Foodbank in the News

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – On a hot sunny day, farm worker Pedro Sierra walks through a field of Gerbera daisies in Carpinteria. The last few months of record breaking inflation have hit Sierra and his coworkers extremely hard. “Everybody needs food on the table. Right now you know inflation and everything is headed up,” said Sierra.

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Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s current facility is so small it frequently has to turn away food donations.

A non-profit agency which feeds tens of thousands of people in need a month on the Central and South Coasts needs some help itself, and is asking the community for support. Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has been handing out a record amount of food during the last few years due to the pandemic. But, it’s been frustrating for the the organization because they literally had to turn down some food donations because of a lack of adequate storage space.

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Four long tables full of handcrafted ceramic bowls stood near the entrance of the Dick DeWees Community and Senior Center on Wednesday, July 27. Many guests of this year’s Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser circled the display more than once before making a selection.

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LOMPOC, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Foodbank hosted its 17th Lompoc Empty Bowls Community Fundraiser on Wednesday after a two-year hiatus.
The fundraiser was held at the Dick DeWees Community and Senior Center in Lompoc. People were served soup in over 400 colorful handmade bowls that participants were able to take home. Santa Barbara County Second District Supervisor Gregg Hart and Third District Supervisor Joan Hartmann participated in the soup serving. The fundraiser benefits Lompoc residents facing food hunger.

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Event serves hundreds of supporters and raises about $60,000 for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

The empty bowls were filled again Wednesday after a two-year hiatus in Lompoc. The 17th Lompoc Empty Bowls, a Foodbank of Santa Barbara County fundraiser, had been planned for late March 2020, but it was canceled days beforehand because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The Lompoc event also skipped 2021, setting the stage for a midsummer return in 2022.

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The community came out for a meal of bread and soup for a good cause on Wednesday, as Lompoc’s Empty Bowls Fundraiser returned in-person for the first time since 2019. The fundraiser supports the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. “It’s nice to be able to be back in-person and support this great cause,” Patti Coggin, a fundraiser supporter, told KSBY.

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The 18th annual Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser is slated to make a grand return to the Dick DeWees Community and Senior Center on Wednesday, July 27, marking the comeback of an indoor gathering for the event since before the pandemic. The community event serves as the primary fundraiser each year for the Lompoc-area programs offered by the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. The event demonstrates the value in nourishing one another — especially the most vulnerable among us.

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After a two-year hiatus, the Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser will be back in person on Wednesday, July 27. The fundraiser supports the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Of all the cities struggling with hunger, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County says Lompoc has been hit the hardest this year. “Lompoc is definitely the community in Santa Barbara County Where the economic struggle is felt in the most dense way,” said senior communications manager Judith Smith-Meyer of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.

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The Empy Bowls Fundraiser hosted by the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County in Lompoc will take place on July 27, 2022 at 11 A.M.

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