Foodbank in the News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The new site for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s Sharehouse is gaining more financial support as components to the project are coming together.

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The storms last month highlighted once again that Santa Barbara could easily be isolated by natural disasters, like a flooded-out or mud-and-rock-swamped Highway 101. The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has been working for eight years to enlarge its storage capacity, to add what the Foodbank’s executive director Erik Talkin calls a layer of resilience and food security for the entire county.

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Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) toured the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s new warehouse in Goleta to see where the $1,500,000 he delivered in last year’s federal funding package will help expand capacity to serve Central Coast families in need.

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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has announced the completion of a major fundraising campaign to purchase and modify its new “Sharehouse” facility in Goleta.

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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County announces the successful completion of a major fundraising campaign – Building Readiness: Campaign for a Hunger-free Tomorrow – to purchase and modify its new Sharehouse facility in Goleta. When it becomes operational – in fall 2023 – Sharehouse will allow the Foodbank to provide increased healthy food for community members countywide who face hunger and food insecurity, and will ensure that south county is adequately prepared for emergency food needs during future large-scale disasters. It will also make it possible for the Foodbank to train thousands of volunteers, and further develop nutrition education curriculum and partnerships.

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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will open a new facility this fall that’s more than six times the size of its current South County warehouse. The Foodbank’s “Sharehouse” at 80 Coromar Drive in Goleta, off Hollister Avenue between Storke and Los Carneros roads, is expected to be operational in the fall, according to a press release.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A local emergency response training is about to reach a milestone in Santa Barbara. The number of graduates for the Community Emergency Response Team, known as CERT, is reaching the highest the program has ever seen this year. The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County holds CERT classes several times a year throughout the area.

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The series of atmospheric river storms that pelted California and caused flooding and mudslides in recent weeks has led to at least 20 related deaths and damages are expected to exceed $1 billion. President Joe Biden authorized California’s disaster declaration on Jan. 14, activating federal authorities like the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist the response and recovery efforts.

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Local nonprofit CommUnify is set to debut a “2-1-1 Community Day Celebration” in Lompoc on Saturday, Feb. 11, which coincides with National 2-1-1 Day that promotes connecting people to free health and human services in their community.

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