Special ThanksOur gratitude goes to the following corporations, foundations and organizations for their generous support received between December 2015 and February 2016.

On a sunny spring morning, Clara, 64, leans on her cane as she waits in line at the Food Bank’s emergency food pantry site in Mission Hills. Clara is a fixed-income senior citizen living on Social Security. She waits with others in line to receive groceries from the emergency pantry to have enough food to get through to the end of the month.

Clara lives in Linda Vista and has been receiving assistance from the Food Bank for the past year. “After I retired, I realized that I couldn’t get by on Social Security. One time, I just didn’t have anything. No money or food, so I went to the Food Bank and started getting help,” explains Clara.

“Before I retired I did almost every job out there. I grew up in the Bakersfield area, and I did a lot of farm work with my family as a child. We picked cotton, chopped cotton. We grew watermelons. I worked in the cotton gin too, stomping the cotton. We picked the grapes in the field. As a child, over the summer we did all the field work to pay for our school clothes. My daddy also taught me how to grow and sell vegetables for money,” says Clara.

“I moved to San Diego in 1986, and I have been here ever since. I worked in food service in cafeterias. I worked at the Navy base at 32nd Street as a dietitian and cooked meals in the cafeterias and in the military hospital. We did meal plans, and I prepared the food there. Before that, I worked in the cafeterias in the school system cooking and serving the food to the kids in elementary and junior high schools. I also worked in home healthcare, taking care of people in their homes. I did a lot of jobs in my life,” explains Clara.

“After I retired, I realized that I couldn’t get by on Social Security. I didn’t have any money left over after I paid my bills, so I went to the Food Bank and started getting help.”

“I have children and grandchildren. My son helps me as much as he can, but I don’t want to be a burden on them. They are trying to get by themselves and look after their children. The food I get from the Food Bank helps me to get by,” explains Clara.

“I can’t get by on Social Security.”

SPRING 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

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FOOD FOR THOUGHTJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER

“After I get through paying my rent, water bill,

utilities and medicine, I really don’t have anything

left for food.”

The Food Bank’s sixth annual San Diego Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Embarcadero Marina Park North on the downtown San Diego waterfront, next to Seaport Village.

The family-friendly event will feature national and local blues acts on two stages. Grammy Award–winning rock band, Los Lobos, will headline Saturday’s line-up.

Other performers at this year’s festival will include Bobby Rush, Nikki Hill, Watermelon Slim, the Bey Paule Band with Wee Willie Walker, Chris Cain, and Big Jon Atkinson.

The event will feature specialist food vendors, local craft beer and wine, along with arts and crafts booths. Advance tickets for the event are $20. VIP tickets for Saturday are $150. And this year, Super VIP Tickets are $250 which includes an evening VIP Concert at the House of Blues on Friday night before the festival. Children 12 and under are free of charge. All proceeds from the event will help the Food Bank fight hunger in San Diego County.

Bring your family and friends for a fun-filled weekend of music by the scenic San Diego downtown waterfront, and help the Food Bank give hunger the blues.

The Food Bank is encouraging all event-goers to bring two cans of food. For more information and to purchase tickets online visit: SDBluesFest.com

Food Bank CEO Visits Washington D.C.In March, Food Bank CEO Jim Floros attended the annual National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in Washington D. C., hosted by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). Floros’ visit included legislative meetings with the San Diego Congressional delegation

to discuss anti-hunger legislation and federal funding for USDA commodity programs administered by the Food Bank. During Floros’ visit to Washington D.C., he met with Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Juan Vargas, and Rep. Darrell Issa.

AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival to Feature Los Lobos, Saturday, Sept. 10

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Foundations & Organizations

Businesses

Join the Food Bank’s Legacy CircleAs a Food Bank supporter, you have made supporting people in need in San Diego County a priority in your lifetime. Continue that legacy with a gift in your will or estate plans that will provide nutritious food to hungry San Diegans for years to come. Join the Food Bank’s Legacy Circle and put the next generation on the path to success by providing the nutritious food they need to learn, grow and thrive. For more information visit:

SanDiegoFoodBank.org/Legacy or contact Liz Sheahan 858-863-5129

San Diego Blues Festival 2016

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Food Bank Unveils New Recycling &

Composting Center

Congressman Darrell Issa

Congresswoman Susan Davis

Congressman Juan Vargas

Congressman Scott Peters

Diamond ($50,000 or more)USAA Federal Savings Bank

Gold ($10,000 to $24,999)STI Agency, LLC Drive Shop Lamb & Barnosky, LLPSempra Employee Giving NetworkStater Bros. Charities

Silver ($5,000 to $9,999)American AgCredit BAE SystemsBaker Electric Solar, Inc.Lasik Vision Institute, LLC The Patio Group Wedbush

Bronze ($2,500 to $4,999)Bank of AmericaECG Management ConsultantsLand Rover San DiegoNetwork for Good Northrop GrummanQualcomm Matching Gift ProgramSan Diego Unified Port District Sekisui DiagnosticsState Board of Equalization Employee Fund Tribune Company

Copper ($1,000 to $2,499)ASM Affiliates, Inc. Barons Market Bearcats Lessee LLC Embassy Suites Hotel Broadridge Matching Gift Program

California Financial Services Association Centennial Escrow, Inc. Duncan D. Hunter for CongressFreelance Sportfishing, Inc.Jake’s Del Mar McCormick & Wright OrderUp Pacific Beach Outerwall Prairie Stone InvestorsRealty Income CorporationRiverstone Resources, LLC Roberto’s Mexican Food, Inc. The San Diego ChargersSeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.Sharp Professional Nurses NetworkSigma Alpha Epsilon Universal Spirit Center Wells Fargo Bank Zenith Insurance Company Corporate Office

Diamond ($50,000 or more)Entertainment Industry FoundationThe Melvin Garb FoundationPrice Philanthropies FoundationS. Mark Taper FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

Platinum ($25,000 to $49,999)Sempra Energy Foundation

Gold ($10,000 to $24,999)Paul Bechtner FoundationCity of Chula Vista County of San Diego DPR FoundationPhilip E. Fess Family FoundationS.L. Gimbel FoundationDavis Love III Foundation, Inc.San Diego Indian American SocietySan Diego State University, Associated Students

Silver ($5,000 to $9,999)The Hill Charitable FoundationThe Gilbert J. Martin FoundationThe JP Martin FoundationPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc. The USAA Foundation

Bronze ($2,500 to $4,999)Chaplain’s Department, Naval Station Religious Offerings Fund Combined Federal CampaignThe Country Friends Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary SchoolKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Kappa Sigma Fraternity The Morrison & Foerster FoundationThe Wilson B. Sexton Foundation

Copper ($1,000.00 to $2,499.00)Airman Memorial Chapel, Marine Corps Air StationAmerican Federation of Government Employees CarMax Foundation Christ Episcopal Church Thrift ShopCircle’s Edge Disc Golf Kirby Family Foundation Peterson Charitable FoundationReligious Offering Fund, Naval Air Station North Island San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club San Diego County Office of EducationSunroad Community FoundationThe Sutherland FoundationTierrasanta Junior Women’s ClubUnited Way of San Diego County United Way Silicon Valley Warren-Neely FoundationThe Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

Congressman Duncan Hunter

Greetings!

As many of you know, we acquired the North County Food Bank in October, just before the holidays.

The acquisition has more than doubled our footprint in North County and added an additional 77 nonprofit partner agencies – bringing the total number of nonprofits we serve countywide to more than 400!

Through this expanded network, we are now feeding an additional 30,000 to 50,000 more people per month in North County – bringing the total number of people served monthly in communities throughout San Diego County by our food bank family to 400,000!

The response to the growth of our services to North County has been very well-received by the community.

North County elected officials, business leaders, and nonprofits have welcomed our expansion into North County and have pledged to support our hunger-relief efforts.

While most people associate North County with affluence, the reality is very different. It is a vastly underserved region.

The level of need in North County is much greater than most people can imagine. In fact, 1.2 million people live in North County, which accounts for a third of the county’s population. And the poverty rate in key communities is higher than the countywide average of 15%. For example, Escondido’s poverty rate is the highest at 19.8%. Vista comes in second at 16.6%, and San Marcos comes in third at 15.9%. A surprising 24.9% of households earn less than $35,000 per year, and 52% earn less than $75,000 per year.

The most surprising fact I tell people … is that the greatest number of San Diego County residents that receive support from the county’s Health and Human Services Agency live in North County!

That is why we are committing additional resources to North County, and that’s why we need your help since every dollar and can of food donated to the North County Food Bank will help our hunger-relief efforts in the region.

Our commitment to serving all of San Diego County remains strong.

With your support, we can feed more children, families and seniors who desperately need our services. For more information about ways you can help, visit SanDiegoFoodBank.org/NCFB.

Warm regards,

James A. FlorosPresident/CEO

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Expanding Our Footprint to Feed More in North County

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank9850 Distribution AvenueSan Diego, CA 92121858-527-1419www.sandiegofoodbank.org

Board of DirectorsDavid Bejarano, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista

Harvey C. Berger, Partner, Pope, Berger & Williams, LLC

Steve Bernstein – ChairmanBusiness Banking President, Wells Fargo

Corrine BrindleyCorporate Vice President, State AffairsSea World Parks and Entertainment

Bob Bolinger – Vice ChairmanVice President/Market ManagerEntercom San Diego

Anne M. CarlsonSr. Customer Marketing ManagerCoca-Cola Refreshments– West Region

Dan Devine

Denise DurkinSenior Manager, Product DevelopmentJenny Craig, Inc.

Aimee FaucettExecutive Vice President of International/DomesticPublic Policy and Member ServicesSan Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Jane Finley Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente

James A. Floros – President/Chief Executive OfficerJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Ahmed HaqueDirector of Asset Management, NRG Energy, Inc

Carlos IllingworthDirector, Public Affairs and Government RelationsVons, A Safeway Company

Richard “Dick” KelleyPresident & General Manager, NBC San Diego

Ed McGuire, Executive VP of FootballAdministration/ Player Finance

Dr. Mihir “Max” Parikh, Medical Director NVisioncenters

Sergio del Prado, Vice President, Corporate PartnershipsSan Diego Padres

Jason Puga, President/General Manager Land Rover San Diego

Steve Rowles, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Anthony Schwarz, Sr. VP EngineeringQualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Clarence Shelmon, Retired

Advisory BoardStephen P. CushmanEugene “Mitch” MitchellBruce HollingsworthStephen M. BrigandiLarry Cleary Kathy DavisDoug DawsonSheldon DerezinErica FessiaDale GanzowBill GeppertScody HageBruce HollingsworthVince KasperickKimberley LaytonDavid LloydTim NeyHonorable William C. PateJennifer L. PerkinsEd PlantJohn Vingas

During summer vacation, children who live in poverty stop receiving free meals at school and face hunger at home.

Often their parents work in low-wage jobs or they are unemployed, and over the summer months, these families are forced to turn to the Food Bank to help feed their children.

At the same time, donations to the Food Bank drop dramatically when need from the community is greatest.

Throughout the month of June, Sycuan, SDG&E, KFMB and the San Diego Union Tribune are supporting the School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive.

Visit your local Vons or Albertsons supermarket and purchase a pre-filled $5 bag containing our most-needed food items, and place the bag in the Food Bank’s red barrels at the front of the store. Or donate a can of food from our list of most-needed food drive items.

Your donations will help us prevent a child from going to bed hungry.

Thank you for helping us feed children in need this summer!

Please Support Our School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive, June 1 – 30

Thank you to our summer food drive supporters

Thank you to our summer food drive media supporters

Food Bank Opens New Recycling & Composting Center

The Food Bank unveiled our new, state-of-the-art, 3,600 sq. ft. Recycling & Composting Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony with special guest and long-time environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.

The new Recycling & Composting Center was built as an addition to the back of the Food Bank warehouse. The new space houses two massive, larger-than-life recycling and composting machines that have a combined weight of 15 tons and a height topping 18 feet.

The first machine, a “turbo separator,” can accept unopened, but damaged and inedible cans, boxes and jars of food which, using state-of-the-art technology, separates the food from its packaging while inside the machine – sending the food waste to a composting machine and

discharging the paper, plastic, glass and aluminum for recycling.

After separation from its packaging, the food waste is sent to a 10-ton composting machine that turns the food waste into high-quality, nutrient-dense compost which the Food Bank gives out to area nonprofits operating community gardens that grow fresh produce for low-income families.

The Food Bank previously discarded 600,000 pounds of inedible food and its packaging annually and paid $25,000 in land disposal fees. The Recycling & Composting Center makes the Food Bank a zero waste facility, and the money saved in land disposal fees will provide an additional 125,000 meals to San Diegans in need.

Ed Begley, Jr., Food Bank CEO Jim Floros and FOR Solutions’ Founder, Nicholas J. Smith-Sebasto at the unveiling of the new

Recycling & Composting Center

continued from page 1

“I just don’t have enough to live on.”

Clara, 64, receives food from a Food Bank emergency food pantry site.

Please Support the Letter Carriers Food Drive Saturday, May 14

Letter carriers in San Diego County are asking residents to support their annual food drive by placing a bag of nonperishable food items by residential mailboxes before the mail is delivered on Saturday, May 14. County residents can also drop off food donations at local post offices.

The Food Bank is requesting our Most-Needed Food Items: canned tuna, canned meats, canned stews, canned fruits and vegetables, canned soups, pasta, rice and cereal.

Letter carriers will collect the bags of food and deliver them back to the Food Bank to be distributed to individuals and families in need.

For more information about the food drive visit: SanDiegoFoodBank.org/StampOutHunger

“After all of my bills, I only have $20 left over to buy food for the whole month. I just don’t have anything. I’m in Section 8 housing, but even though the rent is cheaper, with utilities, medicine and the water bill it still comes out the same. I just don’t have enough to live on. The Food Bank helps so much. The food I get from the Food Bank gets me through the month.”

Clara is currently enrolled on the Food Bank’s Senior Food Program and, she receives occasional food assistance through the Food Bank’s Emergency Food Assistance Program that operates through local food pantries.

Every month, nearly 10,000 seniors living near the poverty level in San Diego County receive a 30-pound box of food and a one-pound block of cheese from the Food Bank.

To qualify for the program, a senior living alone cannot have an annual income exceeding $15,000. Seniors often explain to Food Bank staff that the food they receive from the Food Bank prevents them from facing hunger at home.

If you would like to help, the Food Bank is always looking for volunteers to pack our senior food boxes every week. Visit SanDiegoFoodBank.org, and click on the volunteer tab.

You can also donate to our Senior Food Initiative by contacting Liz Sheahan at 858-863-5129.

Greetings!

As many of you know, we acquired the North County Food Bank in October, just before the holidays.

The acquisition has more than doubled our footprint in North County and added an additional 77 nonprofit partner agencies – bringing the total number of nonprofits we serve countywide to more than 400!

Through this expanded network, we are now feeding an additional 30,000 to 50,000 more people per month in North County – bringing the total number of people served monthly in communities throughout San Diego County by our food bank family to 400,000!

The response to the growth of our services to North County has been very well-received by the community.

North County elected officials, business leaders, and nonprofits have welcomed our expansion into North County and have pledged to support our hunger-relief efforts.

While most people associate North County with affluence, the reality is very different. It is a vastly underserved region.

The level of need in North County is much greater than most people can imagine. In fact, 1.2 million people live in North County, which accounts for a third of the county’s population. And the poverty rate in key communities is higher than the countywide average of 15%. For example, Escondido’s poverty rate is the highest at 19.8%. Vista comes in second at 16.6%, and San Marcos comes in third at 15.9%. A surprising 24.9% of households earn less than $35,000 per year, and 52% earn less than $75,000 per year.

The most surprising fact I tell people … is that the greatest number of San Diego County residents that receive support from the county’s Health and Human Services Agency live in North County!

That is why we are committing additional resources to North County, and that’s why we need your help since every dollar and can of food donated to the North County Food Bank will help our hunger-relief efforts in the region.

Our commitment to serving all of San Diego County remains strong.

With your support, we can feed more children, families and seniors who desperately need our services. For more information about ways you can help, visit SanDiegoFoodBank.org/NCFB.

Warm regards,

James A. FlorosPresident/CEO

2 3 4

Expanding Our Footprint to Feed More in North County

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank9850 Distribution AvenueSan Diego, CA 92121858-527-1419www.sandiegofoodbank.org

Board of DirectorsDavid Bejarano, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista

Harvey C. Berger, Partner, Pope, Berger & Williams, LLC

Steve Bernstein – ChairmanBusiness Banking President, Wells Fargo

Corrine BrindleyCorporate Vice President, State AffairsSea World Parks and Entertainment

Bob Bolinger – Vice ChairmanVice President/Market ManagerEntercom San Diego

Anne M. CarlsonSr. Customer Marketing ManagerCoca-Cola Refreshments– West Region

Dan Devine

Denise DurkinSenior Manager, Product DevelopmentJenny Craig, Inc.

Aimee FaucettExecutive Vice President of International/DomesticPublic Policy and Member ServicesSan Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Jane Finley Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente

James A. Floros – President/Chief Executive OfficerJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Ahmed HaqueDirector of Asset Management, NRG Energy, Inc

Carlos IllingworthDirector, Public Affairs and Government RelationsVons, A Safeway Company

Richard “Dick” KelleyPresident & General Manager, NBC San Diego

Ed McGuire, Executive VP of FootballAdministration/ Player Finance

Dr. Mihir “Max” Parikh, Medical Director NVisioncenters

Sergio del Prado, Vice President, Corporate PartnershipsSan Diego Padres

Jason Puga, President/General Manager Land Rover San Diego

Steve Rowles, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Anthony Schwarz, Sr. VP EngineeringQualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Clarence Shelmon, Retired

Advisory BoardStephen P. CushmanEugene “Mitch” MitchellBruce HollingsworthStephen M. BrigandiLarry Cleary Kathy DavisDoug DawsonSheldon DerezinErica FessiaDale GanzowBill GeppertScody HageBruce HollingsworthVince KasperickKimberley LaytonDavid LloydTim NeyHonorable William C. PateJennifer L. PerkinsEd PlantJohn Vingas

During summer vacation, children who live in poverty stop receiving free meals at school and face hunger at home.

Often their parents work in low-wage jobs or they are unemployed, and over the summer months, these families are forced to turn to the Food Bank to help feed their children.

At the same time, donations to the Food Bank drop dramatically when need from the community is greatest.

Throughout the month of June, Sycuan, SDG&E, KFMB and the San Diego Union Tribune are supporting the School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive.

Visit your local Vons or Albertsons supermarket and purchase a pre-filled $5 bag containing our most-needed food items, and place the bag in the Food Bank’s red barrels at the front of the store. Or donate a can of food from our list of most-needed food drive items.

Your donations will help us prevent a child from going to bed hungry.

Thank you for helping us feed children in need this summer!

Please Support Our School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive, June 1 – 30

Thank you to our summer food drive supporters

Thank you to our summer food drive media supporters

Food Bank Opens New Recycling & Composting Center

The Food Bank unveiled our new, state-of-the-art, 3,600 sq. ft. Recycling & Composting Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony with special guest and long-time environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.

The new Recycling & Composting Center was built as an addition to the back of the Food Bank warehouse. The new space houses two massive, larger-than-life recycling and composting machines that have a combined weight of 15 tons and a height topping 18 feet.

The first machine, a “turbo separator,” can accept unopened, but damaged and inedible cans, boxes and jars of food which, using state-of-the-art technology, separates the food from its packaging while inside the machine – sending the food waste to a composting machine and

discharging the paper, plastic, glass and aluminum for recycling.

After separation from its packaging, the food waste is sent to a 10-ton composting machine that turns the food waste into high-quality, nutrient-dense compost which the Food Bank gives out to area nonprofits operating community gardens that grow fresh produce for low-income families.

The Food Bank previously discarded 600,000 pounds of inedible food and its packaging annually and paid $25,000 in land disposal fees. The Recycling & Composting Center makes the Food Bank a zero waste facility, and the money saved in land disposal fees will provide an additional 125,000 meals to San Diegans in need.

Ed Begley, Jr., Food Bank CEO Jim Floros and FOR Solutions’ Founder, Nicholas J. Smith-Sebasto at the unveiling of the new

Recycling & Composting Center

continued from page 1

“I just don’t have enough to live on.”

Clara, 64, receives food from a Food Bank emergency food pantry site.

Please Support the Letter Carriers Food Drive Saturday, May 14

Letter carriers in San Diego County are asking residents to support their annual food drive by placing a bag of nonperishable food items by residential mailboxes before the mail is delivered on Saturday, May 14. County residents can also drop off food donations at local post offices.

The Food Bank is requesting our Most-Needed Food Items: canned tuna, canned meats, canned stews, canned fruits and vegetables, canned soups, pasta, rice and cereal.

Letter carriers will collect the bags of food and deliver them back to the Food Bank to be distributed to individuals and families in need.

For more information about the food drive visit: SanDiegoFoodBank.org/StampOutHunger

“After all of my bills, I only have $20 left over to buy food for the whole month. I just don’t have anything. I’m in Section 8 housing, but even though the rent is cheaper, with utilities, medicine and the water bill it still comes out the same. I just don’t have enough to live on. The Food Bank helps so much. The food I get from the Food Bank gets me through the month.”

Clara is currently enrolled on the Food Bank’s Senior Food Program and, she receives occasional food assistance through the Food Bank’s Emergency Food Assistance Program that operates through local food pantries.

Every month, nearly 10,000 seniors living near the poverty level in San Diego County receive a 30-pound box of food and a one-pound block of cheese from the Food Bank.

To qualify for the program, a senior living alone cannot have an annual income exceeding $15,000. Seniors often explain to Food Bank staff that the food they receive from the Food Bank prevents them from facing hunger at home.

If you would like to help, the Food Bank is always looking for volunteers to pack our senior food boxes every week. Visit SanDiegoFoodBank.org, and click on the volunteer tab.

You can also donate to our Senior Food Initiative by contacting Liz Sheahan at 858-863-5129.

Greetings!

As many of you know, we acquired the North County Food Bank in October, just before the holidays.

The acquisition has more than doubled our footprint in North County and added an additional 77 nonprofit partner agencies – bringing the total number of nonprofits we serve countywide to more than 400!

Through this expanded network, we are now feeding an additional 30,000 to 50,000 more people per month in North County – bringing the total number of people served monthly in communities throughout San Diego County by our food bank family to 400,000!

The response to the growth of our services to North County has been very well-received by the community.

North County elected officials, business leaders, and nonprofits have welcomed our expansion into North County and have pledged to support our hunger-relief efforts.

While most people associate North County with affluence, the reality is very different. It is a vastly underserved region.

The level of need in North County is much greater than most people can imagine. In fact, 1.2 million people live in North County, which accounts for a third of the county’s population. And the poverty rate in key communities is higher than the countywide average of 15%. For example, Escondido’s poverty rate is the highest at 19.8%. Vista comes in second at 16.6%, and San Marcos comes in third at 15.9%. A surprising 24.9% of households earn less than $35,000 per year, and 52% earn less than $75,000 per year.

The most surprising fact I tell people … is that the greatest number of San Diego County residents that receive support from the county’s Health and Human Services Agency live in North County!

That is why we are committing additional resources to North County, and that’s why we need your help since every dollar and can of food donated to the North County Food Bank will help our hunger-relief efforts in the region.

Our commitment to serving all of San Diego County remains strong.

With your support, we can feed more children, families and seniors who desperately need our services. For more information about ways you can help, visit SanDiegoFoodBank.org/NCFB.

Warm regards,

James A. FlorosPresident/CEO

2 3 4

Expanding Our Footprint to Feed More in North County

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank9850 Distribution AvenueSan Diego, CA 92121858-527-1419www.sandiegofoodbank.org

Board of DirectorsDavid Bejarano, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista

Harvey C. Berger, Partner, Pope, Berger & Williams, LLC

Steve Bernstein – ChairmanBusiness Banking President, Wells Fargo

Corrine BrindleyCorporate Vice President, State AffairsSea World Parks and Entertainment

Bob Bolinger – Vice ChairmanVice President/Market ManagerEntercom San Diego

Anne M. CarlsonSr. Customer Marketing ManagerCoca-Cola Refreshments– West Region

Dan Devine

Denise DurkinSenior Manager, Product DevelopmentJenny Craig, Inc.

Aimee FaucettExecutive Vice President of International/DomesticPublic Policy and Member ServicesSan Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Jane Finley Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente

James A. Floros – President/Chief Executive OfficerJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Ahmed HaqueDirector of Asset Management, NRG Energy, Inc

Carlos IllingworthDirector, Public Affairs and Government RelationsVons, A Safeway Company

Richard “Dick” KelleyPresident & General Manager, NBC San Diego

Ed McGuire, Executive VP of FootballAdministration/ Player Finance

Dr. Mihir “Max” Parikh, Medical Director NVisioncenters

Sergio del Prado, Vice President, Corporate PartnershipsSan Diego Padres

Jason Puga, President/General Manager Land Rover San Diego

Steve Rowles, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Anthony Schwarz, Sr. VP EngineeringQualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Clarence Shelmon, Retired

Advisory BoardStephen P. CushmanEugene “Mitch” MitchellBruce HollingsworthStephen M. BrigandiLarry Cleary Kathy DavisDoug DawsonSheldon DerezinErica FessiaDale GanzowBill GeppertScody HageBruce HollingsworthVince KasperickKimberley LaytonDavid LloydTim NeyHonorable William C. PateJennifer L. PerkinsEd PlantJohn Vingas

During summer vacation, children who live in poverty stop receiving free meals at school and face hunger at home.

Often their parents work in low-wage jobs or they are unemployed, and over the summer months, these families are forced to turn to the Food Bank to help feed their children.

At the same time, donations to the Food Bank drop dramatically when need from the community is greatest.

Throughout the month of June, Sycuan, SDG&E, KFMB and the San Diego Union Tribune are supporting the School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive.

Visit your local Vons or Albertsons supermarket and purchase a pre-filled $5 bag containing our most-needed food items, and place the bag in the Food Bank’s red barrels at the front of the store. Or donate a can of food from our list of most-needed food drive items.

Your donations will help us prevent a child from going to bed hungry.

Thank you for helping us feed children in need this summer!

Please Support Our School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive, June 1 – 30

Thank you to our summer food drive supporters

Thank you to our summer food drive media supporters

Food Bank Opens New Recycling & Composting Center

The Food Bank unveiled our new, state-of-the-art, 3,600 sq. ft. Recycling & Composting Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony with special guest and long-time environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.

The new Recycling & Composting Center was built as an addition to the back of the Food Bank warehouse. The new space houses two massive, larger-than-life recycling and composting machines that have a combined weight of 15 tons and a height topping 18 feet.

The first machine, a “turbo separator,” can accept unopened, but damaged and inedible cans, boxes and jars of food which, using state-of-the-art technology, separates the food from its packaging while inside the machine – sending the food waste to a composting machine and

discharging the paper, plastic, glass and aluminum for recycling.

After separation from its packaging, the food waste is sent to a 10-ton composting machine that turns the food waste into high-quality, nutrient-dense compost which the Food Bank gives out to area nonprofits operating community gardens that grow fresh produce for low-income families.

The Food Bank previously discarded 600,000 pounds of inedible food and its packaging annually and paid $25,000 in land disposal fees. The Recycling & Composting Center makes the Food Bank a zero waste facility, and the money saved in land disposal fees will provide an additional 125,000 meals to San Diegans in need.

Ed Begley, Jr., Food Bank CEO Jim Floros and FOR Solutions’ Founder, Nicholas J. Smith-Sebasto at the unveiling of the new

Recycling & Composting Center

continued from page 1

“I just don’t have enough to live on.”

Clara, 64, receives food from a Food Bank emergency food pantry site.

Please Support the Letter Carriers Food Drive Saturday, May 14

Letter carriers in San Diego County are asking residents to support their annual food drive by placing a bag of nonperishable food items by residential mailboxes before the mail is delivered on Saturday, May 14. County residents can also drop off food donations at local post offices.

The Food Bank is requesting our Most-Needed Food Items: canned tuna, canned meats, canned stews, canned fruits and vegetables, canned soups, pasta, rice and cereal.

Letter carriers will collect the bags of food and deliver them back to the Food Bank to be distributed to individuals and families in need.

For more information about the food drive visit: SanDiegoFoodBank.org/StampOutHunger

“After all of my bills, I only have $20 left over to buy food for the whole month. I just don’t have anything. I’m in Section 8 housing, but even though the rent is cheaper, with utilities, medicine and the water bill it still comes out the same. I just don’t have enough to live on. The Food Bank helps so much. The food I get from the Food Bank gets me through the month.”

Clara is currently enrolled on the Food Bank’s Senior Food Program and, she receives occasional food assistance through the Food Bank’s Emergency Food Assistance Program that operates through local food pantries.

Every month, nearly 10,000 seniors living near the poverty level in San Diego County receive a 30-pound box of food and a one-pound block of cheese from the Food Bank.

To qualify for the program, a senior living alone cannot have an annual income exceeding $15,000. Seniors often explain to Food Bank staff that the food they receive from the Food Bank prevents them from facing hunger at home.

If you would like to help, the Food Bank is always looking for volunteers to pack our senior food boxes every week. Visit SanDiegoFoodBank.org, and click on the volunteer tab.

You can also donate to our Senior Food Initiative by contacting Liz Sheahan at 858-863-5129.

Special ThanksOur gratitude goes to the following corporations, foundations and organizations for their generous support received between December 2015 and February 2016.

On a sunny spring morning, Clara, 64, leans on her cane as she waits in line at the Food Bank’s emergency food pantry site in Mission Hills. Clara is a fixed-income senior citizen living on Social Security. She waits with others in line to receive groceries from the emergency pantry to have enough food to get through to the end of the month.

Clara lives in Linda Vista and has been receiving assistance from the Food Bank for the past year. “After I retired, I realized that I couldn’t get by on Social Security. One time, I just didn’t have anything. No money or food, so I went to the Food Bank and started getting help,” explains Clara.

“Before I retired I did almost every job out there. I grew up in the Bakersfield area, and I did a lot of farm work with my family as a child. We picked cotton, chopped cotton. We grew watermelons. I worked in the cotton gin too, stomping the cotton. We picked the grapes in the field. As a child, over the summer we did all the field work to pay for our school clothes. My daddy also taught me how to grow and sell vegetables for money,” says Clara.

“I moved to San Diego in 1986, and I have been here ever since. I worked in food service in cafeterias. I worked at the Navy base at 32nd Street as a dietitian and cooked meals in the cafeterias and in the military hospital. We did meal plans, and I prepared the food there. Before that, I worked in the cafeterias in the school system cooking and serving the food to the kids in elementary and junior high schools. I also worked in home healthcare, taking care of people in their homes. I did a lot of jobs in my life,” explains Clara.

“After I retired, I realized that I couldn’t get by on Social Security. I didn’t have any money left over after I paid my bills, so I went to the Food Bank and started getting help.”

“I have children and grandchildren. My son helps me as much as he can, but I don’t want to be a burden on them. They are trying to get by themselves and look after their children. The food I get from the Food Bank helps me to get by,” explains Clara.

“I can’t get by on Social Security.”

SPRING 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

www.sandiegofoodbank.org

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FOOD FOR THOUGHTJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER

“After I get through paying my rent, water bill,

utilities and medicine, I really don’t have anything

left for food.”

The Food Bank’s sixth annual San Diego Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Embarcadero Marina Park North on the downtown San Diego waterfront, next to Seaport Village.

The family-friendly event will feature national and local blues acts on two stages. Grammy Award–winning rock band, Los Lobos, will headline Saturday’s line-up.

Other performers at this year’s festival will include Bobby Rush, Nikki Hill, Watermelon Slim, the Bey Paule Band with Wee Willie Walker, Chris Cain, and Big Jon Atkinson.

The event will feature specialist food vendors, local craft beer and wine, along with arts and crafts booths. Advance tickets for the event are $20. VIP tickets for Saturday are $150. And this year, Super VIP Tickets are $250 which includes an evening VIP Concert at the House of Blues on Friday night before the festival. Children 12 and under are free of charge. All proceeds from the event will help the Food Bank fight hunger in San Diego County.

Bring your family and friends for a fun-filled weekend of music by the scenic San Diego downtown waterfront, and help the Food Bank give hunger the blues.

The Food Bank is encouraging all event-goers to bring two cans of food. For more information and to purchase tickets online visit: SDBluesFest.com

Food Bank CEO Visits Washington D.C.In March, Food Bank CEO Jim Floros attended the annual National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in Washington D. C., hosted by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). Floros’ visit included legislative meetings with the San Diego Congressional delegation

to discuss anti-hunger legislation and federal funding for USDA commodity programs administered by the Food Bank. During Floros’ visit to Washington D.C., he met with Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Juan Vargas, and Rep. Darrell Issa.

AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival to Feature Los Lobos, Saturday, Sept. 10

15-SDFCA-0516-N

Foundations & Organizations

Businesses

Join the Food Bank’s Legacy CircleAs a Food Bank supporter, you have made supporting people in need in San Diego County a priority in your lifetime. Continue that legacy with a gift in your will or estate plans that will provide nutritious food to hungry San Diegans for years to come. Join the Food Bank’s Legacy Circle and put the next generation on the path to success by providing the nutritious food they need to learn, grow and thrive. For more information visit:

SanDiegoFoodBank.org/Legacy or contact Liz Sheahan 858-863-5129

San Diego Blues Festival 2016

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Page 5

Food Bank Unveils New Recycling &

Composting Center

Congressman Darrell Issa

Congresswoman Susan Davis

Congressman Juan Vargas

Congressman Scott Peters

Diamond ($50,000 or more)USAA Federal Savings Bank

Gold ($10,000 to $24,999)STI Agency, LLC Drive Shop Lamb & Barnosky, LLPSempra Employee Giving NetworkStater Bros. Charities

Silver ($5,000 to $9,999)American AgCredit BAE SystemsBaker Electric Solar, Inc.Lasik Vision Institute, LLC The Patio Group Wedbush

Bronze ($2,500 to $4,999)Bank of AmericaECG Management ConsultantsLand Rover San DiegoNetwork for Good Northrop GrummanQualcomm Matching Gift ProgramSan Diego Unified Port District Sekisui DiagnosticsState Board of Equalization Employee Fund Tribune Company

Copper ($1,000 to $2,499)ASM Affiliates, Inc. Barons Market Bearcats Lessee LLC Embassy Suites Hotel Broadridge Matching Gift Program

California Financial Services Association Centennial Escrow, Inc. Duncan D. Hunter for CongressFreelance Sportfishing, Inc.Jake’s Del Mar McCormick & Wright OrderUp Pacific Beach Outerwall Prairie Stone InvestorsRealty Income CorporationRiverstone Resources, LLC Roberto’s Mexican Food, Inc. The San Diego ChargersSeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.Sharp Professional Nurses NetworkSigma Alpha Epsilon Universal Spirit Center Wells Fargo Bank Zenith Insurance Company Corporate Office

Diamond ($50,000 or more)Entertainment Industry FoundationThe Melvin Garb FoundationPrice Philanthropies FoundationS. Mark Taper FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

Platinum ($25,000 to $49,999)Sempra Energy Foundation

Gold ($10,000 to $24,999)Paul Bechtner FoundationCity of Chula Vista County of San Diego DPR FoundationPhilip E. Fess Family FoundationS.L. Gimbel FoundationDavis Love III Foundation, Inc.San Diego Indian American SocietySan Diego State University, Associated Students

Silver ($5,000 to $9,999)The Hill Charitable FoundationThe Gilbert J. Martin FoundationThe JP Martin FoundationPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc. The USAA Foundation

Bronze ($2,500 to $4,999)Chaplain’s Department, Naval Station Religious Offerings Fund Combined Federal CampaignThe Country Friends Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary SchoolKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Kappa Sigma Fraternity The Morrison & Foerster FoundationThe Wilson B. Sexton Foundation

Copper ($1,000.00 to $2,499.00)Airman Memorial Chapel, Marine Corps Air StationAmerican Federation of Government Employees CarMax Foundation Christ Episcopal Church Thrift ShopCircle’s Edge Disc Golf Kirby Family Foundation Peterson Charitable FoundationReligious Offering Fund, Naval Air Station North Island San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club San Diego County Office of EducationSunroad Community FoundationThe Sutherland FoundationTierrasanta Junior Women’s ClubUnited Way of San Diego County United Way Silicon Valley Warren-Neely FoundationThe Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

Congressman Duncan Hunter

Special ThanksOur gratitude goes to the following corporations, foundations and organizations for their generous support received between December 2015 and February 2016.

On a sunny spring morning, Clara, 64, leans on her cane as she waits in line at the Food Bank’s emergency food pantry site in Mission Hills. Clara is a fixed-income senior citizen living on Social Security. She waits with others in line to receive groceries from the emergency pantry to have enough food to get through to the end of the month.

Clara lives in Linda Vista and has been receiving assistance from the Food Bank for the past year. “After I retired, I realized that I couldn’t get by on Social Security. One time, I just didn’t have anything. No money or food, so I went to the Food Bank and started getting help,” explains Clara.

“Before I retired I did almost every job out there. I grew up in the Bakersfield area, and I did a lot of farm work with my family as a child. We picked cotton, chopped cotton. We grew watermelons. I worked in the cotton gin too, stomping the cotton. We picked the grapes in the field. As a child, over the summer we did all the field work to pay for our school clothes. My daddy also taught me how to grow and sell vegetables for money,” says Clara.

“I moved to San Diego in 1986, and I have been here ever since. I worked in food service in cafeterias. I worked at the Navy base at 32nd Street as a dietitian and cooked meals in the cafeterias and in the military hospital. We did meal plans, and I prepared the food there. Before that, I worked in the cafeterias in the school system cooking and serving the food to the kids in elementary and junior high schools. I also worked in home healthcare, taking care of people in their homes. I did a lot of jobs in my life,” explains Clara.

“After I retired, I realized that I couldn’t get by on Social Security. I didn’t have any money left over after I paid my bills, so I went to the Food Bank and started getting help.”

“I have children and grandchildren. My son helps me as much as he can, but I don’t want to be a burden on them. They are trying to get by themselves and look after their children. The food I get from the Food Bank helps me to get by,” explains Clara.

“I can’t get by on Social Security.”

SPRING 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

www.sandiegofoodbank.org

continued on page 3

65

FOOD FOR THOUGHTJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK NEWSLETTER

“After I get through paying my rent, water bill,

utilities and medicine, I really don’t have anything

left for food.”

The Food Bank’s sixth annual San Diego Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Embarcadero Marina Park North on the downtown San Diego waterfront, next to Seaport Village.

The family-friendly event will feature national and local blues acts on two stages. Grammy Award–winning rock band, Los Lobos, will headline Saturday’s line-up.

Other performers at this year’s festival will include Bobby Rush, Nikki Hill, Watermelon Slim, the Bey Paule Band with Wee Willie Walker, Chris Cain, and Big Jon Atkinson.

The event will feature specialist food vendors, local craft beer and wine, along with arts and crafts booths. Advance tickets for the event are $20. VIP tickets for Saturday are $150. And this year, Super VIP Tickets are $250 which includes an evening VIP Concert at the House of Blues on Friday night before the festival. Children 12 and under are free of charge. All proceeds from the event will help the Food Bank fight hunger in San Diego County.

Bring your family and friends for a fun-filled weekend of music by the scenic San Diego downtown waterfront, and help the Food Bank give hunger the blues.

The Food Bank is encouraging all event-goers to bring two cans of food. For more information and to purchase tickets online visit: SDBluesFest.com

Food Bank CEO Visits Washington D.C.In March, Food Bank CEO Jim Floros attended the annual National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in Washington D. C., hosted by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). Floros’ visit included legislative meetings with the San Diego Congressional delegation

to discuss anti-hunger legislation and federal funding for USDA commodity programs administered by the Food Bank. During Floros’ visit to Washington D.C., he met with Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Juan Vargas, and Rep. Darrell Issa.

AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival to Feature Los Lobos, Saturday, Sept. 10

15-SDFCA-0516-N

Foundations & Organizations

Businesses

Join the Food Bank’s Legacy CircleAs a Food Bank supporter, you have made supporting people in need in San Diego County a priority in your lifetime. Continue that legacy with a gift in your will or estate plans that will provide nutritious food to hungry San Diegans for years to come. Join the Food Bank’s Legacy Circle and put the next generation on the path to success by providing the nutritious food they need to learn, grow and thrive. For more information visit:

SanDiegoFoodBank.org/Legacy or contact Liz Sheahan 858-863-5129

San Diego Blues Festival 2016

Page 4

Page 5

Food Bank Unveils New Recycling &

Composting Center

Congressman Darrell Issa

Congresswoman Susan Davis

Congressman Juan Vargas

Congressman Scott Peters

Diamond ($50,000 or more)USAA Federal Savings Bank

Gold ($10,000 to $24,999)STI Agency, LLC Drive Shop Lamb & Barnosky, LLPSempra Employee Giving NetworkStater Bros. Charities

Silver ($5,000 to $9,999)American AgCredit BAE SystemsBaker Electric Solar, Inc.Lasik Vision Institute, LLC The Patio Group Wedbush

Bronze ($2,500 to $4,999)Bank of AmericaECG Management ConsultantsLand Rover San DiegoNetwork for Good Northrop GrummanQualcomm Matching Gift ProgramSan Diego Unified Port District Sekisui DiagnosticsState Board of Equalization Employee Fund Tribune Company

Copper ($1,000 to $2,499)ASM Affiliates, Inc. Barons Market Bearcats Lessee LLC Embassy Suites Hotel Broadridge Matching Gift Program

California Financial Services Association Centennial Escrow, Inc. Duncan D. Hunter for CongressFreelance Sportfishing, Inc.Jake’s Del Mar McCormick & Wright OrderUp Pacific Beach Outerwall Prairie Stone InvestorsRealty Income CorporationRiverstone Resources, LLC Roberto’s Mexican Food, Inc. The San Diego ChargersSeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.Sharp Professional Nurses NetworkSigma Alpha Epsilon Universal Spirit Center Wells Fargo Bank Zenith Insurance Company Corporate Office

Diamond ($50,000 or more)Entertainment Industry FoundationThe Melvin Garb FoundationPrice Philanthropies FoundationS. Mark Taper FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

Platinum ($25,000 to $49,999)Sempra Energy Foundation

Gold ($10,000 to $24,999)Paul Bechtner FoundationCity of Chula Vista County of San Diego DPR FoundationPhilip E. Fess Family FoundationS.L. Gimbel FoundationDavis Love III Foundation, Inc.San Diego Indian American SocietySan Diego State University, Associated Students

Silver ($5,000 to $9,999)The Hill Charitable FoundationThe Gilbert J. Martin FoundationThe JP Martin FoundationPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc. The USAA Foundation

Bronze ($2,500 to $4,999)Chaplain’s Department, Naval Station Religious Offerings Fund Combined Federal CampaignThe Country Friends Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary SchoolKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Kappa Sigma Fraternity The Morrison & Foerster FoundationThe Wilson B. Sexton Foundation

Copper ($1,000.00 to $2,499.00)Airman Memorial Chapel, Marine Corps Air StationAmerican Federation of Government Employees CarMax Foundation Christ Episcopal Church Thrift ShopCircle’s Edge Disc Golf Kirby Family Foundation Peterson Charitable FoundationReligious Offering Fund, Naval Air Station North Island San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club San Diego County Office of EducationSunroad Community FoundationThe Sutherland FoundationTierrasanta Junior Women’s ClubUnited Way of San Diego County United Way Silicon Valley Warren-Neely FoundationThe Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

Congressman Duncan Hunter