Alameda County Community Food Bank

News: Press Releases

Media Contact:
Brian Higgins
(510) 636-4902
Contact by email

February 12, 2009
Foundations and corporations keep Food Bank afloat in tumultuous year

January 26, 2009
Relocation worries end as Food Bank takes ownership
of permanent facility
—$5 million capital campaign saves $2.2 million in interest payments—

November 6, 2008
Boy Scouts geared up for massive food drive
—Scouting For Food is Alameda County’s largest
one-day food drive of the year—

October 15, 2008
Expanding Children’s BackPack Program
takes aim at weekend hunger in Alameda County
—15 low-income schools in Oakland, Berkeley and Livermore
on board in 2008-09 —

September 29, 2008
Waste Management picking up where Oaklanders leave off
—WMAC hopes to collect 50,000 pounds of food on truck routes Oct. 6-10—

September 11, 2008
Iconic author supports Food Bank’s mission to distribute fresh produce
—Mollie Katzen to address "one of society's unfortunate ironies"
at Savor the Season event—

July 24, 2008
Food Bank Raises Awareness of Federal Free Summer Lunch Program
—Summer Lunch Fun Day Scheduled for July 30—

May 29, 2008
End Childhood Hunger Week, June 2 - 6
—Food Bank Kicks Off Summer Food Drive with Week-long Events—

May 27, 2008
Bat Against Hunger with the Oakland A’s "Food Bank Wednesdays"
—Free Game Tickets Offered With Donations—

May 27, 2008
High Cost of Food Bites Into Donations
—Food Bank Urges Community to Contribute—

April 28, 2008
Letter Carriers Deliver to Food Banks
—"Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive Slated for Saturday, May 10—

April 23, 2008
Alameda County Community Food Bank Welcomes New Board Members
—Representatives from Corporate and
Renewable Energy Sectors Elected—

April 1, 2008
Tyson Foods Honors Dan McClosky as a "Hunger All-Star"
Alameda County Community Food Bank receives 15 tons of protein in honor of McClosky’s commitment to ending hunger in the Bay Area

March 18, 2008
Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley Celebrates 125th Anniversary
with Record $125,000 Gift To Alameda County Community Food Bank

March 11, 2008
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EGG PRODUCER PART OF 12 MILLION
EGG GIVEAWAY
—United Egg Producers and America's Second Harvest Team Up
to Feed the Hungry—

March 6, 2008
“Idol Gives Back” Fights Child Hunger
at Alameda County Community Food Bank

January 23, 2008
Alameda County Community Food Bank Welcomes New Board Members
—Representatives from Health and Hi-Tech Sectors Elected—

January 22, 2008
$50,000 Gift from The Sutherland Company Helps Food Bank

January 22, 2008
Food Bank’ Capital Campaign Enters Home Stretch
—$1.2 Million Challenge Grant Largest in Food Bank History—

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