Food banks

Javier Albarran had worked in a hotel kitchen for more than 25 years when he lost his job last March due to the pandemic. Finding himself without insurance or the income he needed to get by, he said, “I didn’t know what to do.” When a friend asked him to take him to a food bank, Albarran overcame his embarrassment...

Food banks continue to operate as essential businesses and are struggling to meet the increased need in services because of the pandemic. Consider volunteering at your local food bank this Spring to make a difference in your community. The list below includes information about each food bank’s specific volunteer needs and ways to get involved. Volunteer duties can include...

Organizing a meal train, or simply surprising a neighbor with a favorite dish, are just a couple of ways you can help those in need.

Martha Mae Adams is a retired postal police officer who lives in New York City. After leaving that career for health reasons, she continued to support herself with the help of some income she made working with children. But COVID-19 ended that. She talked to NBCLX about overcoming her shame to accept donations from a food pantry during the pandemic....

World Central Kitchen, the food relief organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, has provided about 35 million meals across the country since March as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a spike in food insecurity. CEO Nate Mook joined LX News to talk about the need for an “all-inclusive approach” to America’s growing hunger crisis.

This year has been an especially difficult one for everyone, even moreso during the holidays. Now, more than ever, organizations around the Bay Area are ramping up their efforts to provide help to anyone who is struggling during these difficult times. Below, we’ve assembled a list of resources where you can get the help you need, or donate and...

Bay Area food banks are stepping up and helping families in need who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

In a sign of how much the pandemic has hurt our economy, hundreds of people have lined up for Thanksgiving food in the East Bay. Bob Redell reports.

Bay Area food banks are calling this years distribution an “emergency distribution” as the continue to donate hundreds of meals as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect families across the region. Bob Redell reports.

Food banks across the Bay Area are seeing challenges due to less volunteers willing to help due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Food banks are seeing a record number of people in need, and the coronavirus pandemic has made it even more difficult to get people to volunteer and distribute the food. Scott Budman reports.

Demand is high and donations are needed at many Bay Area food banks as the coronavirus pandemic has caused spikes in the number of people who need food assistance.

As jobs vanish, incomes drop and food prices rise, more Americans are going to bed hungry — and advocates warn that without intervention from Congress, those numbers could rise to a level unseen in modern times, NBC News reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a state and federal initiative Wednesday to connect farmers and ranchers with excess produce to food banks around the state. According to Newsom, food banks have seen a 73 percent increase in demand since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic began, while farmers and ranchers have seen demand for their crops and other food fall by half. With…

With businesses and restaurants ceasing their purchases of food as they close during the pandemic, many farms have a surplus of food that is rotting in the fields. Meanwhile food banks are running out of supplies and turning families away empty-handed, but farms can’t afford to hire workers to harvest food they can’t sell.

Hundreds of cars lined up at a food drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as organizations try to help people through the coronavirus pandemic. In Oklahoma City, the lines of cars even caused traffic delays.

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Service area: All of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Website shfb.org How to get help with food: visit their website (https://www.shfb.org/get-food/) or call their Food Connection Hotline: 1-800-984-3663 Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. How to donate money: Donate online on their website: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/donate-funds/ How to volunteer: Sign-up on our website: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/ Food...

Sonoma Raceway collected and delivered more than a ton of non-perishable food and $2,400 in cash donations to two Sonoma County food banks during its annual food drive.

Our NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 anchors and reporters, along with dozens of volunteers, have fanned out at Safeways across the Bay Area to get the word out about the annual “Feed the Need” food drive.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn squared off Tuesday in the first live televised debate of Britain’s election, each trying to spark a lackluster campaign to life.