December is the busiest time of year for the Food Bank, and with the increased cost of food and rising rates of food insecurity since the pandemic, your support is critical. Every $1 donated provides 2 nourishing meals.
Our survey of more than 3,000 participants and people on our waitlist showed that a stubbornly high cost of living and wages that can’t support basic needs are straining families. To truly end hunger, we must find lasting solutions to the root causes of hunger
One year ago, the Food Bank embarked on the first leg of our three-year strategic roadmap to root into our values, deepen our partnerships and advocacy, and chart a course from the pandemic era towards a future of abundance. The first year of that journey was a year of listening and learning to accelerate solutions that work. Read more about the impact we achieved with our community last fiscal year in the link below.
To truly end hunger, we cannot only address the hunger we see today, but we must tackle its root causes to create a more just and equitable society. Together with our communities, partners, participants, and supporters, we are co-creating solutions that provide food, reduce barriers, increase access, and change policies. Our three-year strategic roadmap reimagines how food insecurity is addressed, through community empowerment, increased advocacy, and focus on root causes.
Our Food Locator tool can help you find weekly free groceries, monthly food boxes for seniors, one-time emergency food, or help to enroll in CalFresh (food stamps).
During the pandemic we saw a significant decline in food insecurity thanks to investments in social safety net programs we know work. Now, we are seeing those programs erode.
The end of the CalFresh emergency allotments will mean the average household in SF and Marin will lose between $150-$160 per month — many people will start receiving as little as $23. What can you do with $23 in the Bay Area? Even before inflation drove already high grocery prices through the roof that didn’t go far.
The state is looking to food banks and other community-based organizations to pick up the slack, but food banks are at the brink. With declining revenue from fundraising and government support, rising operational expenses and a client-base that is still 75% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
CalFresh is one of our greatest tools to ending hunger. It puts money directly into the hands of those who need it to choose the food their families want. This is why the Food Bank is committed to ensuring those who need it can access the benefits they deserve through CalFresh outreach, application support, and advocacy to improve the benefits.
Pre-COVID, we were already a lifeline for 140,000 people every week. The pandemic forced thousands more to turn to us for help. We aren’t renovating to expand, but to sustain — to continue to meet the elevated levels of need and to be able to serve more than 210,000 people weekly.
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