food insecurity Archives - Local News Matters

Each year, the lines are long at Sacred Heart Community Service in San Jose, as people and cars queue up for nutritious boxed holiday meals. From Monday to Wednesday, the nonprofit distributed approximately 3,500 free boxes of food. Each box, valued at $150, included a chicken, ham or turkey and all the fixings for the […]

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‘What does it mean? Everything’: San Jose nonprofits are food lifeline for Thanksgiving

‘It’s kind of horrible’: Free meals in San Jose lose millions of pandemic relief funding

Feeding hope, serving dignity: How nonprofit groups fight food insecurity in Silicon Valley

Just what the doctor ordered: In California, a prescription could pay for your fresh fruits, veggies

Feeling the pain: Annual Silicon Valley index reveals widening chasm of wealth inequality

In all fairness…: How $1B in unspent COVID relief could enhance equity in the Bay Area

A catastrophic hunger crisis? California food banks being flooded by families seeking help

Campus food pantries expand to support students’ basic needs

Sonoma County job fair provides resources for veterans and those facing homelessness

Meals on Wheels campaign seeks donations to bring healthy breakfasts to older adults

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