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HOW
YOU CAN HELP
Support
the Programs and Services
of
the Food Bank for Monterey County
Donate Money: For every dollar donated to the Food Bank, we can
distribute $8 worth of food to the community.
The Food Bank for Monterey County depends on the
generosity of individuals like you, as well as grants and gifts
from foundations, community organizations, and businesses. Donations
help hungry residents to meet the ongoing challenge of providing
food for themselves and their families. The challenge is great.
However, with continued support from our friends and neighbors in
the community, we are able to reduce the impact of hunger and malnutrition.
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Robert
Boyd
Gavilan Apts |
Click
on the photo
to reach our 
secure donation site. |
New! Join our monthly
giving club, Partners Ending Hunger. Click
here to join.
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Now you
can pre-authorize a monthly tax deductible gift to the Food
Bank. Have the convenience and reliability of using your bank
account directly to pay your monthly gift—which means
you don’t have to write out a check…search for a stamp…or
make a special trip to the post office.
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Donate Time:
Join the more than 300 volunteers in the commitment to meet the
needs of hungry people!
We
operate with only 16 full-time staff. The help of community
residents who volunteer their time and services is essential;
they are the backbone of the Food Bank organization.
Volunteers help
sort, clean and pack food bags. They oversee distribution
sites, answer phones, work on mailings, perform database entry,
and handle many other duties in the office and warehouse.
Click on the photo to contact us
via email to sign
up or inquire about volunteering
at the Food Bank. |
Celia
Linquest (on left) receiving
Volunteer Appreciation Award from Leslie
Sunny, Executive Director
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Donate
Food and/or Organize a Food Drive: You don't have to make a large
donation to make a difference!
 Any
non-perishable food item you donate will be appreciated and very
much needed. Canned meats, fish, vegetables and fruits, pasta and
rice, cereals and grains, dried beans, and powdered milk are in
great demand. In the last several years, food donations from local
retailers have decreased dramatically because of the growth of discount
grocery stores. Increasingly, we must depend on the community's
generosity to meet basic needs.
Click on the barrels
to contact us via email about donating food
or organizing a food drive.
 Click
on the Grocery Bag to go to our Virtual Food Drive!
Donate In-kind Services:
Use your special talents in service to the community!
 If
you are able to fix it, mend it, clean it, wire it, put it back
together, build it or design it, we need your help! There are many
types of equipment, vehicles and other assets at our warehouse that
need regular maintenance and repair.
Click on the
paintbrush
to contact us via email about donating in-kind services.
Need more
information? Call 831-758-1523 or toll-free at (800) 870-FOOD (870-3663).
Or just drop in at the Food Bank's facility at 815 West Market Street
in Salinas, California, from 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM on any weekday.
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