In an unprecedented step, the Bay Area's major food banks recently came together to stress the need for help this holiday season. Food bank volunteers and staff members throughout the Bay Area are working as hard as ever this holiday season. The need is unprecedented, and support is not ke...
Across the country, food banks and pantries are struggling to keep up with demand as more and more people like Koefter are facing the same hard truth — It's tougher than ever to cover the basics. Carissa Crader is the Executive Chef at Loaves & Fishes, a soup kitchen in Contra ...
Long lines at Bay Area food banks are a common sight. An estimate by a group of local food banks says that as many as 1.5 million people living in the Bay Area need their assistance. Officials from these groups have said that it has been an enormous challenge to keep up with the ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-This holiday season, food banks say they're facing greater need than ever before. In Silicon Valley, they say 1 in 6 people are coming in for food assistance. In San Francisco, that number is 1 in 5. But the organizations say donations are not keeping up with demand....
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She said many of the folks picking up care packages at food banks across the Bay Area are coming for the first time. “This is a testament to how the pandemic-induced economic crisis is disproportionately impacting low-wage workers,” she added. “We are seeing so many people who are ...
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 ...
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 ...
"Back when I started, it was known that Thanksgiving month was the busiest time for food banks," she told CBS Bay Area. "Now, every month is busy for food banks." Before the pandemic, her food bank distributed about 2.5 million pounds of food each month. It is now 4.5 million....
(KTVU) - The California National Guard is being deployed to help food banks during the statewide stay at home order. Governor Gavin Newsom called on the California National Guard to complete a short deployment. About 500 guard members are asked to help with the shortage of volunteers at food...