Feeding San Diego

🌟 Join Us for Our Free Food Market on September 14th! 🌟

We're excited to announce that our next Free Food Distribution event is on Saturday, September 14th, at 9:45 AM. This event is open to all active-duty Military Personnel, Veterans, Guards, and Reservists and their families.

📍 Where: 9465 Farnham St., San Diego, CA 92123

✔️ Walk-Up Service
✔️ 1st Come 1st Served
✔️ Military/Veteran ID Required

This is an excellent opportunity for your family to get fresh groceries and essentials from our partners at Feeding San Diego. We encourage everyone to share this post with friends, family, and anyone who could benefit from this event.

📲 Register Here: https://forms.office.com/r/1q9wUDbnvp

Let's come together as a community to support those who have served us. Your participation, whether it's attending or simply spreading the word, is integral to the success of this event! 💙

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Mark your calendar for TUESDAY, AUGUST 27! The Feeding San Diego Food Pantry is happening at the Ramona Community Library from 3pm to 5pm. Drop by and get a box of free and nutritious prepackaged foods and bulk produce while supplies last.
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Muchas gracias a Feeding San Diego por traer el Programa de Despensa de Alimentos a nuestra Biblioteca Comunitaria de Ramona! 🙏🏼 El próximo evento se llevará a cabo ➡️ MARTES 27 DE AGOSTO, de 3 p.m. a 5 p.m. ⬅️



Ramona Chamber of Commerce
Ramona Events
Ramona Senior Center Official
Ramona Rotary Club

Ramona Unified School District
Ramona High School Bulldogs

With the holiday season approaching, it's the perfect time to gather a group and do good for the community. Come volunteer with us and help support your neighbors in bringing nutritious meals home.

Group volunteer shifts in November and December fill up fast, so sign up today: https://bit.ly/3MBGPul

Meet Clay, our corporate partnerships assistant manager who wanted to share his story of why he cares about ending hunger in San Diego County.

"As a San Diego native, my community has always supported me. Working at Feeding San Diego, I get to help strengthen my community and see it grow and thrive. Seeing businesses and community members come together to combat hunger and ensure that all San Diegans have equitable access to nutrition inspires me to continue the fight against hunger and give back to a community that has given me so much."

Today is World Senior Citizen's Day! Seniors must embrace unique health, economic, mobility, and nutritional challenges that can come with aging. It’s not always easy, especially for seniors facing food insecurity.

Today we are highlighting Rosa, an incredible woman and senior who established a food distribution at her mobile home community nearly 15 years ago to support her neighbors.

Read her story:

Supporting Our Seniors On World Senior Citizen's Day World Senior Citizen's Day is a day to show support for seniors in our community and uplift stories of seniors making a positive impact on others. In San Diego County, 83-year-old Rosa Davis is a senior who supports her community year-round. When she moved into a mobile home park in Vista about

Vote for Kate Garrett for San Diego Magazine's Annual Celebrating Women Awards!

Kate is our director of supply chain and has had a long career at Feeding San Diego focused on supporting food rescue. She is nominated as a rising star in the non-profit category, and you can vote for her through August 25.

Vote today: https://bit.ly/46Sx8Rs

🥕 Free Food Market for Military Families! 🥕

In a significant collaboration with Feeding San Diego, Courage to Call is proud to host another Free Food Distribution event! This event, which holds immense value for our Active-Duty Military Personnel, Veterans, Guards, and Reservists and their families, is not to be missed.

📅 Date: August 24, 2024
🕘 Time: 9:45 AM (Saturday)
📍 Location: 9465 Farnham St., San Diego, CA 92123

✔️ Walk-Up
✔️ 1st Come, 1st Served
✔️ Military/Veteran ID Required
✔️ Register here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=HVXGTqcypU-FsMnIngTKCITDaXQNQYtErmPxRijAaaJUMTBQWTA0RkQxQlhUMUNPUkpCT05FRkFNWC4u or scan the QR code on the flyer.

Please help us spread the word! Share this post with anyone who might benefit from this event. Let's come together to support our military families and make a positive impact in our community! 💙

Thank you to the HDR Foundation for choosing Feeding San Diego to receive a $5,000 grant for general operating support!

In addition to their financial support, HDR employees donated their time by volunteering with us. Support from organizations like HDR helps us continue to support families in bringing nutritious meals home throughout San Diego County.

In the spirit of National Make-A-Will Month, Feeding San Diego recognizes the profound choices you have in creating your legacy.

Our partner FreeWill helps our community protect people and causes they love with a free, online will-writing tool. Make-A-Will Month is an annual reminder that planning for tomorrow starts with our actions today.

Learn more & get started now:

This National Make-A-Will Month, Empower Your Future and Build a Brighter One for Children Facing Hunger Thanks to your crucial support, Feeding San Diego remains committed to connecting every child and family facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. As summer winds down, we are focused on ensuring that children facing hunger have their needs met as they head back to school. But d...

Albertsons and Vons have launched a new initiative to make nutritious produce more accessible to individuals and families utilizing the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). From July 31 through November 30, SNAP customers with a ‘for U’ account who purchase $10 in participating fruit and vegetables at Albertsons and Vons stores in San Diego County will receive a coupon for $10 off their next produce purchase.

To qualify, customers must use SNAP as a form of payment, participate in Albertsons and Vons’ free ‘for U’ loyalty program, and purchase $10 in fresh or frozen produce with no added salt, sugar, fat, or processed herbs. Offer valid at San Diego County Vons and Albertsons stores only.

For more information about the SNAP Match program, visit any Albertsons or Vons store in San Diego County.

We are so excited to partner with Healthy Day Partners to launch the Straight 2 the Plate® Mobile Classroom! Healthy Day Partners received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to start this new program, which is an extension of Grab & Grow Gardens®. The first workshop took place at the Valley Center Produce Pantry where Feeding San Diego distributes produce to community members twice a month.

The Straight 2 the Plate® program addresses key barriers to home gardening in urban areas, such as low land ownership and limited transportation access. Through gardening workshops that “pop up” at food distributions, affordable housing complexes, local tribes, and military communities. Mobile classroom participants construct and take home portable, seasonal gardens in 5-gallon buckets and windowsill containers. In addition to hands-on experience creating these instant gardens, participants receive gardening tools and multi-language handbooks, fostering confidence in year-round crop cultivation.

Mim Michelove, CEO and president, and her team have been distributing seedlings at the FSD Produce Pantry since 2023, working to empower children, seniors, active military, veterans, and marginalized populations experiencing food insecurity to grow their own food.

It's incredible to expand partnerships that help increase food sovereignty and food access.

What a SUPER volunteer shift!

Thank you to all our engaged volunteers who attended the Hunger Action Hero volunteer shift during Comic-Con International last weekend. Hunger Halter and Demeter were there to volunteer alongside our everyday hunger action heroes: our volunteers! Plus, everyone left with a copy of the new comic book, "Hunger Action Heroes Unite!"

Don't worry if you couldn't make it, you can get yours here: https://bit.ly/4fnSKsB

Feeding San Diego and its partners host hundreds of food distributions throughout San Diego County. If you or someone you know is in need for resources, visit our Find Food Map and enter your zip code to find a distribution closest to you.

Get help: https://bit.ly/3NTWNRJ

Find the Help You Need, When and Where You Need It Food Distributions In partnership with nearly 350 local charities, schools, faith communities, meal sites, and food pantries, Feeding San Diego distributes more than 35.4 million meals a year to people facing hunger. View All Feeding San Diego Marketplace We're proud to have a community marketplace....

Ending hunger takes all of us. We're proud to partner with DoorDash's Project DASH to deliver food and essential items to neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

In celebration of Project DASH delivering 100 million meals, place an order before 8/25 on DoorDash with promo code PROJECTDASH and they'll donate $3 per order to Feeding America, United Way, and Meals on Wheels America to broaden food access in our communities.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3A7GRa5

Together with Feeding San Diego we distribute delicious produce to patients and community members! 🍍🍞🥫

Visit our food distribution sites for quality meal ingredients!

In San Marcos on 08/07 & 08/21
Iglesia del Señor Jesucristo en las Américas San Marcos
332 E. Olive St, San Marcos, CA 92069
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

In Oceanside on 08/13 & 08/27
Melba Bishop Community Recreation Center
5306 N River Rd, Oceanside, CA 92057
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

There are five scheduled food donation events in Ramona this month, thanks to
Feeding San Diego, San Diego Food Bank, the host locations, and the volunteers that help them!

Friday, August 9th from 12:30-1:30pm
First Congregational Church Farmers Market
404 8th Street

Saturday, August 10th from 9am - 11am
SOWED in Ramona - Calvary Chapel Ramona
114 14th Street

Friday, August 16th at 9am
Ramona Food and Clothes Closet Food Distribution
773 Main Street

Saturday, August 24th from 9am - 11am
SOWED in Ramona - Calvary Chapel Ramona
114 14th Street

Tuesday, August 27th from 3pm - 5pm
Food Pantry Program at the Ramona Community Library
1275 Main Street - Community Room

This August, Feeding San Diego is celebrating Make-A-Will Month — an annual reminder that planning for tomorrow starts with our actions today. We’re sharing a free, online will-writing tool from so our Feeding San Diego community can protect the people and causes they love.

Make your will today: https://bit.ly/46UTGQ2

Check out the latest from Feeding San Diego this month!

Sign up for a Feeding San Diego 101 tour or volunteer shift: https://bit.ly/3hb1ENr

It’s here! The Feeding San Diego merch store is now up and running. There's everything from hats to hoodies to water bottles. Every purchase supports our efforts to end hunger through food rescue.

Shop now: https://bit.ly/3WofgJm

Want to do something fun with the family on the weekend & have access to fresh food? This is a reminder that you can find Feeding San Diego at all Parks After Dark San Diego sites on Fridays this summer!

Come enjoy food and festivities Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at Parks & Rec centers throughout San Diego. On Friday nights, we're there giving out fresh produce and pantry staples. Events run through August 17. We hope to see you there!

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Mark your calendar for this coming TUESDAY, JULY 23. The Feeding San Diego Food Pantry will be at the Ramona Community Library from 3PM-5PM (thank you so much! 🙏🏼). Stop by and pick up a box of free and nutritious prepackaged foods and bulk produce while supplies last.
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Muchas gracias a Feeding San Diego por traer el Programa de Despensa de Alimentos a nuestra Biblioteca Comunitaria de Ramona! 🙏🏼 El próximo evento se llevará a cabo ➡️ MARTES 23 DE JULIO, de 3 p.m. a 5 p.m. ⬅️



Ramona Chamber of Commerce
Ramona Events
Ramona Senior Center Official
Ramona Rotary Club

Ramona Unified School District
Ramona High School Bulldogs