Although the Santa Barbara County Foodbank’s holiday food distribution started at 10:30 a.m., it was an early morning for hundreds of residents in Santa Maria. “Our staff got here around 6:30 and talked to the people already waiting in their cars with their kids sleeping in the car who had arrived at five in the morning,” said Judith Smith-Meyer, the spokesperson for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. The food bank was expecting around 500 families, but the line of cars was beyond that number.
Hundreds of Families Line Up for Holiday Food Distribution in Santa Maria
