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Find Food Bank says it has distributed $43 million in food, serves about 125,000 people monthly
Summary
A NewsChannel 3 report said Find Food Bank has put roughly $43 million worth of food into the community, works with more than 100 nonprofit partners and operates student programs including a College Corps effort at College of the Desert.
Find Food Bank has distributed about $43 million worth of food and feeds an average of 125,000 people per month, reporter Maria Garcia said in a NewsChannel 3 segment.
The figure, Garcia reported, comes as the food bank marks roughly four decades of serving the local community and continues partnerships with more than 100 nonprofit organizations. The food bank also runs programs for students; the report noted a College Corps program involving College of the Desert.
Miguel Gonzalez, a College Corps participant at College of the Desert, described the volunteer work as both practical and personal. “It’s not that much of a difficult job, especially if it comes from, like, your heart that wanting to help the community and wanting to make a change here,” Gonzalez said. The report also noted that volunteers believe the work “not only fills pantries, but opens hearts.”
The NewsChannel 3 segment did not specify the time period over which the $43 million figure was calculated or the precise geographic boundaries represented by the phrase “our valley.” It also did not identify specific programs, budgets, or funding sources behind the food-bank operations.
The report highlighted the scale of the food bank’s claimed distribution, its network of nonprofit partners and its student-engagement activities; additional details and official statements from Find Food Bank were not provided in the transcript.
