| Our mission | The mission of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. |
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Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
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Make a long-term impact in your community by helping sort, pack, and distribute food!
PARTICIPATE IN THE BEST VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IN LOS ANGELES Volunteering at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is one of the best volunteer opportunities in LA. By donating a few hours of your time, you’ll help us provide food for the 2 million people in Los Angeles County who face food insecurity. Volunteers help us… See full description
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Volunteer AmbassadorThe Volunteer Ambassador Program is an opportunity for students and community members to gain leadership and nonprofit administrative experience at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Volunteer Ambassadors primarily support Volunteer Coordinators during the weekly Saturday morning events when hundreds of volunteers help inspect, sort, and pack donated food for distribution throughout Los Angeles County. Minimum age requirement is 14 years old.VolunteerVolunteers help us by boxing, sorting and gleaning food that is later distributed through our network of more than 600 agency partners to our neighbors in need. Large families or groups of friends are also able to volunteer in groups. Minimum age requirement is 14.Group VolunteeringThe Los Angeles Regional Food Bank provides one of the best group volunteer opportunities in Los Angeles. Schools, companies and other organizations regularly help glean and package food which will be distributed to our neighbors in need at a later time. Large families or groups of friends are also able to volunteer in groups. Groups of 5 or more, minimum age 14. |
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| How you help | With the help of 37,000 volunteers annually we serve more than 300,000 people on a monthly basis. |
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| About us | Since 1973, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has worked to mobilize resources in the community to alleviate hunger. To fulfill our mission, source and acquire food and other products and distribute to needy people through charitable agencies or directly through programs; energize the community to get involved and support hunger relief; conduct hunger education and awareness campaigns and advocate for public policies that alleviate hunger. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank distributes 60 million pounds of food and product annually through a network of over 670 charitable agencies with more than 1,050 sites |
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Did you know that in 2022, the Los Angeles Regional #FoodBank provided 110 million pounds of food, the equivalent of 88 million meals, with the help of more than 600 partner agencies across LA County? Learn more about your impact: https://www.lafoodbank.org/about/impact-report/
The St. Francis Center is one of more than 600 partner agencies with the LA Regional Food Bank helping families with food assistance. They've seen a spike in families seeking food assistance since the start of the pandemic. Learn more about their impact: http://www.lafoodbank.org/stories/a-food-pantry-in-downtown-la-is-changing-families-lives
The recent cuts to SNAP food benefits are having a devastating effect on food-insecure families and individuals. The impacts of these cuts can substantial to those already living on fixed incomes. Learn more:
Low-income Americans face a âhunger cliff‘ as Snap benefits are cut
The US food assistance program offered expanded benefits during the Covid emergency, but they ended last month
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During the LAUSD strike, children in need and their families can access free meals at participating sites. To find one near you, please visit this @latimes article:
Free food is available for students during the strike that will close LAUSD schools
With classes likely to be canceled throughout LAUSD on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, here are some ways to get ...
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The #FoodBank distributes essential items beyond food, including menstrual hygiene products. Most individuals the Food Bank serves may already be on limited incomes and we are grateful that we can offer these essentials to those in need. See more: http://www.lafoodbank.org/stories/food-banks-menstrual-hygiene-products-assistance-program.
