Supplying Food for Our Neighbors in Need
Requires the Help of Many Hands
Simply feeding those in need is not enough, the Food Bank maintains a strong emphasis on nutritional value of the food that
is provided by striving to acquire and distribute as much health and fresh food as possible. (Photo Credit: John Muir Health)
For more than forty years the Food Bank of
By Jeannie Howard
Contra Costa has been dedicated to feeding
those in need. Since its humble beginnings, the
Food Bank has grown by leaps and bounds distributing
more than twenty million pounds of food each year
to nearly two million people throughout Contra
Costa and Solano counties. With a mission of ending
hunger, relationships with community partners are
essential. “We have more than 180 partner agencies
we work with and distribute food through,” said Lisa
Sherrill, communications director for the Food Bank
of Contra Costa. “Our partner agencies are most often
food pantries or soup kitchens, and we also work with
schools, churches, residential centers—places serving
people in need.”
It is through the relationships with other service
agencies throughout Contra Costa and Solano counties,
the unfaltering work of 72 staff members, and countless
volunteers that the Food Bank is able to efficiently
move food from their two warehouses, one in Fairfield
and another in Concord, to our neighbors in need.
To help maintain a continuous flow of food, both
perishable and non-perishable, the Food Bank acquires
food from several sources—not just through donations