ALL IN Monterey County

We welcome you to visit our Giving Market and Giving Drive for free groceries every week! We are also actively working now to finally move into a new location for the Kindness Closet, so please encourage friends and neighbors to follow our page to see updates. Here are our September food flyers. Everyone is welcome, and everything is free, thanks to donations and volunteers. Spread kindness!

Fresh Vegetable Pop-Up at English Ales in Marina

3:30pm while supplies last

Everything is free 💛🌎
Everyone is welcome 💛🌎

We want to say a huge thank you to Seaside Grocery Outlet for this amazing donation! We couldn’t do what we do without the help of people like you! 💛🌎

Mini pop-up happening NOW on Iris Drive in Salinas, right down the block from the rodeo grounds. 💛

Update: everything has been picked up - thank you!

First day of school fresh! Celery, strawberries, and other delicious produce today at the Giving Drive!

Join us at Seaside High
Line begins at 4:00
Distribution begins at 4:30

Hello August! As many families have kids getting ready to go back to school, we are happy to share that our free food opportunities continue each week thanks to our hard-working volunteers. Please see the flyers below for detail and share with neighbors!

Please remember to not enter Marina High school grounds before 4pm as it causes a traffic jam for parents/students/teachers leaving at the end of the school day. Thank you!

Everyone is welcome. Everything is free. Only kindness is expected in return! 💛🌎😊

What a way to end July!

We were so happy to welcome 91 families at our pop-up in Salinas, 15 at our pop-up in Marina and 558 families at our drive in Seaside today!

Thank you to the volunteers that stepped up to help 💛🌎 and the people that stopped by to say hello, we enjoyed every minute!

Message if you’d like to join our team, the more volunteers the more we can do. If feels amazing to

**All finished for today! Leftovers will be available during our regular Giving Market hours this week**

Produce Pop Up Today!

Join us starting at 1:30 at the Giving Market at Marina High School.

Please note the full market will not be available, only produce and dairy pop-up items.

Sunday July 28th
1:30 while supplies last
Marina High Giving Market

Everyone is welcome 💛🌎
Everything is free 💛🌎

ALL-IN Monterey County is proud to be a benefitting partner of Concorso Italiano 2024. Please sign up to volunteer on behalf of ALL-IN for a Win-Win!

ALL-IN will receive a donation for each participating volunteer. Each volunteer will receive a T-shirt, lunch and entry to the event ($225 value)!

Sign-up using this link or direct questions to [email protected]

As ALLways, ALL-IN invites other organizations to join us and raise money for their own organizations. We help community members and community partners. We love collaboration 💛🌎

Volunteer Registration Get tickets online for Volunteer Registration here.

Thank you to our friends at Signworks for designing and donating these beautiful new signs for the Giving Drive 💛🌎

Thursday July 18

It’s a beautiful day for a Pop-Up!

1:30pm while supplies last
555 Broadway in Seaside

Bring your own bags if you have them

Everyone is welcome
Everything if free

💛🌎

Update: we’re all done for today - hope to see you at tomorrow’s Giving Market, from 4:30-6pm at Marina High School.

Tonight’s the night! 🎄🎄🎄

Join us from 5-8pm at our 555 Broadway location in Seaside for our Christmas-in-July Bingo — with great prizes, food, and a no-host beer + wine bar.

Tickets are $30 at the door and every dollar supports our mission to serve our Monterey County friends and neighbors.

Your entry includes a 5-pack of Bingo cards and an entry into the prize-basket drawing. Kids 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult!

Bring a new gift for a teen or a new kitchen item to receive an extra entry into our drawing for fun prizes.

Thanks for being ALL-IN, we can’t wait to see you! 🎁💛

Wednesday July 10

We have so much to share! Blackberries, Watermelons, Strawberries, Spinach, Protein Powder, Bread, Plums and MORE!

Seaside High School
4:30pm to while supplies last

Please please please Be Kind!

Update 7/10/24: Thank you so much! I think with all items offered we are good for our baskets now. We appreciate you all.

Hello to our kind community! We love our generous members and have many great prizes for our Saturday bingo fundraiser.

We need just a few more items for 3 of our themed baskets. If you have any of the following items, and can help us out, please comment below. All items needed by Friday.

For kids basket:
New board game, pack of play doh, mad lib's or card game

For teen basket:
Dominos gift card /other teen friendly gift card, pair of movie tickets, or a new teen DVD movie

For pizza night basket:
New oven mit, pizza cutter, boboli pizza crust

Thank you Monterey County Weekly for helping us share this happy news!

We are incredibly grateful to Unified Caring Association for believing in our mission and generously supporting our rent at 555 Broadway for the next two years.

And MPUSD, The Food Bank for Monterey County and English Ales Brewery, your continued support means the world to us.

None of what we do would be possible without our community partners and the individuals who show up for us week in and week out to volunteer, donate and serve from a place of love and respect. It is amazing what can be accomplished when we work together.

From the bottoms of our hearts, thank you for being ALL-IN. 💛🌎

An organization steps up to give All-In Monterey County the help it needs. Erik Chalhoub here. I’ve written many stories about people and organizations who have turned to the community for help—whether they are looking for volunteers who are just as passionate about

A Christmas in July spotlight on…

🌟Operation Holiday Cheer 🌟

Every year for the past five years, our community has come together to make magic for thousands of our Monterey County neighbors through ALL-IN Operation Holiday Cheer.

We match volunteers with families to fulfill personal wish lists, but more than gifts, we provide support during a time that can be joyful for some and stressful for others.

We provide holiday meals, groceries, an annual Santa Party with cookies, cocoa, Santa photos, activities, and most of all — friendship.

To support our coordinators, we open The JOY Store where Holiday Cheer Coordinators can “shop” for gifts without paying out of pocket.

All you need to be an Operation Holiday Cheer Coordinator is a good heart and time to make magic for a family in our community. It feels good to be ALL-IN. 🎄💛

Tonight ALL IN Monterey County is at The Carmel Music Series at The Plaza. Stop by and say hello 💛🌎

Shout out to the organizers of this fantastic event for supporting local nonprofits including us!

Attention, generous community members! Support ALL IN's Christmas in July fundraiser on July 13th. If you have gift cards, alcohol/wine, or themed items to donate for a gift basket, please comment below, and we will get in touch. Ideas: cooking/baking, gardening, movie night, etc. We appreciate your consideration and please share with your friends, thank you!!

Today The ALL IN Monterey Giving drive welcomed 510 families! Thank you to our volunteers and The Food Bank for Monterey County 💛🌎

Update: 90 families joined us today at The Giving Market 💛🌎

Tuesday, July 2

We look forward to welcoming you to The Giving Market at Marina High School 💛🌎

Important: NEW HOURS are 4:30pm-6pm

Welcome JULY🎄🎅🤶
aka Christmas in July for ALL IN Monterey County

Look for ways to support our Holiday Cheer program

Please note our NEW Giving Market Hours, we will now open at 4:30pm and ask that guests do not arrive before 4pm. Thanks for your cooperation 💛🌎🎄🎅🤶

Join us for 🌟 Christmas in July 🌟 Bingo at our 555 Broadway location, Saturday July 13th from 5-8pm!

Tickets are $25 when you purchase in advance and $30 at the door — every dollar supports our mission to serve our Monterey County friends and neighbors.

Bring a new gift for a teen to receive a free entry into our drawing for fun prizes.

What to expect: BINGO, great prizes, food, and a no-host beer + wine bar. We can’t wait to spend this evening making-merry with our ALL-IN community! 💛🌎

6/28 Another beautiful day sharing food with our friends… 71 families joined us today 💛🌎

Update: Tuesday 6/25 ALL IN Monterey County welcomed 97 families. 97 families came for food and friendship. Thank you!

Come visit us 4-6pm at the Giving Market at Marina High, for free groceries - today we have nice produce, desserts and other goodies.

Everyone is welcome, everything is free. We only ask for kindness in return. 💛💛

Today we’re celebrating Juneteenth, in honor of the day in 1865 that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed.

A reminder that there will not be a Giving Drive today, but we’ll be back to our usual schedule next week.

You can also visit us at this Friday’s Giving Market at Marina High School from 4-6pm 💛🌎

Update: we served 92 families today with meat, veggies, bread, dessert, smiles, friendship and more. Thank you community.

Happy Tuesday friends - we look forward to seeing you at this afternoon’s Giving Market! 💛

What: Free groceries and treats

When: Every Tuesday and Friday from 4pm to 6pm

Where: Marina High School - near the front and on the left when you’re driving in. Look for the signs!

As always – everyone is welcome and everything is free.

Thank you to The Food Bank for Monterey County, MPUSD and English Ales for your partnership and support!

If you’re interested in volunteering at The Giving Market or any of our other programs, please write to us at [email protected]. For food-related questions (receiving/donating), write to us at [email protected].

It feels good to be ALL-IN. 🌎💛

From this week’s Giving Market — this potato understood the assignment 💛💛💛