Alameda County Community Food Bank
Non-Profit, Food Bank
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Advocacy, Food Stamp Outreach
Food Stamps: Check your eligibility for the Food Stamp Program by completing a five-minute, online pre-screening tool. Food Bank staff are also availab...
Needed here 45
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Food Drive, Volunteer
Organize a Food Drive It’s easy, it’s fun and helps build muscles! We have been experiencing a shortage of donated food and need your help. Please consider ...
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Office, General Office Volunteer
General Office Help General clerical help is an ongoing need for us. May include preparing mailings, phone calls, data entry, filing, and special projects. ...
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Warehouse, Donations Sorter/Organizer, Volunteer
Weekday Food Sorting Sort, screen, box and shelve donated food. Individuals and groups are needed to help sort food into boxes that are distributed to the ...
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About this facility
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- Temporary
Notes
The Alameda County Community Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been serving the community since 1985. As the county's clearinghouse for donated food, the Food Bank provides food assistance for 40,000 low-income Alameda County residents each week, which includes 14,000 children and 7,000 seniors. Most adults served are among the working poor.
What we do:
* Provide food to 300 community agencies that serve on-site meals and/or food bags for their clients
* Distribute bags of food to school children in need
* Distribute fresh fruits and vegetables several times a week to member agencies
* Operate a toll-free hunger helpline that makes over 1,000 referrals each month
* Conduct food stamp outreach clinics
* Educate the community and public officials about the causes of hunger and poverty
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Food Helpline: (1-800-870-3663 (FOOD) in Alameda County) connects Alameda County residents with emergency food referrals.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm
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In addition to referrals to food pantries and soup kitchens, callers receive information about other programs, such as Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Food Stamps. They also receive information about non-food programs, such as Earned Income Credit and Healthy Families.
Besides the Food Helpline, the Food Bank operates a Free Summer Lunch Hotline during the summer months for referrals to sites that serve a free summer lunch to children and teens ages 18 and under, and a Holiday Hotline in November and December for referrals to holiday food programs.