CARPINTERIA, Calif. – A local 13-year-old boy did more than just compete in Sunday morning’s Carpinteria Triathlon.
Jacob Mansbach and his brother Joseph led their team to raise money for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s children’s programs.
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KCOY: Program that feeds hundreds of Santa Maria kids is in need of money
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – End summer hunger. That’s the goal of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County as they host their ‘Picnic in the Park’ program.
As part of the program, children are given a free nutritious meal but that service could now be in jeopardy.
Coastal View News: LoBue adds another volunteer award to the long list
Does 92-year-old Charles LoBue plan on retiring from his 35-hour-a-week volunteer commitments any time soon? “No way,” he said. The hard-working community servant just received an award honoring him for 20 years as a volunteer for the Foodbank Santa Barbara County’s Brown Bag program, which supplies free groceries to seniors in need twice a month. But that’s the tip of the iceberg for LoBue. He also gives his time, energy and financial support to a variety of other local causes. He serves on several committees for the Carpinteria Arts Center, whose campaign to create a new home for the arts has reaped the benefit of LoBue’s giving. The main gallery will be named after LoBue.
Coastal View News: Brown Bag Program feeds local seniors
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s free Brown Bag Program supplies local low-income seniors with a bounty of fresh groceries twice a month. Single seniors over the age of 60 whose household income is less than $1,507 qualify for the program, as well as seniors in larger households with low incomes. Participants can pick up three bags filled with fresh produce and protein-rich, shelf-stable foods on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, between 9 and 10 a.m. at the Carpinteria Veterans Hall, 941 Walnut Ave. Coordinator Pat Beals said that people in need who have trouble picking up food, should contact her at 807-7337 to discuss delivery.
Santa Maria Sun: Spotlight on: Santa Barbara County Food Bank
The holiday season is in full swing, and the Santa Barbara County Food Bank will be accepting turkey donations for its entire duration.
However, this year’s annual drive for Thanksgiving dinner’s most popular centerpiece has thus far fallen short of expectations, by a couple thousand turkeys.
“We have just under 10 percent of what we need for what we were aiming for in terms of donations,” Operations Director Paul Wilkins told the Sun. “At the moment, we are just now at over 300 donated out of 3,000.”
Santa Maria Times: County food bank issues urgent call for turkey donations; 3,000 birds needed by Monday
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County needs about 3,000 turkeys by Monday. So far, it has only received about 200, which is less than 7 percent of its goal.
“We are looking at a paltry sum of the poultry that we need,” said Paul Wilkins, the new director of operations. “We are really feeling the crunch right now. We are hugely dependent on the community helping us out.”
Noozhawk: Ticktockers, Food Bank Join Forces to Fight Hunger
Some 100 Ticktockers from the Santa Barbara Chapter of the National Charity League (NCL), partnered with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County to kick off the Foodbank’s annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive on Oct. 28.
Erik Talkin, CEO of the Foodbank provided an overview of the Foodbank and shared a story about the new face of hunger, saying: “It’s not what you think it is”.
Santa Maria Times: Our View: A little food for thought
It’s official. We’re on the downhill run through the holidays.
Economists predict a pretty good season for retailers, in part because Christmas and the start of a new year fall on a Monday, meaning a long weekend off for many workers, and more hours to finish off your gift list.
Noozhawk: Rabobank Seeks Food Deposits to Fill Food Bank Coffers
Fighting local hunger, hundreds of Rabobank N.A. employees in the Santa Maria Valley and Lompoc have launched a two-week food drive to help replenish the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County’s inventory in time for the holiday season.
More than 200 employees from the bank’s area branches and operations center are inviting the community to help achieve the goal of collecting 1,000 pounds of food.
The Balance Sheet: Feeding SB County
Members of the Yardi Marketing team gathered for a two-day conference in sunny Santa Barbara. As the conference drew to a close, theteam celebrated with a volunteer service event at The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County (Foodbank SBC).
Foodbank SBC is moving the community from hunger to health. The organization is “not only feeding but teaching how to fish.”