Borchard Foundation is Fighting Hunger – Feeding Hope with a Generous Grant
June 2010 - The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation awarded a generous $12,500 grant toward Valley Food Bank’s Fighting Hunger –Feeding Hope program. The foundation’s generous support this year for the food bank included $2,500 more than we requested – What a blessing!
SOS Hauls 7,705 pounds of Food
by Powell, Mel (Rotarian) May 2010 - Sherman Oaks Sunset Rotarians provided the hard labor to help the Valley Food Bank and the National Association of Letter Carriers on 8 May 2010 as part of the "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive. Asked how best the Club could help, Food Bank director Will Hernandez gathered volunteers at the Studio City Post Office on Laurel Canyon Boulevard. Most wearing bright blue Rotarians at Work T-shirts, Club members descended on the Post Office's parking lot. Valley Food Bank was one of several local food banks to receive donations.
As the mail trucks came in at the end of the day, with food donations filling a handful of grocery bags or in several instances just about the entire mail truck, Rotarians pulled the food off of the Post Office vehicles and hauled it over to the Food Bank's large truck. There, the Food Bank's own Manny and Chaminade student volunteer Randi sorted and stacked the donations. The truck, which started the day empty except for the Food Bank's sorting bins, barely closed at the end of the afternoon.
Every letter carrier arrived with donated food and big smiles, and every Rotarian left with sore muscles and swelled hearts at seeing the generosity of the good people who live along these postal routes. The donations were collected voluntarily by the letter carriers nationwide, for the eighteenth year of this great program. Hernandez, who worked a successful Rotarians at Work Day in 2009 with Sherman Oaks Sunset, reported the next day that Valley Food Bank had collected 7,705 pounds of non-perishable food just at the Studio City location. "This is one of those times when I can honestly say that we could not have done this work without your team," he noted.
See also our YouTube clip, and more photos of the efforts can be seen on Rotary Club of Sherman Oaks Sunset's Facebook page.
Ralphs/Food 4 Less & Food Bank Join Together in the Fight Against Hunger
April 2010 - The Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation has awarded a $15,196 grant to Valley Food Bank to provide food for hungry families in the San Fernando Valley. The grant was made possible through the foundations “Hunger” Canister Campaign. Despite the economy, Ralph’s customers came through in a big way. Valley Food Bank is proud to partner with the Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation to improve the quality of life the hungry and hurting in our community.
Swanton Foundation joins Valley Food Bank in Fighting Hunger - Feeding Hope
March 2010 - The Harold R. & Winifred R. Swanton Foundation has joined forces with the Valley Food Bank once again in the battle on hunger through a generous grant of $5,000. The foundation has faithfully contributed to food bank’s Fighting Hunger – Feeding Hope program for the past several years. The grant will support operational costs associated with food collection, donation processing, storage, and distribution. Their generous support of these operations will ensure a continuous delivery of food to hundreds of families and individuals in the San Fernando Valley.
Wells Fargo Rides Again to Support Families in Need
January 2010 - The Wells Fargo Foundation has partnered with the Valley Food Bank once again by awarding a $10,000 grant to support the food bank’s Fighting Hunger – Feeding Hope program. The foundation’s generous support will help the food bank to meet a fifty-eight percent increase in the number of families who are seeking emergency food assistance in the San Fernando Valley.
Food Bank Benefits from Million Dollar Challenge to Fight Hunger
August 2009 - Valley Food Bank received a $940 grant from the Feinstein Foundation for its participation in the foundation’s annual $1 Million Giveaway Challenge to Fight Hunger. 1,750 participating agencies raised a record $197 million through the challenge. Feinstein’s generous contribution will help the food bank to meet the significant increase in the number of families seeking food assistance.
CSUN Journalism Student Reports on the Valley Food Bank
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Ralphs/Food 4 Less & Food Bank Join Together in the Fight Against Hunger
