Foodbank in the News

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has launched a nationwide campaign that September will be known as Hunger Action Month, with the nonprofit asking the public to “join the fight to raise awareness of food insecurity.”

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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is sending 17,000 pounds of rice to the Hawaiian island of Maui in the aftermath of the devastating fire that decimated the historic town of Lahaina earlier this month.

The shipment will be departing Tuesday, August 29 at 1:30 PM from the Foodbank’s Santa Maria warehouse and will contain ten pallets of rice. Feeding America is spearheading multiple shipments through its network of 200 Foodbanks. Last week 26 containers of supplies from foodbanks and food pantries in the Feeding America network were shipped out. The items will support the numerous victims who are displaced since the fire erupted on August 8th.

The Foodbank’s Chief Operating Officer Paul Wilkins will be coordinating the rice shipment from the organization’s Santa Maria warehouse, one of two warehouses currently operated by the Foodbank. “Providing mutual aid to Feeding America partner food banks is a crucial part of the work we do towards our Foodbank being fully prepared for responding to all disasters.  As it is during times of disasters that impact our county, these supplies will arrive in time to assist the displaced neighbors of Lahaina’s community to support them as they move forward towards recovery and towards rebuilding the homes they have lost.”

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is sending 17,000 pounds of rice as part of the ongoing relief effort for the victims of the wildfire that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui earlier this month including the historic town of Lahaina. The huge shipment of rice will be delivered on several pallets and is set to depart from the Foodbank’s Santa Maria warehouse Tuesday afternoon.

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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is sending 17,000 pounds of rice to Maui in the aftermath of the devastating fire that decimated the historic town of Lahaina. The shipment departed Tuesday afternoon from the foodbank’s Santa Maria warehouse and contained ten pallets of rice. Feeding America is spearheading multiple shipments through its network of 200 foodbanks.

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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is sending 17,000 pounds of rice to the Hawaiian island of Maui in the aftermath of the fire that decimated the historic town of Lahaina earlier this month. The shipment, containing 10 pallets of rice will be be sent at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29 from the Foodbank’s Santa Maria warehouse. Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, food pantries and meal programs, is spearheading multiple shipments through its network of 200 foodbanks. Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is a member of Feeding America.

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LOMPOC, Calif. – The annual Empty Bowls event benefitting the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County returned to Lompoc today at the Dick DeWees Community Center on West Ocean Avenue.

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More than 300 guests turned out and lined up Wednesday afternoon to sample from a dozen delectable soups offered at the 18th annual Lompoc Empty Bowls event, where breaking bread becomes central to the fundraising efforts of the Santa Barbara County Foodbank‘s mission to end hunger.
Guests were welcomed at the Dick Dewees Community Center by friends, volunteers, and local restaurants for two lunch seating times, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and served healthy portions of warm soup.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is busy preparing for one of its biggest fundraising events of the year, Empty Bowls.
There are events planned in multiple venues and cities across the county. Hand-made and hand-painted ceramic bowls are sold along with homemade soups during the events that attract large crowds. Net proceeds benefit the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and its ongoing effort to alleviate food insecurity in the county regardless of age or background.

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Soup is on for the 18th annual Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser slated for Wednesday, July 26, at the Dick Dewees Community Center, and the public is invited to enjoy an afternoon of friendship and breaking bread while helping to fight food insecurity in the community. Proceeds from the lunchtime soup event benefit programs and services provided by the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County that assist vulnerable populations in Lompoc, including the senior population and U.S. veterans and active duty personnel who rely on outside resources to supplement daily provisions.

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