SF-Marin Food Bank

Mark your calendars for September 28 for our much-anticipated annual event, One Big Table! One Big Table is a delectable evening where some of the Bay Area’s most celebrated chefs come together to donate their time, talent, and passion for our supporters to enjoy a specially curated meal! Our San Francisco warehouse will be transformed into a wonderland of fine-dining, dancing, mingling, and an opportunity to revel in the spirit of giving! Omar Carrera, CEO of our partner Canal Alliance, will be our keynote. Together with partners like Canal Alliance, we’re able to raise our collective voice and advocate for policy changes to address hunger’s root causes. Supporters of One Big Table are monumental in our mission to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin – help us continue to serve our food-insecure neighbors. Stay tuned for our upcoming chef spotlights we will be sharing throughout the next few weeks. Reserve your seat today! https://loom.ly/VsksgxQ

A huge congratulations to our partners at Mission Neighborhood Center for the grand opening of their new food pantry, El Centro Bayview! Two weeks ago, Food Bank staff joined for the official ribbon cutting and supported El Centro in serving 50 families – and hope to serve 125 or more households in the coming months! With offerings like juicy grapes and strawberries to broccoli, milk and honeydew melon, it was a beautiful day sharing beautiful food with the community! 💚🍏

Ignite Fit Life believes in the power of community and the importance of giving back. And thanks to our partnership with Ignite Fit Life, a portion of every sale helps the Food Bank provide meals to our community in need! Visit www.ignitefitlife.com to learn more!

Brilliant bell peppers were seen at a pantry last month!

The first step to growing a future without hunger is to nourish the well-being of all you care about—including your loved ones and our neighbors. Consider creating your will to protect your family, ensure your possessions are distributed how you would like, and get cultivate peace of mind. Our partner, FreeWill, can help you make or update your plans in just 20 minutes for free. Visit https://lnkd.in/gka5BuDP to create your will today!

At Luke's Local, they cherish the moments we get to engage with and learn from our neighbors and community at large. In the spirit of that community, they designed a loyalty program that gives back in a meaningful way. The Fox Club is a 1:1 loyalty program; for every dollar you spend, you earn 1 point. Once you earn enough points, you can either redeem for cash back or donate that money to a local non-profit. From July - September, the Food Bank is one of the non-profits you can support!

Summer can be tough for families with kids when free school meals aren’t available. Thanks to a generous match offer from Lucy and Todd Johns, your donation can make 2x the difference through July 31! Your support powers access to fresh food through our neighborhood food pantries, Home-Delivered groceries, and CalFresh outreach. These are critical resources for families with kids who are facing increased food and childcare expenses during the summer. Help us ensure kids return to school nourished and ready to learn! 🌱 Donate today and double your impact! 🔗 https://loom.ly/jN1D8UM

The Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood is defined as a #FoodDesert, where access to a variety of fresh and healthy produce is extremely limited. At Florence Fang Community Farm, we’re passionate about #FoodSecurity and #FoodSovereignty. It’s important to understand these concepts in order to create change in our communities: - Food security refers to the direct availability, accessibility, and affordability of food for all individuals.  - Alternatively, food sovereignty goes past accessibility by focusing on communities’ ability to control their own food systems, helping them take control of production, distribution, and the variety of culturally-appropriate and preferred produce. At the farm, we value food security through our weekly Saturday Food Pantry and #Partnership with SF-Marin Food Bank. Additionally, we also prioritize food sovereignty with our #Community and #PublicAccess farm. We encourage all members in our community to grow the veggies they cherish. We’re helping make impactful change one step at a time! We’d love to have you join our journey. Please consider contributing to our farm by volunteering or making a donation. 🌎💗 https://lnkd.in/gBV9R9M3 #NonProfit #SocialImpact #Change

Today, #TeamMoodys volunteered at the SF-Marin Food Bank sorting food and packing bags for home-delivered groceries. (450 bags for a total of 11,250 pounds of food to be exact!) With this, our local food bank is able to arrange home-delivered groceries that goes directly to seniors, families with young children, people who have a disability or are pregnant, and others who can't easily access a pantry. Working outside our usual roles brought us together in-person to #TeamUp and highlighted the importance of teamwork, in and out of the workplace. The immediate impact of our collective effort of packing food for the community was a powerful reminder of the value of giving back. Big thanks to everyone involved! Here’s to more impactful days ahead! #CommunityService