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Monday, July 25, 2011

First Annual Food from the Bar Food & Funds Drive

July 1 - July 31, 2011.

Santa Barbara Women Lawyers has challenged their colleagues and the community to raise money for the Santa Barbara Food Bank that does such wonderful things to feed our fellow Santa Barbarians.

A perfect storm of conditions has coalesced to make this one of the most challenging times for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County in recent memory. The nation's social safety net, of which food banks are an integral part, is being strained as rarely before, thanks to a menacing combination of rising food and fuel prices and an economy which seems headed for recession. These economic pressures have put more and more people at risk of hunger; while the Foodbank wrestles with higher costs and decreased federal aid.

Time is running out....Have you donated yet?

Labels: Food, fundraising, Lawyers, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Food Bank

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Santa Barbara Foodbank Needs Our Help

Donations from food manufacturers and a drop in cash donations are the main reasons for the shortage, according to officials at the the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.

With unemployment high, and the economy tight, more families are seeking help simply trying to put food on the table - KEYT

Labels: economy, Food Banks, KEYT, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Food Bank

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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

It's Twitter for Food Day Today

Skip a meal and donate your savings to your local food bank (mine, the Santa Barbara Food Bank.) I challenge my fellow foodies and bloggy friends! Let's raise some moolah!

Hunger is here in every season, but summer brings some unique challenges. For millions of kids, the only decent meal they get is during school. Without that consistency while school is out, these kids go hungry. With people on vacation and out of town, food bank supplies run lower and donations are less because we all have summer plans on our minds and don't think of needs as much.
Here at #twitterforfood, we are approaching our 1 year anniversary of creating hunger events on Twitter. It's our hope that this summer we can really kick this up a notch and get the shelves of foodbanks more full through people every month simply skipping one meal and donating the savings to their local food bank. - Twitterforfood

Labels: Food Banks, Hunger, Santa Barbara Food Bank, summer, twitter, Twitterforfood

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