 |
|
|
|
No One Should Go Hungry!
FOOD IS AVAILABLE. |
|
 |
|
| Visit us here for the latest news about hunger and the San Diego Food Bank. These sections also contain our recent press releases and other items of interest. This section is updated frequently, so please check back often. |
| |
|
|
| NEWS - 2008 |
| |
If you have a media inquiry or a logo request, please contact Chris Carter, Director of Communications, on ccarter@sandeigofoodbank.org or 858.527.1419 ext. 31.
|
|
| KPBS feature story on rising demand at the san diego food bank |
 San Diego – August 21 – KPBS covers the increasing hardship faced by families in San Diego County due to the souring economy. KBPS Health Reporter Kenny Goldberg visits a San Diego Food Bank community food distribution.
|
Click here to listen to the program on-line
|
|
| |
|
| KFMB NEWS 8 REPORTS ON THE ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING SAN DIEGO FAMILIES |
| San Diego – August 12 – San Diego Food Bank CEO "Scody" Hage and Chairman Eugene "Mitch" Mitchell explain how the slumping economy with high gas prices, rising food costs, soaring rents and job layoffs is creating a lethal combination for families in need, with many people having to choose between paying their rent and going hungry.
|
View videos: Channel 8
|
| |
|
| |
|
| CEO “SCODY” HAGE APPEARS ON KNSD NBC 7 NEWS AND KGTV ABC 10 NEWS |
| San Diego – August 5 – San Diego Food Bank CEO "Scody" Hage appeared on Channel 7 News and Channel 10 News today outlining the SDFB's latest distribution statistics showing a startling increase in demand.
|
View video: Channel 10
|
View video: Channel 7
|
|
| |
|
| SDFB FEATURED IN SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE |
 San Diego – August 5 – The San Diego Union Tribune featured the release of the SDFB’s distribution figures showing an ‘alarming’ rise in the demand for help from low-income families in San Diego County. The story gives the SDFB’s distribution figures in key cities including: La Mesa up 102%; Spring Valley up 69%; and Chula Vista up 34%. |
Read the article on-line |
View the article |
|
| |
|
SDFB APPEARS ON KPBS ‘THESE DAYS’ WITH TOM FUDGE |
| San Diego – August 4 – San Diego Food Bank CEO “Scody” Hage and Chairman “Mitch” Mitchell appeared on KPBS radio’s ‘These Days’ talk show with Tom Fudge. Nearly one year after the SDFB’s independence, Mitchell and Hage explained how the SDFB’s first year had been a huge success while at the same time highlighting the challenges the SDFB faces tackling hunger in San Diego County’s tumbling economy.
|
Listen to the program on-line |
|
| |
|
| San Diego Food Bank Board Members Appear on KUSI’s ‘Good Morning San Diego’ |
| San Diego – July 31 – San Diego Food Bank Board Members Jennifer Perkins and Chairman Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell were interviewed live on KUSI’s ‘Good Morning San Diego’ breakfast news program at the SDFB’s warehouse in Miramar today.
Perkins and Mitchell appeared on the program in four separate live interviews over the course of the morning and discussed the SDFB’s successful transition into an independent charity. Both board members highlighted the SDFB’s successful first year including the appointment of a new CEO and board of directors, ending the year debt-free, complete separation from the Neighborhood House Association, and partnering with over 300 non-profit agencies.
Mitchell and Perkins illustrated the grave threat of hunger facing low-income working families in San Diego County and appealed to the community for help through financial donations, volunteering and food donations. |
View Video: S.D. Food Bank | KUSI - News, Weather and Sports - San Diego, CA | Good Morning San Diego
|
|
| |
|
| San Diego Union Tribune Editorial: “New Leadership Redeems Food Bank” |
| San Diego – July 29 – The lead editorial by the San Diego Union Tribune Editorial Board heralds the SDFB’s successful transition into an independent organization.
Under the strong leadership of Chairman Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell and President Stephen P. Cushman along with a new board of directors, two capable executive directors and loyal staff, the SDFB has “regained its reputation.”
A year after independence the editorial cites the SDFB’s accomplishments: “[having] money in the bank, a loyal staff, a roster of local food suppliers… supporters such as the Chargers…and distributing at least 10 million pounds of food a year” to people in need. |
| Read the editorial on-line: 21,000 meals a day | The San Diego Union-Tribune |
|
| |
|
| HSBC Packs 35,000 Pounds and Donates $5,000 |
San Diego – July 31 – HSBC San Diego volunteers packed 35,000 pounds of food at the SDFB’s distribution warehouse in Miramar this month.
In addition to their hardworking volunteers, the team led by Executive Vice President Aaron Tankersley and Senior Vice President John Molnar, presented the SDFB’s CEO, J. Scofield “Scody” Hage with a $5,000 check which will enable the Food Bank to provide the equivalent of 15,000 meals.
HSBC’s thirty volunteers dazzled the SDFB’s warehouse staff by their sheer speed and efficiency. The volunteers who worked on the assembly line packed 1,180 boxes of food which came to 35,400 pounds, totaling 27,456 meals. Since the SDFB provides nearly 20,000 meals daily, the HSBC team fed San Diego County for more than a day.
SDFB CEO Scody Hage thanked the volunteer team for their hard work and the executive staff for HSBC’s very generous donation which will provide meals to working families in need. |
|
| |
|
| SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK RECEIVES MAJOR DONATION FROM DRUG STORES CONFERENCE |
San Diego – July 1, 2008 – Exhibitors donated three semi-truck loads of food and sample consumer goods weighing 17,000 lbs at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Marketplace Conference at the San Diego Convention Center today.
View video: View video: Channel 6 News
View video: Channel 8 News - 6.30 pm
View video: Channel 8 News – 11 pm
View video: Channel 10 News
View video: Estaciòn 17 en español
|
|
|
| NEWS - 2007 |
| |
|
If you have a media inquiry or a logo request, please contact our Public Relations Manager at 858.527.1419 ext. 31 or mpolimadei@sandiegofoodbank.org |
| |
|
| SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPEARS ON KUSI |
| San Diego Food Bank executive director appreared on San Diego news channel KUSI on Monday, August, 20, 2007 to talk about his vision for the organization. |
| VIEW VIDEO |
|
| Welcome back Breakfast |
| On Wednesday, December 6th, the San Diego Food Bank held its first Welcome Back Breakfast for its donors. The event was catered... |
| VIEW FULL RELEASE |
|
| The San Diego Food Bank Receives Bequest |
| The San Diego Food Bank recently received a $100,000 bequest from the estate of a
Food Bank donor... |
| VIEW FULL RELEASE |
|
| Qualcomm Awards the San Diego Food Bank $50,000 Grant |
| Hunger in San Diego touches all ages of San Diego County residents. Children and senior citizens combine to constitute the largest age group served by the San Diego Food Bank... |
| VIEW FULL RELEASE |
|
| 16TH ANNUAL TASTE OF THE NFL |
| World-Renowned Chefs and NFL Greats Team Up to Tackle Hunger in America... |
| VIEW FULL RELEASE |
|
|
