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KCOY: Annual ‘Empty Bowls’ event raises money to feed community in need
Bowl by bowl volunteers are helping to fight hunger in Lompoc. “Seeing this many people, the volunteers, people helping to help the same cause it’s awesome,” says Devin Bergeron, a volunteer. It’s all part of the Santa Barbara County Foodbank’s 13th Annual Lompoc Empty Bowls Fundraiser. Click here to read more… […]
KSBY: Funds raised for Foodbank at Empty Bowls event in Lompoc
Noozhawk: Hungry Crowd Shows Up For Lompoc Empty Bowls Fundraiser
A rainy day provided the perfect setting Wednesday for soup-seeking attendees at the Lompoc Empty Bowls event. The 13th annual benefit for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County drew hundreds of people to the Dick DeWees Community & Senior Center on West Ocean Avenue. Assorted restaurants and other organizations provided gourmet soups served in hand-painted […]
KKFX: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County CEO talks Food Security Challenge
Santa Barbara Independent: Welcome to the Department of Food Security
What Does the Term ‘Food Insecurity’ Really Mean? Food insecurity. It’s a confusing term, and one that I’ve never liked. Yet it’s the term that best describes what the Foodbank faces from many thousands of seniors and families in the County. We are not facing starvation, and hunger is not the right word either. Hunger just […]
Santa Barbara Independent: Food Security Challenge – Kids Helping Seniors
Santa Barbara County CEO Erik Talkin is in the midst of the month-long Food Security Challenge to find out if it’s possible to eat healthy on a food stamp budget. He’s restricted to spending $6.46 a day, the equivalent of what he would receive in food stamps if he were in need of assistance and […]
Santa Barbara Independent: Food Security Challenge – Hitting My Stride
Santa Barbara County CEO Erik Talkin is in the midst of the month-long Food Security Challenge to find out if it’s possible to eat healthy on a food stamp budget. He’s restricted to spending $6.46 a day, the equivalent of what he would receive in food stamps if he were in need of assistance and […]
Noozhawk: Pledge by Foodbank of Santa Barbara County CEO Puts Focus on Seniors’ Food Insecurity
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County CEO Erik Talkin is planning to spend $6.46 per day for food during February to demonstrate the hardships of food insecurity. By keeping to a food budget of $194 for the month, Talkin hopes to draw attention to the 23,918 food-insecure seniors the Foodbank serves. That fixed-income amount is what […]
VOICE Magazine: Holiday News, Santa Barbara Empty Bowls
One of the ways locals celebrate the holidays is by sharing a bowl of soup at a benefit for Foodbank of Santa Barbara known as Empty Bowls. Click here to read more… […]
