at risk, your support is more crucial than ever. Supporting Feeding San Diego is one way you can help your neighbors affected by the government shutdown 2025. Christian, who serves in the Navy, receives food for [...]
At Feeding San Diego, we understand the stress that the 2025 government shutdown causes for federal workers, active-duty military personnel, and their families. We offer food distributions throughout San Diego County that are open to everyone in need of support. We are also working with partners in our network who serve the military community [...]
In honor of Veterans Day, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Humana, and Feeding San Diego have partnered to launch the “Uniting to Combat Hunger Food Drive” in support of local military families and veterans. Participating VFW posts are currently accepting donations of nonperishable food items for Feeding San Diego until the end of November. At [...]
During Military Appreciation Month, we reflect on the importance of supporting military families and veterans. The sad reality is that within the military, many families go hungry. According to Feeding America, nearly a quarter (24%) of active-duty service members were food insecure in 2020. Here in San Diego County, that includes many of the 5,000 [...]
As Veterans Day approaches, we have come together to celebrate the service of our U.S. military veterans. San Diego County is home to one of the largest concentrations of veterans and military personnel in the world. With the high cost of living in San Diego, many active-duty military families face food insecurity while stationed here [...]
This op-ed on military hunger was published in the San Diego Union Tribue on Veterans Day 2022. Read the piece on their website here. Opinion: Food insecurity affects military families, too. Here’s what needs to change. Many factors contribute to food insecurity for active-duty families, including lower rank, maturity, having children, and duty location. By [...]
For many military families, the cost of living in San Diego makes buying groceries a struggle. Last week, Feeding San Diego held a Memorial Day food distribution at North Terrace Elementary School to support local military families ahead of the long weekend. With the help of school staff, volunteers distributed nutritious food to over 200 [...]
Bringing a community together is a privilege and honor, especially as we ease out of a global pandemic and look toward the Memorial Day holiday. Feeding San Diego is honored to partner with Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) to bring the local military community together for a day of service. This joint effort [...]
The impressive military presence in San Diego County is one of the many positive things about our region. It is a great pride point that our beautiful region is home to so many courageous men and women in uniform, and their families, who honorably serve. With over 20 installations in the county, the military is a top employer in the region, and in FY2020 the military employed over 153,000 people [...]
On Veterans Day, we would like to take a moment to honor and salute our heroes. Veterans and active-duty military families make significant sacrifices — access to nutritious food shouldn’t be one of them. In partnership with local military organizations, Feeding San Diego serves and supports veterans and military families through our Feeding Heroes initiative. San Diego County [...]
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