SF-Marin Food Bank
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Mission Statement
We are providing the essential building blocks to a healthy and productive life for thousands of our neighbors. The food we distribute is more than just food. It is an investment in the future of our community and our economy. When people are well nourished, they are able to learn better at school or work harder at their jobs. People have the energy they need to find employment and the strength to stay healthy enough to work and care for their families. Our clients have the feeling of security that comes from a full belly and with the knowledge that your neighbors are there for you when times are tough.
About This Cause
We collect millions of pounds of food from growers, packers, processors, manufacturers, the USDA and grocery stores. This can include test-marketed products, items close to code date, produce that is the wrong shape or size for conventional markets and excess. Food drives are an important source of variety. We truck donated food to our warehouse. Multiple tractor trailer loads of produce come in through the week – these precious, highly perishable items get moved through our warehouse within 24 hours. Volunteers sort, repack and shelve almost 400 tons of food at our warehouse every week, doing the work of what would be about 50 full-time employees. At any given time, we have around 2 million pounds of food in our warehouse. We deliver food to over 400+ local nonprofit organizations. This includes over 200 neighborhood pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers, homeless shelters and youth programs. Visitors to our neighborhood pantries select food at weekly farmers’ market-style distributions to cook at home. Food from the Food Bank is also prepared at soup kitchens and packaged into bag lunches for school and summer programs. In all, we serve over 200,000 people each year. Goals We make food available to families in the places where they live, work and learn. By working closely with public schools, housing sites, churches, and other organizations that serve children and their families, we serve our clients in a manner and setting most attuned to their needs.