SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is partnering with Letter Carriers for a food drive this weekend. For the first time since 2019, the Foodbank is hosting the return of the annual ‘Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive’. […]
Foodbank Partners with Letter Carriers for the Return of the Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will benefit from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) annual food drive on Saturday, May 13th, 2023. Postal customers can donate non-perishable food items by leaving them next to mailboxes before mail is delivered on the day of the drive. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive accepts all shelf-stable, non-glass […]
Foodbank Partners with Letter Carriers to Stamp Out Hunger
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will take part in the National Association of Letter Carriers annual food drive on May 13. Postal customers can donate non-perishable food items by leaving them next to their mailboxes before mail is delivered on the day of the drive. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive accepts all shelf-stable, […]
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Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Donations Matched by The Balay Ko Foundation
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is preparing for a surge of increased need amid inflated food prices after families received their final CalFresh Emergency Allotments last [month]. The Foodbank is asking the public to help raise funds to support the children, seniors, veterans and other individuals facing food insecurity in the wake of this […]
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Surge in Hunger Expected with End of Pandemic Food Assistance Program
Everything costs more these days, but for the most vulnerable across the nation, food stamp benefits were just cut back to pre-pandemic levels. The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County now anticipates another surge in hunger. The nonprofit, which has backstopped nutritional needs across the county for more than three decades, is working to add food sources, and the […]
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VIDEO: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County: Food Waste Reduction Program Puts Every Morsel of Food to Use
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – When it comes to food, nothing goes to waste. At least not at the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. […]
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County: Food Waste Reduction Program Puts Every Morsel of Food to Use
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – When it comes to food, nothing goes to waste. At least not at the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. From active composting to feeding animal farms, the local organization puts every morsel of food to good use. “We rescue two million pounds of food per year. A lot of it goes […]
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County: Food Waste Reduction Program Puts Every Morsel of Food to Use
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – When it comes to food, nothing goes to waste. At least not at the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. From active composting to feeding animal farms, the local organization puts every morsel of food to good use. “We rescue two million pounds of food per year. A lot of it goes […]
KCBX: Santa Barbara Food Bank Says CalFresh Changes, High Prices and Storms Add to Food Insecurity
CalFresh COVID benefits ended in March, and thousands of households in Santa Barbara County are affected by the change. Recent storms have added to the challenges for agricultural workers. CalFresh is a supplemental nutrition assistance program that provides monthly grocery money to low-income families. It’s part of the federal program called SNAP. In 2020, the […]
30,000 Santa Barbara County Families Face Cuts to Emergency Food Stamps
Beginning this week, [more than] 30,000 Santa Barbara County families will find themselves forced to make do with $178 less per month per household in federal food stamp benefits designed to get them through the COVID emergency. With the absences of the emergency allotments, recipients will still be receiving food stamps — better known as […]
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