San Diego Food Bank Food 4 Kids Backpack Program
Page Creator: Alice Robertson
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San Diego Food Bank
Established in 1977, the San Diego Food Bank is a critical component to the welfare of San Diego County, providing food to people in need, advocating for the hungry and educating the public about hunger-related...
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Fundraising target: $5,000
Total raised so far: $6,210.00
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San Diego Food Bank Food 4 Kids Holiday Backpack Drive
 
The San Diego Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program was launched in 2007 to provide food to help chronically hungry elementary school students get through the weekend. Every Friday,eligible kids receive a backpack with child friendly items such as peanut butter, pop-top canned goods, cereal, juice boxes, fruit cups, raisins, pudding cups, granola bars, shelf-stable milk and macaroni and cheese  tucked inside.
 
These kids receive free or reduced cost meals while school is in session, but do not have food available on the weekends or school holidays for themselves and their siblings. Food 4 Kids provides food directly to them, without requiring their parents to receive a referral to a local food pantry, pick up food at the pantry or prepare it at home. 
  
Charitable donations are down this year, and hunger in San Diego County is up. Those of us who love food and view it as a pleasure are in a position to ensure that the children of our community don’t go hungry. 
 
With that goal in mind, San Diego’s food bloggers and other members of the local community are coming together to raise funds for the San Diego Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program.   The program costs a mere $6.00 per week per child to fund, and a donation of $250.00 will fund a backpack for a child for the entire 36 week school year.  Giving what you can afford will help us ensure the program continues to provide this much needed service!
 
 
Thank you so much for your contribution, and Happy Holidays!

Online Donors to date:
Display Name Date Amount  Comment
Anonymous 1/1/2010 $100.00  
Lynn O'Shaughnessy 12/17/2009 $50.00  
Francena 12/17/2009 $25.00 Sorry I missed last week's deadline but I'm sure this will still help 
Design Perspective (Shirley, Cheryl, Jessica) 12/15/2009 $250.00 Happy to give one year for a healthy child! Bank declined first donation but told them it was ok! 
Mary Lou Battista 12/15/2009 $50.00  
Hedy Witham and Patrick Collins 12/15/2009 $25.00 A great cause and a great need. 
Sean and DPaul 12/13/2009 $100.00  
AssignmentDesk1 12/12/2009 $50.00 Thanks for all your work putting this together! 
Chris and David Mersten 12/12/2009 $75.00 Awesome program, Alice! 
patty berezin 12/12/2009 $100.00 Home 
Colleen Boretto 12/12/2009 $25.00 Great Job!  
Paladar 12/12/2009 $30.00  
Amy Roebuck 12/11/2009 $30.00  
Anonymous 12/11/2009 $100.00  
Marty & Cheryl Dine 12/11/2009 $25.00 Caron—thanks for encouraging this cause. 
Sherrie Todd 12/11/2009 $25.00  
Anonymous 12/11/2009 $25.00  
Catherine Shattuck 12/11/2009 $100.00  
Don Carlisi 12/11/2009 $100.00  
Anonymous 12/11/2009 $25.00 Merry Christmas Michelle 
Leta Gold 12/11/2009 $20.00  
Candice 12/11/2009 $25.00  
Peggy 12/11/2009 $50.00  
dominick 12/11/2009 $50.00  
Nicole Hamaker 12/11/2009 $50.00  
Beth Vann 12/11/2009 $25.00  
Gil and Krista 12/11/2009 $50.00  
Greg and Margie Cartwright 12/11/2009 $50.00 See you Saturday! 
Steven Johnson 12/10/2009 $50.00 Feed the Kids! 
Leanne Abe 12/10/2009 $50.00 Wish I could be there Saturday...you gals rock! 
David 12/10/2009 $25.00  
Rorie O'Connor 12/10/2009 $25.00 I'm happy to be able help out - great work, Alice!  
Anonymous 12/10/2009 $100.00  
Sam Breach 12/10/2009 $50.00 Great work Alice, congratulations! 
Deb 12/10/2009 $25.00 Ditto all the good comments. 
Rebecca Chappell 12/10/2009 $50.00 Thanks Caron and Alice for bringing more attention to this cause. 
Amy Sherman 12/10/2009 $25.00 Nice work! Thanks for organizing this.  
Anonymous 12/10/2009 $25.00  
Jora and Bryan Vess 12/10/2009 $100.00  
Kristine Valenzuela 12/10/2009 $25.00 Much thanks to Alice and Caron for pushing the cause forward! 
Brooks Lange 12/8/2009 $25.00 I'm 8 yrs. old & donating my charity money to this :) 
Jen F 12/7/2009 $50.00  
Tamara Beus 12/6/2009 $50.00  
Andrew 12/5/2009 $50.00  
Karen Terra 12/5/2009 $50.00 This is a great program. I'm happy to help. 
bay bird inc pr 12/4/2009 $25.00 Thanks so much for helping to spearhead such a wonderful effort! 
Peter and Robin Gustini 12/4/2009 $150.00 To the Moran Family, Thanks for helping us feed hungry kids in San Diego! Merry Christmas! 
Laura Levy 12/4/2009 $100.00 Great cause - Thanks to Caron Golden for recommending it 
Lori and Brian Lange 12/4/2009 $100.00  
Jeff & Cami Hermann 12/4/2009 $25.00 Kids shouldn't go hungry! 
Anonymous 12/1/2009 $100.00  
Sydnie Moore 12/1/2009 $25.00  
jennywenny 11/30/2009 $25.00 On behalf of ann williams, firewalker extreme! 
The Red Door Restaurant 11/29/2009 $100.00  
Anonymous 11/28/2009 $25.00  
Lisa & Luis Franco 11/27/2009 $50.00 We love supporting GREAT causes!!! 
Jenn 11/26/2009 $50.00 God Bless Ya! Luke 12:33 
Kathy Strahs 11/25/2009 $50.00  
Lucia Correa 11/25/2009 $25.00  
Sarah Tuck 11/25/2009 $50.00  
Brandon Ward 11/24/2009 $25.00  
Ellen E. Turnage 11/24/2009 $50.00  
Heidi Weaver 11/24/2009 $25.00 No hungry weekends! 
Julie Rohowits 11/24/2009 $25.00  
Jon Bailey 11/24/2009 $100.00 Jon Bailey 
Angie Vorhies 11/24/2009 $250.00  
Maureen Clancy 11/24/2009 $100.00  
Howie Wang 11/24/2009 $50.00  
KC 11/24/2009 $25.00  
Pamela Kennedy-Buck 11/23/2009 $100.00 Let's roll this baby right up to the goal. 
Ines Kraft 11/23/2009 $100.00  
Jan Percival 11/23/2009 $50.00 Happy to support your good work. 
Jennifer Boyd 11/23/2009 $25.00 This is a great cause, thanks for spreading the word. 
Indra Gardiner Bowers 11/23/2009 $50.00 Heartbreaking that kids go hungry. We can do this! 
Catt White 11/23/2009 $100.00 Thanks for getting us started. Let's do this thing! 
Jennifer MacLaggan 11/23/2009 $50.00 This is a wonderful idea..see you at the Mercato too! 
Diane Foulks 11/23/2009 $50.00 I'd rather buy these kids food than a holiday dinner for family.  
Jed and Shannon Sundwall 11/23/2009 $100.00  
Fruit Maven 11/23/2009 $25.00  
Julie Wright 11/23/2009 $50.00 Love what you're doing. <3 
Amiko Gubbins 11/21/2009 $250.00 ...helping someone who is hungry for a year!! :) 
Linda Rivkin 11/20/2009 $100.00  
Terry Williams 11/19/2009 $50.00 Happy to help!  
Alice Robertson 11/17/2009 $50.00 Let's get this party started!  
Caron Golden 11/17/2009 $50.00 Game on for providing food for hungry kids! 
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* Total raised online: $5,155.00
Amount raised offline: $1,055.00
Grand Total: $6,210.00
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