Alameda County Community Food Bank
banner
accfb.bsky.social
Alameda County Community Food Bank
@accfb.bsky.social
37 followers 27 following 22 posts
Ending hunger in the #EastBay, with your help. Serving 1 in 4 people in the county. Food is a basic human right. 🍎 accfb.org
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by Alameda County Community Food Bank
SNAP benefits are delayed for the month of November, while the federal government shutdown continues. Many thousands of people who rely on SNAP to help meet their food needs will be affected across Alameda County. Here are some updates and resources! #SNAP #CalFresh @accfb.bsky.social
This past week, calls to our Emergency Food Helpline increased by nearly 200% compared to the weeks before.

ACCFB is here, as always, to be a resource for the community, to ensure that everyone has the food that they need to thrive. But we can’t do it alone.
Importantly, 15,000-20,000 people in Alameda County will also lose their SNAP benefits permanently due to federal cuts in HR1 starting on Saturday.
🚨 Tomorrow nearly 180,000 community members in Alameda County will not receive the SNAP benefits they count on to buy groceries, and federal workers are continuing to miss paychecks, as the government shutdown continues.
📅 Join us for Savor the Season September 28: Grab your tickets for an afternoon of food, wine and live music plus a silent auction and many more ways to support the Food Bank and our Alameda County community!
🧡 Inspire your friends: Increase your impact by starting a Virtual Food Drive and inviting your friends and family to “shop” grocery items on your page.
📦 Volunteer: Volunteers are a huge part of how we’re able to maximize impact and help turn $1 into 2 meals. Sign up for a shift at our warehouse or at a site in your community.
📣 Advocate: Ending hunger for the long term means policy change at all levels. Visit our Action Center to see the current priorities and sign up for advocacy alerts.
🎁 Make a gift: Your financial support helps many of us who need emergency food help get it right now and builds sustainable solutions to tackle the root causes of hunger in the long term.
September is #HungerActionMonth and there are so many ways to do your part to end hunger and its root causes here in Alameda County (thread)
"CalFresh is one of the most important hunger programs we have" –Maria Gutierrez, Outreach Associate at ACCFB.

Listen to today's episode of Your Call from @KALW to hear more about the impact of recent SNAP cuts on the community and on food banks.

www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
GOP law will cause 22M families to lose some or all food benefits
Before this bill passed, Morning Consult found more Americans are going hungry. This bill will make this crisis worse. How are food banks and organizations preparing?
www.kalw.org
You'll hear from Maria Gutierrez, Outreach Associate at ACCFB, alongside Allison Goodwin, President of the Redwood Empire Food Bank, and Marchon Tatmon, San Francisco-Marin Food Bank's Policy & Advocacy Associate Director.
Hello Bluesky, we’re Alameda County Community Food Bank! Give us a follow for updates about hunger relief and #foodjustice in Alameda County. Learn more at accfb.org/about-us