More than 18 months into the pandemic, San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit organizations, from food banks to shelters for domestic violence victims, say that they.
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Mullie Ghani hands out a box of food at Cleo Gordon Elementary School in Fairfield, Friday, May 1, 2020. The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano distributes food at Cleo Gordon Elementary School the first and third Friday of every month. Because there was no school due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, volunteers took over the entire parking lot, helping to meet the demand for more people in need. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic)
‘Food fight’ between Solano, Contra raises nearly $116K
FAIRFIELD The Big Apple has returned to Solano County.
County employees donated an average of $13.92 per person – and $39,285 overall – during the 2020 Counties Care Holiday Food Fight challenge to recapture the Big Apple trophy.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
The pandemic left Bay Area families hungry and food banks overwhelmed. The Season of Sharing stepped in to help [San Francisco Chronicle]
Dec. 16 Just before noon on a recent Wednesday, a line of three dozen people snaked around the Church of the Nazarene in Concord. They were young and old, men and women of all races, one child kicking the ground as he waited. What they had in common: They needed free food.
At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano distribution site, truck driver Will Gregory organized tables piled with bags of pears and potatoes. Driver David Bosuego hoisted boxes packed with pasta, peanut butter and canned peaches into the shopping carts of elderly women. This year, they and others at food banks across the Bay Area saw lines lengthen as millions lost jobs during the pandemic.
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