The stock market is recovering, employment is up, housing prices are rebounding - - we see signs of recovery all around us. At the Alameda Food Bank the recovery will come more slowly. Many of our clients who were the first to be affected by the recession will be the last to benefit from a better economy. For some of our clients, because of age, a disability, or other circumstances, there is little promise of a better life.

Our 30/30 Spring Challenge program is our way of reminding the community of the
continuing need to offer hunger relief to low-income Alamedans. Our goal this spring is to
raise $30,000 and collect 30,000 pounds of food during the months of May and June.

You can help by:

Participating in a local food drive or delivering non-perishable food items to one of the local businesses listed on our Contribuiton page;

Sending a check to: Alameda Food Bank, PO Box 2167, Alameda, CA, 94501;

Making a credit card donation using the secure on-line “Donate Now” feature below or on the Contribution page;

Making a donation through employer sponsored giving programs or United Way pledge drives.

Giving Two'fer

You can help the clients of the Alameda Food Bank and the

environment at the same time.

As you are probably aware, starting January 1, 2013, Alameda County will require grocery and retail stores to start charging for single-use carryout bags, both plastic and paper. Stores will start selling canvas, plastic and other reusable bags to be reused on each shopping trip. Your local Alameda Food Bank is hoping to end the use of the single-use carryout bags as well, but we need your donation of canvas, cloth, heavy duty plastic or other handled reusable grocery bags so that we may provide them to our clients.

If you have any extra reusable grocery bags, please drop them by the Alameda Food Bank during our normal business hours (listed in the Hours link) or in the Food Bank Barrels located around town.