| MEDIA COVERAGE - 2008 |
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| KUSI INTERVIEWS PROGRAMS DIRECTOR ON THE NEED TO CONTINUE GIVING AFTER THE HOLIDAYS |
San Diego – December 26 – The San Diego Food Bank's programs director Vanessa Franco appeared on Good Morning San Diego to discuss the need for the community to give beyond the holidays. Franco asked the community to remember the SDFB long after the holiday decorations are put away. |
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| CW6 NEWS: MAGIC 92.5 FOUR CORNERS FOOD DRIVE |
San Diego – December 12 – Local radio station Magic 92.5 host its annual food and coat drive over four consecutive days at four separate Wal-Mart locations throughout the county. CW6's Ruben Galvan visited the food drive in Chula Vista and spoke to DJs Jagger and Kristi, and SDFB board member Ed Wallace. |
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| KPBS NEWS: RISING DEMAND AT SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK |
 San Diego – December 17 – KPBS interviews San Diego Food Bank Chairman Mitch Mitchell on the rising demand at the San Diego Food Bank.
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| KUSI NEWS: SAN DIEGANS RUN FOR THE HUNGRY ON THANKSGIVING |
San Diego – November 27 – Over 4,000 San Diegans ran in the seventh annual Run for the Hungry 5K/10K downtown. Proceeds from the run benefit the San Diego Food Bank and Jewish Family Service. |
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| CW6 NEWS: LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY FOOD DRIVE |
San Diego – November 24 – La Jolla Country Day school hosted its annual food drive for the San Diego Food Bank. CW6's Ruben Galvan visited the food drive in and spoke to SDFB board members Jennifer Perkins and Jerry Swain. |
View video: Channel 6 - 6:30 AM
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| KPBS NEWS: SAN DEIGO FOOD BANK SUPPLIES LOW FOR THANKSGIVING |
San Diego – November 21 – KPBS covers the San Diego Food Bank's struggle to feed the tens of thousands of additional families requiring assistance over the holidays. KBPS News anchors Dwane Brown and Maureen Cavanaugh interview the San Diego Food Bank's Chairman Mitch Mitchell |
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| KUSI NEWS: FINANCIAL CRISIS TAKES TOLL ON LOCAL CHARITIES |
San Diego – November 21 – The San Diego Food Bank and other local charities are suffering from the sagging economy as donations nosedive with Thanksgiving less than a week away. |
View video: Channel 9
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| KUSI REPORTS ON FOOD DONATION DEFICIT AND CHARGERS FOOD DRIVE |
San Diego – November 21 – Board member Jerry Swain and Ken Derrett Chargers' VP for Marketing appealed to Chargers fans to donate food the Nov. 23 game. The San Diego Food Bank's supplies are dangerously low and is asking Chargers fans bring non-perishable canned goods to Sunday night's game. |
View video: Channel 9
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| CW6 REPORTS ON FOOD DONATION DEFICIT |
San Diego – November 20 – CW6 reports on the San Diego Food Bank's dangerously low supply of food. Only a seven week supply of donated food remains. |
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| KUSI FEATURES 2008 HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE LAUNCH WITH MAYOR SANDERS
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| San Diego – October 24 – KUSI reports on the SDFB's press launch for the 2008 Holiday Food Drive. Mayor Sanders mentioned the SDFB's dangerously low food supplies and issued an appeal to the community to donate food. |
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KPBS FEATURES LOW FOOD STAMP PARTICPATION IN SAN DIEGO
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San Diego – October 1 – KPBS covers the increasing hardship faced by families in San Diego County and the alarmingly low food stamp participation rate. KBPS Reporter Joanne Faryon visits Kearney Mesa Family Resource Center. |
View video: Channel 8
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| 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. |
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| UNION TRIBUNE: HILTON TORREY PINES TO HOST CHARITY GALA FOR SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK |
 San Diego – Sept. 18 – The La Jolla Hilton is hosting a gala dinner which aims to raise enough funds to help the San Diego Food Bank meet the surge in demand caused by the weakening economy.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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%. |
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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.
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK RECEIVES MAJOR DONATION FROM DRUG STORES CONFERENCE
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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.
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| NEWS - 2007 |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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... |
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| The San Diego Food Bank Receives Bequest
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| The San Diego Food Bank recently received a $100,000 bequest from the estate of a
Food Bank donor... |
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| 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... |
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| 16TH ANNUAL TASTE OF THE NFL |
| World-Renowned Chefs and NFL Greats Team Up to Tackle Hunger in America... |
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