Tamara Palmer

21 CA Food Banks That Would Love Your Donation

Tamara Palmer
21 CA Food Banks That Would Love Your Donation

I like to donate to California food banks in honor of this California Eating project whenever I produce a print issue or have a little extra to spare because I know that even micro donations are matched through various sponsors. Take a look at how each of these food banks stretch a dollar — I hope it will motivate you to spread a little financial love in a region that means something to you.

LIST COMPILED BY CHERIE MILLER

Alameda County Community Food Bank

$1 donated = $7 worth of distributed food

Accfb.org

Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano

$1 = 2 meals

Foodbankccs.org

Fresno County Community Food Bank

$1 = 7 meals

Communityfoodbank.net

Imperial Valley Food Bank

$1 = 9.14 pounds of food

Ivfoodbank.com

Los Angeles County Food Bank

$1 = 4 meals

Lafoodbank.org

The Fort Bragg Food Bank

$1 = $6.26 worth of food

Fourtbraggfoodbank.org

Food Bank for Monterey County 

$1 = $5.00 worth of food

Foodbankformontereycounty.org

Second Harvest Food Bank Orange County

$1 = 3 meals

Feedoc.org

Placer Food Bank

$1 = 3 meals

Placerfoodbank.org

Riverside County FIND (Food in Need of Distribution)

$1 = 7 meals

Findfoodbank.org

Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services

$1.00 = 4 meals

Sacramentofoodbank.org

Feeding San Diego

$1 = 4 meals

Feedingsandiego.org

San Diego Food Bank

$1 = 5 meals 

Sandiegofoodbank.org

SF-Marin Food Bank

$1 = 2 meals

Sffoodbank.org

San Joaquin County SHFB

$1 = $5 of food

Localfoodbank.org

Food Bank of Santa Barbara

$1 = 8 meals

Foodbanksbc.org

The Food Bank of Santa Cruz County

$1 = 4 meals

Thefoodbank.org

Redwood Empire Food Bank

$1 = 2 meals

Refb.org

SHFB San Joaquin & Stanislaus

$1 = $5.00 of food

Localfoodbank.org

Food Link Tulare County

$1 = 5 meals

New.foodlinktc.org

Yolo Food Bank

$1 = 3 meals

$1 = $5.50 of food

Yolofoodbank.org