Client Stories – North County Food Bank Client Choice Pantry
September 15, 2023Meet Linda. Linda is a Vista resident who relies on assistance from the North County Food Bank’s Client Choice Pantry to help put food on the table. Linda is retired and lives on social security. When asked what brings her to the San Diego Food Bank, she explained that she experienced some rain damage to…
Neighbors Receive Help from the Food Bank
June 1, 2023On a spring afternoon, Ashli and her daughter Maria visited the Food Bank with their neighbor, Joanne to receive food assistance from the Food Bank’s Client Choice Food Pantry that is currently serving nearly 500 households per week. “Ashli and I live in the same apartment building in Vista. I don’t have a car, and…
“This Program Does So Much for My Family.”
March 24, 2023Meet Beverly from Vista. Beverly, 62, shops the Client Choice Pantry at our North County Food Bank warehouse in Vista about every two weeks.
Families and Seniors Receive Help from the Food Bank
March 1, 2023On a chilly late winter morning, several families and seniors visited the Food Bank to receive food assistance from the Food Bank’s new Client Choice Food Pantry, which is open throughout the week for families and individuals in need of food assistance. “My wife Merleen and I have needed the help feeding our kids. We…
Food Bank Distributes Turkeys and Groceries to Families for the Holidays
January 1, 2023On a chilly November evening in City Heights, hundreds of low-income families, many with young children, received frozen turkeys and food packages ahead of Thanksgiving at a Food Bank food distribution. Soledad arrived at 1 p.m. to get in line early for a frozen turkey and food for the distribution that started at 5 p.m….
Family of Four Struggling with Inflation Receives Help from the Food Bank
October 21, 2022The Food Bank opened our new Client Choice Food Pantry at our North County Food Bank facility in Vista for families to receive food assistance. The food pantry is set up like a neighborhood grocery store. The food pantry offers a variety of fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, meats, dairy products, baked goods, nonperishable canned foods,…
Mom of Three Facing Soaring Inflation Receives Help from the Food Bank
August 9, 2022On a sunny spring morning, Raven drives up to receive food assistance from the Food Bank’s drive-thru Super Pantry Program food distribution that is open throughout the week for families and individuals in need of food assistance. “The price of gas has gone up, the cost of living has gone up, food has gone up,…
Dedicated Volunteer Vanessa Pool Reflects on a Decade of Volunteering at the San Diego Food Bank
April 22, 2021Meet Vanessa Pool, who fell in love with giving back to her community after her first volunteer shift at the Food Bank 12 years ago. Vanessa’s decade-long volunteer journey consists of weekly volunteer shifts with the help of her family and UCSD colleagues.
Volunteering During a Pandemic: An Insightful Perspective from a Food Bank Volunteer
April 6, 2021The San Diego Food Bank and the North County Food Bank launched their COVID-19 Response one year ago to meet the increased demand for food assistance caused by the pandemic. When the pandemic reached our region in mid-March, the Food Bank went from feeding 350,000 people to over 600,000 a month almost overnight. That number…