Fifth Recession Relief Grocery Pantry Opens

Last week, San Francisco Food Bank opened our fifth special Recession Relief Grocery Pantry – this one, at Geneva Avenue Methodist United Church, in partnership with Nueva Vida Ministerios. These new pantries were created to serve people hit by the recession who have not accessed food assistance before. (If you need food, and live in [...]

Food Stamp Users Hit Record High of 33.8 Million

“It was the fifth straight month of record participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [the official government name for what most people know as the food stamp program], according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, up 1.8 percent from the prior month,” Bloomberg reported this week. “Total spending was $4.5 billion, up 19 percent [...]

SF Food Bank’s Gary Maxworthy at the White House

Gary Maxworthy, a San Francisco Food Bank board member and architect of the Farm to Family program, recently was invited to the White House. Here is his report: I received an invitation to The White House and four days later, June 30, I was there in the East Room, listening to President Barack Obama announce [...]

5-year old Phoebe raises over $3,736 for San Francisco Food Bank!

For her pre-school public service project, a 5-year old named Phoebe was determined to help feed some of the 150,000 San Franciscans who are unsure where their next meal is coming from. So she started collecting empty cans to turn in for the recycling money. Her plan was to donate the proceeds to the San [...]