Supporting Your Local Food Bank
The summer months are a great time for thinking about and eating all those lovely fruits and vegetables that are ripe and in season. But what if you couldn’t afford to buy cherries, peaches or...
View ArticleEvent: Wine. Dine. Donate
Next week is the third annual San Francisco Wine. Dine. Donate dinner. It’s a fundraiser for America’s Second Harvest and our own San Francisco Food Bank in particular. Each year the venue changes, but...
View ArticleEvent: Dine Out Against Hunger
What are you doing this coming Thursday? Nothing? In that case, make reservations for dinner out. In one fell swoop you can help both local restaurants and the hungry in our own community. A maverick...
View ArticleYour Quick Guide to Holiday Volunteering in the Bay Area
It’s hard to think about hunger on Thanksgiving. Today most of us will be inundated with turkey, potatoes, and pie. The idea of an empty belly seems incongruous to the day itself. But for many...
View ArticleFilling the Pantry of the San Francisco Food Bank with Pedal Power
Father and son Eric and Sprocket Downing in the 2010 Supermarket Street Sweep. Photo by Koshi. I’ve only been a resident of the Bay Area since 2006, but it’s felt like home the moment I ditched my New...
View ArticleThe Food Pantry’s Sara Miles on Serving the City’s Hungry
Sara Miles. Photo courtesy of Sara Miles. She’s not your stereotypical Christian do-gooder: Former hardcore foreign correspondent Sara Miles, a self-described Jesus freak, also counts lesbian, activist...
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