The Food Bank for Monterey County
Food Facts
Food News
- Jan 20, 2012
- The Central California Alliance for Health Donates $5,923.78 to the Food Bank for Monterey County
- Jan 20, 2012
- The Food Bank for Monterey County Receives $5,062.50 from the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association
- Jan 20, 2012
- The Food Bank for Monterey County would like to acknowledge a gift of $3,134.30 from the Schnitzer Foundation and Pick-n-Pull
- Jan 20, 2012
- The Yellow Brick Road Thrift Shop Awards $3,000 to the Food Bank for Monterey County
Education and Advocacy
The Education & Advocacy Program promotes the Food Bank’s mission in the community by educating people about the personal, political and social issues related to hunger.
The Food Bank for Monterey County advocates on the local, state and federal level for better policies and legislation that will guarantee adequate nutrition for everyone.
Our Activities
Advocacy activities include visiting elected officials to educate them about the problem of hunger, our programs, and policies that could improve the situation and the government nutrition programs. In addition, the Food Bank co-chairs the Central Coast Hunger Coalition (CCHC) that meets monthly to discuss legislation and public policy. In addition, we coordinated Feeding America’s “Hunger Study 2009” in our service area.
How You Can Help
Click here to sign up for the Food Bank’s advocacy alert and find out about actions you can take to let our elected officials know how you feel about ending hunger. Sent out on an as-needed basis, these alerts have information on how to write letters, make phone calls and get involved!
Other Advocacy Organizations
To know more about anti-hunger advocacy in California…
Visit California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) for information and advocacy efforts that can help California end hunger www.cfpa.net.
To know more about advocacy on a national level…
Visit Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) to see what’s happening nationally www.frac.org.
Click here to sign up for our email alerts.
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2011 Food &Fund Drive Sponsors
Many thanks to our 2011 Food & Fund Drive sponsors. We appreciate their generosity to us all year ’round.
If you would like to join us as a Sponsor, please call the Food Bank at (831) 758-1523 or contact Melissa Hartman, Development Director, at mhartman@food4hungry.org.
Food Programs
Here are just a few ways you can help end hunger in your community.
The Emergency Food Assistance Program
The Emergency Food Assistance Program is the Food Bank’s largest supplemental food program.
The Family Market
The Family Market is the Food Bank’s produce-based direct distribution program.
The Agency Clearinghouse
The Agency Clearinghouse supplies food to nearly 90 other Monterey County nonprofit agencies.
