Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday: San Diego Food Bank Warehouse Staff

At any time of the year the daily work of the Food Bank warehouse staff fills a full day and then some. Stocking the Food Center space with dry and canned goods, fresh produce, bread and dairy, ensuring a safe and accessible space for all organizations picking up food, and cleaning and re-stocking regularly keep…

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Thankful Thursday: DPR Construction

“DPR Construction – Integral and Indispensable to San Diego Food Bank’s Success in Assisting Low-Income Community Members” The vision of DPR Construction is to be “integral and indispensable” to the communities the San Diego builder serves. This company-wide vision manifests itself at the local level through a series of volunteer activities and community projects organized…

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Thankful Thursday: Friendly Competition Drives Local Company’s Virtual Food Drive Well Beyond Its Goal!

BuyAutoParts.com’s Company Culture Committee set a modest goal of $150 for its recent Holiday Food Drive to support the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Giving back to the community in which it works is a core company value and the food drive provided a great way to give back. But thanks to a…

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Thankful Thursday: Dollar-A-Dish

School children living in poverty who face the threat of hunger daily will receive weekly backpacks of nutritious food thanks to the support of local restaurants, their patrons and the Dollar-A-Dish campaign. This year’s successful fundraising effort saw 31 restaurants participate raising thousands of dollars for the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, a…

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Thankful Thursday: Rick Engineering Company

For Sharon Liu with Rick Engineering Company, the joy of volunteering began as a high school student in Southern California. She dedicated much of her time then to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Orange County. While in college she didn’t find much time to give back, but as soon as she landed a professional…

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Thankful Thursday: Baker Electric Solar

You never know when or where inspiration is going to strike. For the good people at Baker Electric Solar, the drive to get involved with the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank came while up on the roof. Specifically, Baker Electric Solar installed the solar panels on the roof of the Food Bank’s Miramar warehouse as…

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Thankful Thursday: ProduceGood’s CropSwap Program

According to journalist and blogger Jonathan Bloom, each day Americans waste enough food to fill the Rose Bowl in Pasadena from the field to the stadium brim. In hard numbers, that’s equivalent to 160 billion pounds of food that could have been used to feed people in need. Hearing statistics like these prompted Nita Kurmins…

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Thankful Thursday: The Introduction

“Thank you.” We grow up learning these are “magic words” that should be used to express gratitude and appreciation. At the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, it is not magic that enables us to provide nutritious and critically-needed food to low-income community members. No, the secret to our success is the hundreds of…

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