San Francisco - Saturday, May 6, 2006
San Francisco-area Caring Catamounts volunteered at the San Francisco Food Bank, which works to end hunger in San Francisco. It provides donated and purchased food to over 450 non-profit agencies, enabling them to give nutritious meals or supplemental groceries to thousands of low-income families and individuals in our community. These agencies range in size and mission, from the city's largest soup kitchens to smaller agencies such as after-school programs, AIDS service providers, battered women's shelters, child care centers, food pantries, health clinics, homeless shelters, residential programs for people in recovery or transition to independent living, senior lunch programs, and street outreach programs. The Food Bank is the largest distributor of food to non-profit agencies in San Francisco - for many agencies, it is the only source of food. This year, it will distribute nearly 25 million pounds of food, or enough to provide 53,000 meals a day. For more information, visit www.sffoodbank.org.
(for UVM staff)