Holiday Fund Drive in Support of Yolo Food Bank

COVID-19 danger is rising again in Yolo County and URGENT food assistance is needed! Thousands of compassionate donors and funders stepped up when the disaster first befell our community 18 months ago, and many have remained generous.  We are grateful!  Yet, the need for nutrition continues sky-high, outstripping the pace of the resources.

Why is your support for our most vulnerable neighbors so urgent this fall?

• Yolo Food Bank relies primarily upon private donors- like YOU - to cover the $500,000 required monthly costs to ensure this elevated service
• Pre-pandemic inequities in the food system and continued public health disruption are intensifying and exacerbating nutritional needs in Yolo County again in 2021

Tens of thousands of Yolo County residents are making more than 60,000 visits to Yolo Food Bank distributions each month for some or all of their daily nourishment. Your assistance ensures every family in Yolo County can participate in the holidays.

FUND-A-NEED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

$5 = 15 Meals for an Individual in Need

$12 = 12 Days of Christmas Food  

$20.21 = Healthy Hope for the New Year for Two

$30 = 3 Meals a Day from Thanksgiving to Christmas for a Struggling Resident

$50 = Fund a Thanksgiving Meal Kit to help us fill the funding gap from the increased need of meal kits this holiday season

$120 = 3 Meals a Day from Thanksgiving to Christmas for a Working Family of Four 

$150 = Grocery home deliveries for a homebound senior citizen for 2 months

THE IMPORTANCE OF FUND DRIVES VS FOOD DRIVES

Thank you, Lakeshore Apartments, Eastlake Apartments & Greystone Apartments, for your interest to support Yolo Food Bank during these challenging times. The pandemic has few silver linings, but one of them is the opportunity to speak with the community more frankly about food drives. Not only are they incongruent with COVID-19 safety protocols, they are not the most effective way to ensure food access for the rising numbers of Yolo County residents facing food insecurity.

Fund drives, however, provide resources more cost-effectively and less labor-intensively. A $1 spent on a can of corn donated to a food drive, for example, yields just a can of corn. But, when the same $1 is donated to Yolo Food Bank, we can leverage that into food for three meals. No canned food purchased at retail price at the grocery store, or hiding in the back of a well-intended donor's kitchen cabinet, can compare in impact.

You and your inspiring enthusiasm are the FUN in a FUNd Drive that can change lives and save lives for neighbors in need in Yolo County during this unprecedented holiday season!