Alameda County Community Food Bank

Tickets are now available for Savor the Season and YOU are invited! Join us for a lively and impactful afternoon with gourmet food, wine, and much more and to support ACCFB's critical mission to partner with community to end hunger and its root causes. Learn more and get your tickets at accfb.org/savor

Our Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Bay Area team had the opportunity to volunteer at the Alameda County Community Food Bank and it was an incredibly rewarding experience. It felt great to roll up our sleeves, work together, and give back to the community in a meaningful way. Being part of something that directly supports those in need reminded us how small acts of service can make a big difference. We’re grateful for the experience and proud to be part of an organization that values compassion and community impact. Thank you Eric Chen and Carol Jones for joining me at this meaningful event. Elevance Health #giveback #communitysupport #anthembluecross #medicare

As we continue to celebrate 40 years of ACCFB, one way you can join our mission for many years to come is by creating your will and including a gift. We partner with FreeWill so that you can support our mission to end hunger and its root causes far into the future. August is also Make-a-Will Month, so get started at https://lnkd.in/gRFHFWQP .

As food prices rise and funding is cut, your support provides essential groceries for people throughout Alameda County this summer and beyond. Gifts will be matched up to $10,000 when you donate by midnight tonight. Don’t miss this opportunity to help ensure that everyone in our community can have a more relaxing, joyful, and healthy summer. https://bit.ly/3H1Ic6d

"CalFresh is one of the most important hunger programs we have" –Maria Gutierrez, Outreach Associate at ACCFB. Listen to today's episode of Your Call from KALW to hear more about the impact of recent SNAP cuts on the community and on food banks. In the episode, host Rose Aguilar speaks with Maria Gutierrez, Outreach Associate at ACCFB, Allison Goodwin, President of the Redwood Empire Food Bank, and Marchon Tatmon, SF-Marin Food Bank's Policy & Advocacy Associate Director. https://lnkd.in/grDyxePK

This week, Terviva was once again proud to partner with Alameda County Community Food Bank to have our team members volunteer packing fresh produce at the non-profit organization's Oakland warehouse. For the past 40 years, ACCFB has been doing tremendous work and growing their impact, now distributing enough food for one million meals each week!

Have you heard of the “Four Aunties”? 🍉 🌱 🌶️ 🌱 This summer we learned about a compatible growing practice from our partner Dig Deep Farms, where the “Four Aunties” are currently growing together in the same fields: okra, black-eyed peas, watermelon, and peppers. These four companion plants grow faster and stronger together than they do apart. The sturdy okra provides windbreak and a trellis for the black-eyed peas, the black-eyed peas create nutrient-rich soil, the watermelon grows outward maintaining moist soil and suppressing weeds, and the peppers grow upward so none of the plants are competing for sunlight. We envision an Alameda County just like a field of the “Four Aunties”—where we all have different strengths but when we come together we are so much more than the sum of our parts. Pictured: Black-eyed pea and watermelon seedlings at Dig Deep Farms in June.

Tune in to KALW Your Call (https://lnkd.in/e2w5DseU) tomorrow (Wednesday) from 10-11am for a conversation about the impact of recent SNAP cuts on food banks and the community with Maria Gutierrez, Outreach Associate at ACCFB, alongside Allison Goodwin, President of the Redwood Empire Food Bank , and Marchon Tatmon, SF-Marin Food Bank's Policy & Advocacy Associate Director.

Get to know our team! In celebration of ACCFB's 40th Anniversary, Ingrid Becker interviewed and photographed Food Bankers, some who have been around for a few years, and others for a few decades, to showcase staff voices from the Food Bank's early through recent history. We'll be sharing these stories, starting with Mindy Tran, Director of Finance, who has been with ACCFB since 1997.

We're excited to share that ACCFB is a top five winner in Oakland Magazine’s Best of Oakland Awards in two categories: Best Nonprofit Groups AND Best Places to Volunteer! Thank you to all who nominated and voted for ACCFB—this recognition helps get the word out about the important work we’re doing as a community.