Alameda County Community Food Bank

Food Bank Executive Director receives Community Helper Award

Food Bank Executive Director Suzan Bateson receives the first Community Helper Award at Good Cents for Oakland’s Wine & Art Event on October 2. The award, for exemplary commitment to the children of Oakland, recognized Bateson’s effort to feed some 14,000 kids in Alameda County every week.

Bateson’s organization has met unprecedented need in 2008; the Food Bank’s distributes nearly 100,000 meals for children every week through its 300 community agencies. Good Cents for Oakland, founded by Executive Director Dagmar Serota (at left, presenting Bateson’s award) in 2005, teaches more than 2,000 Oakland kids to be aware, informed and involved in their communities.