Never too young to help!

  For the last 24 years, Diablo Valley Montessori School (DVMS) in Lafayette has held an annual Coin Drive, benefitting the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano for the holiday season. A preschool serving young children through Pre-K, DVMS believes that you are never too young to help someone

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10 years of volunteering turns strangers into friends

Every day volunteers help us fulfill our mission to lead the fight to end hunger, in partnership with our community and in service to our neighbors in need. Food Bank volunteers make up the equivalent of fifty-seven full-time staff members, donating on average more than 117,000 hours annually. That’s a

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Volunteer spotlight on Gary Morin

If you volunteer at our Concord warehouse on a weeknight, you are likely to cross paths with Gary Morin. The first thing you might notice about him is that he is very tall and friendly, and, come rain or come shine, he always has a smile on his face as

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Youth travels over 1,800 miles to fight Bay Area hunger

Village Presbyterian Church, based out of Prairie Village, Kansas, reached out to our Volunteer Services during the spring. They were planning a summer trip for 60 middle and high school students in their youth programs. Could we use the help? Of course, we said, “Yes!” Traveling over 1,800 miles to

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