Happy new year! As we look back on 2024, one thing is for sure: YOU made a huge impact on our community each and every day.  While it was a year of ups and downs, your dedication to your neighbors facing hunger in 2024 was always inspiring. We’re so proud

Everyone deserves to enjoy a special meal with the ones they love during the holiday season.  At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, we’re working closely with over 260 partner soup kitchens, food pantries and other organizations to ensure everyone can get the food they need to celebrate

It’s so easy to make fighting hunger part of your holiday plans. Whether you’re shopping for Thanksgiving dinner or looking to get outdoors with your family, there are plenty of opportunities to support your neighbors in need and ensure everyone can enjoy warm meals during this special time of year.

The holidays are a time of gathering and good will, and Giving Tuesday is a wonderful opportunity to embrace both! Falling on December 3rd, just five days after Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday is when the entire globe unites for the shared purpose of helping others. After the rush of the holidays,

Everyone deserves to enjoy a special meal with the ones they love during the holiday season.  At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, we’re working closely with over 260 partner soup kitchens, food pantries and other organizations to ensure everyone can get the food they need to celebrate

For the past three years, the Food Bank’s Strategic Plan has been our North Star as we seek to close the hunger gap in our community. With the help of hunger fighters like you, we’ve worked to improve health outcomes for our neighbors, empower our community hunger-fighting partners, and take

Did you know that volunteering at the Food Bank not only benefits your community – it can also improve your health? The health benefits of volunteering have been well-documented and findings are all in favor of giving back. Here are just a few of the ways volunteering makes us healthier

Thanks to a generous grant from Impact100 East Bay, a clearer picture of hunger in Contra Costa County is about to come into focus. Impact100 East Bay is a group of Bay Area women in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, who have come together to make an impact on their

Our 8,000 volunteers play a critical role in fighting hunger in Contra Costa and Solano Counties. And with the help of a generous grant from the State of California, we’re showing our appreciation by making the volunteer experience in our warehouses even better! Over the past months, our volunteer spaces

After a year of hosting her food pantry outside, Monica Sepulveda is happy to be back indoors. In April of 2023, the room at Cornerstone Baptist Church that had hosted her food pantry for more than a decade caught fire. But with up to 100 households visiting the Dixon-based pantry

During the week, Dove McKinnon knows her clients at Caminar’s Wellness and Recovery Center in Vallejo are getting at least two warm, nourishing meals a day, thanks to her agency’s long-running partnership with the Food Bank.  Over the past decade, Dove has seen firsthand what a difference having enough nourishing