Warehouse crew hops to it, distributing 108,000 eggs for Easter!

Our warehouse is really hopping! Dave & Al helped move 108,000 eggs out to needy families for Easter. It’s EGGxactly what we were hoping for this Easter! California egg farmers hatched a plan to donate 108,000 fresh eggs to the SF Food Bank. Our crack (but not egg-cracking!) warehouse crew got into the holiday spirit [...]

Farm fresh for all

Given the incredible bounty of California agriculture, there’s no reason why farm-fresh food shouldn’t be available to as many people as possible. Thanks to the statewide Farm to Family program, the SF Food Bank has added broccoli and cauliflower to the variety of fresh produce we can distribute consistently. Here’s how it works. Normally, growers  go [...]

The mother of all Thanksgiving shopping lists!

You’re probably reading over your favorite family recipes and putting together a Thanksgiving shopping list this week. Well, how would you like to have this list?   34,000 Chickens   80,000 Pounds of yams 100,000 Pounds of potatoes   80,000 Pounds of apples   30,000 Pounds of carrots   35,000 Pounds of cabbage   70,000 [...]

San Francisco Food Bank ‘Egg-static’ over large egg donation

Today, the San Francisco Food Bank received 88,650 eggs just in time for Easter from NuCal Foods. They were all  sourced locally from a farm in Petaluma, CA.  Fresh eggs are always a prized item for Food Banks due to their dense nutritional and high protein content.  And they’re one of the hardest food categories [...]

David Arquette, Laila Ali, Nomar Garciaparra, Jay Bilas and Spencer Day Volunteer!

Today our Youth with a Mission grocery pantry was all abuzz. The tables were set up with a big selection of beautiful produce, and slightly nervous volunteers were at the ready… The big difference from a normal Thursday? Today some celebrities who care deeply about hunger were turning out to call attention to the important [...]

Another New Grocery Pantry Opens in the Sunset!

San Francisco Food Bank welcomed a new grocery pantry this past weekend at First United Presbyterian Church in the Sunset District. This community-centered church already offers ESL (English as a Second Language) classes and its parishioners are excited to be able to better serve their community by providing free groceries to those in need. Word [...]

Today’s Fruit of the Day – Grapes!

1,980 cases of grapes came in today thanks to the Farm to Family program and SunWorld packers! That’s 15,840 bags of sweet, seedless grapes. Here they are in our cooler – 22 pallets, all tagged for delivery to a neighborhood pantry.

SF Food Bank’s Gary Maxworthy Honored with a Jefferson Award

San Francisco Food Bank board member and architect of the Farm to Family program, Gary Maxworthy, has again been recognized for his contributions to providing millions of pounds of fresh produce for California’s hungry. Last month, Gary was invited to the White House to celebrate the launch of the new White House Office of Social [...]

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 [...]

One of these things is just like the other

The only difference between these two cans of chicken broth is the label. But that makes all the difference in the world to a food retailer. We’re able to accept donations like the “shiner” on the left because of all of the wonderful volunteers who labelled and repacked this can…and the 48,000 others like it. [...]