Out of school – and minus a meal

“Imagine you don’t have a well-paying job. Imagine you don’t have a nice apartment, or your home. You have three kids. You’re working part-time at McDonald’s. Then you have another job on top of that. You have one child in childcare, two in school, and you’re paying more than half of your income for rent. [...]

Stories that inspired us in 2010

This past year, the need for food was staggering. We constantly broke our all-time monthly record for the most food delivered to hungry families in San Francisco and Marin, distributing millions of pounds of food every month. How did we do it? With the help of amazing volunteers, donors and clients who constantly inspire us. [...]

A Very Special “Thank You”

Thanks to all of our volunteers, donors and supporters! Your help is making a huge impact out in the community.  We just received a wonderful note and some photos from one of our newest Marin County pantries in Novato. Jose, the volunteer pantry coordinator at Lynwood Elementary School, wrote: Thank you San Francisco food Bank Parents [...]

Rallying around food in Marin and the Outer Mission

Recession relief comes to Marin This past weekend saw the opening of the Food Bank’s newest recession relief pantry in San Rafael’s Canal District. 175 families came out on that first day and were welcomed with an ample supply of groceries including: eggs, milk, bananas, onions, potatoes, carrots, chicken broth, yams, bagged rice, nectarines, corn, [...]

Two More Grocery Pantries Open this Week!

This past Saturday, San Francisco Food Bank opened its second Recession Relief Grocery Pantry. This one is located at Old First Presbyterian Church, on Sacramento and Van Ness streets. These new pantries are specially designed to serve people hit by the recession who have not accessed food assistance before. Fifteen enthusiastic volunteers from both Old [...]

6th Marin County Grocery Pantry Opens

San Francisco Food Bank opened our sixth Healthy Children’s pantry in Marin County this morning! Our brand new grocery pantry is at Hamilton Meadow Park Elementary School, in Novato. More than 60 families participated in today’s distribution, and in the coming weeks we anticipate the number to increase at a steady pace. Families received onions, [...]