SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The need for food security is going strong still a year after the onset of the pandemic, described San Diego Food Bank’s President and CEO Jim Floros with KUSI’s Elizabeth Alvarez on Good Morning San Diego.
Volunteer Appreciation Week was last week.
Floros emphasized that his food bank has had no problem attracting volunteers, whose free labor allows more donor dollars to go directly to services and feeding hungry San Diegans.
Unlike other cities, San Diego has not had to resort to using the National Guard to work at food banks because of the volunteers.
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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The pandemic had the San Diego Food Bank seeing record numbers of people turning to them for survival.
“We are up to 11 million dollars in food purchases,” Jim Floros, CEO of the San Diego Food Bank, describing that San Diego’s need from food banks has not diminished much though more of the population is becoming vaccinated.
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“It makes me feel really awesome,” said Weaver.
The three said their school is teaming with fellow Mira Mesa-area schools Sandburg and Hage Elementary to raise money for the Food Bank.
“As much as we can. Yeah, as much as we can. Like, maybe a million,” chimed the twins.
“These kids got it right,” said Jim Floros, the CEO for the San Diego Food Bank. “These are tomorrow’s leaders and they really have it ingrained that giving back to the community, being part of the solution is part of that.”
The @SDFoodBank did it again. They opened their 35th pantry to help people during this brutal pandemic. You re going to love who recently donated thousands of dollars. @nbcsandiego at 4:30. pic.twitter.com/bo9OthCkr5 Joe Little (@LittleJoeTV) March 13, 2021
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