With 1 out of every 4 of us in Alameda County facing hunger, we know that hunger isn’t a simple problem with one solution.

That’s why we don’t stop at distributing food to the community today — we’re also tackling the systems and policies that make hunger so persistent in the first place to create lasting change.

Here’s what that looks like:

  • CalFresh outreach: Our multilingual team helps families navigate enrollment for CalFresh, the federal nutrition program that helps families stretch their food budgets and afford healthy food. For many households, that’s critical grocery support every single month. With federal cuts affecting this program, this team also provides clear information and resources.
  • Health and hunger: Our nutrition program hosts hands-on community nutrition education workshops to provide practical, culturally-relevant skills and resources to effectively and confidently use the foods received from the Food Bank.
  • Advocacy: We can’t end hunger without addressing poverty and racism. Each year, ACCFB joins the California Hunger Action Coalition in Sacramento and virtually throughout the state to hold elected officials accountable — lifting up the voices of community members with lived experience of food insecurity and pushing for policies like expanding nutrition benefits, increasing the minimum CalFresh benefit, and protecting free school meals.

That advocacy work continues all week next week, leading up to California Hunger Action Day on April 21: a statewide call to action reminding lawmakers that hunger is a solvable problem, and that they have a role in solving it.

Hunger Action Day is next week — but you can support this work right now. By making a gift or taking action!