We’re grateful for your support to end hunger and its underlying causes in Alameda County. It takes a community.

Our goal remains ensuring our community has consistent and safe access to the nutrition resources it needs while working to address root causes.

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About ACCFB (boilerplate)

Alameda County Community Food Bank has been at the forefront of hunger relief efforts in the Bay Area since 1985. The Food Bank serves 1 in 4 Alameda County residents by distributing food through a network of more than 350 partners including food pantries, soup kitchens, and other community organizations, as well as direct distribution programs including school-based, home delivery, and drive-through distributions. This past year, the Food Bank distributed enough food for the equivalent of about 50 million meals. In addition to ACCFB’s core work of food distribution, we know that that by itself is not enough to end hunger so we are continually innovating and strengthening our efforts to address root causes. We do this through programs like California’s first-of-its-kind CalFresh (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) outreach department, a robust advocacy team that works with elected officials and community organizers to seek long-term solutions to hunger and poverty, a growing Food Recovery program that saved 10.4 million pounds of surplus food from landfills last year, and the launch of the Food as Medicine program that leverages public healthcare dollars to provide MediCal recipients managing disease and injuries with medically supportive food boxes.
Alameda County Community Food Bank was just awarded the Legacy Award for the 2025 East Bay Innovation Awards and Regi Young, our executive director, was named the 2024 Food Bank Leader of the Year by Food Bank News.

Our Numbers

  • We currently estimate 1 in 4 county residents is experiencing food insecurity.
  • Last year we distributed over 60 million pounds of food which is our highest distribution in history.
  • Over 45% of what we distribute is fresh fruits and vegetables.
  • We work with more than 350 agency partners (food pantries, meal programs, shelters, child and senior care centers, etc.) to provide approximately 1 million meals worth of healthy food every week.
  • Our CalFresh (aka SNAP, EBT, or Food Stamps) Outreach efforts have helped Alameda County households access 6million meals worth of government benefits in the last year. This has generated nearly $36m in local economic impact.
  • Our nationally recognized policy change and grassroots advocacy efforts continue to pass and protect critical anti-hunger and anti-poverty legislation.
  • Our Food Recovery Program saved 10.4m pounds of food from landfills this past year.

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How to Talk About ACCFB

When talking about ACCFB, please recognize (or connect with us to develop) our desired messaging, which: 

  • Recognizes all clients as individuals with aspirations who make vital contributions to our community. 
  • Acknowledges that we cannot end hunger without addressing systemic racism. 
  • Shows our sincere gratitude to donors for the impact of their support. 

People First Language

The way we talk about who we help is important in order to make sure we are allowing them recognition, dignity, and respect. Please be mindful of using “people first terminology” which separates a person’s identity from a situation, circumstance, or disability they may be facing or possess. The simplest way to think about this concept is to always put the person’s name or identifier (child, senior, person) before the situation or disability.

Ok to use  Do not use 
community members, people, neighbors Needy, poor, underprivileged, minority
People experiencing unemployment Jobless, the unemployed
People who are unhoused, unsheltered people The homeless

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