Tag: Food Pantry
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Hunger Study Shows Continued Need for Assistance
A worker loads food at the Feeding America San Diego distribution center, Sept. 4, 2014. | Photo Credit: Claire Trageser By Claire Trageser Almost a half-million people received donations last year from San Diego-area food pantries, according to a report released Thursday by Feeding America San Diego. The survey found a total of 473,500 people…
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A Food Bank’s New Year’s Resolution
An increasing need for long-term help has Feeding America thinking less about filling bellies and more about nutrition. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego. By Megan Burks Forklifts scurry through Feeding America San Diego’s Sorrento Valley warehouse, shifting crates of donated food around like Tetris blocks. Volunteers break down towering boxes…
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Video: Gleaners Save Fruit, Stock Pantries
By Brian Myers and Edgar Montejano A small but growing corps of food activist volunteers calling themselves urban gleaners are scouring San Diego neighborhoods, peering over fences and knocking on doors in search of residents willing to let them haul their fruit away to local food pantries, where it’s usually easier to stock up on…
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Stocking Needy Kitchens With Low Hanging Fruit
Philip Dunn picks grapefruit at a home orchard in La Mesa. The property owners didn’t want the fruit, so Dunn and a small group of volunteers showed up with boxes and bags, hauled away what they could and donated it to the food pantry at the International Rescue Committee. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By…