The Food Bank of Nevada County received a certificate from Dial 211 which states that this website is the 18th most watched website in Nevada County!
Jamba Juice Bake Sale - February 2nd
Jamba Juice put on a bake sale to benefit The Food Bank! They raised over $250 for us.
A special thanks should go out to the Jamba Juice staff as well as Rachel Voter, manager of Jamba Juice and daughter of The Food Banks Board of Directors President, for creating and hosting this event.
Bridge of Giving - November 4th
The second annual Bridge of Giving event took place on the old Yuba River Bridge. The Food Bank recieved close to $600 from the event, as well as all the donated food. The canned foods lined one side of the bridge, but ran 20 feet short down the other side. There was a bunch more food this year than last year though! Next year, let's aim for lining both sides of the bridge completely!
We'd like to thank Pamela Morey, a realtor for Coldwell Banker and a volunteer here at The Food Bank, for putting on this event.
U-Haul and Brush Day in Lake of the Pines - November 3rd
In a little over 4 hours, community members generously donated $1,041 to The Food Bank, as well as 464 vehicles loaded with food items donated through Parcel E.
The Food Bank would like to thank our wonderful community for helping us out once again. You always come through for us when we are in need.
We'd also like to thank one of our board members, Ron Trimble, for palying an important role in this event.
Day of Giving Telethon - November 3rd
The Food Bank of Nevada County participated in NCTVs Day of Giving Telethon. We had Molly Escano on to talk about our Food Bank Gift and Thrift, Sally Brackett talked about our Distributions and Outreach programs, and Cassy Benuzzi talked about Food Stamp Outreach, Nutrition Education, and Project H.O.P.E.
Once again, our community pulled through for us and The Food Bank recieved over $5,700 in pledges! Most of which were for our childrens program!! This community is wonderful and we'd like to give our thanks.
We Can Drive-Through - October 27th
Aikido'ka is training peaceful warriors and community leaders through its Acts of Kindness program, which means part of the students martial arts training is in performing community service. After hearing about our food shortage, Frank Bloksberg and the rest of our Aikido'ka friends decided to put on a food drive to benefit The Food Bank of Nevada County.
The food drive is taking place on Saturday, October 27th, on the corner of Broad and Coyote Streets in Nevada City from 11am until 2pm. All you have to do is drive to the bottom of the street, volunteers will be there to collect donations [food and monetary] rain or shine, you don't even have to get out of you car!!!
We'd like to thank Frank and everyone at Aikido'ka for being so thoughtful and generous with their time, and also to the community for being so generous enough to help us out during the holiday season.
High Tea Fundraiser - October 18th
The Food Bank of Nevada County is hosting their first ever "High Tea" Fundraiser at The Miners Foundry on October 18th, 2007, from 2pm to 5pm.
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There will be a fashion show featuring clothes from our very own Food Bank Gift and Thrift, Silent Auction items will be available to bid on throughout the event, and musical entertainment will be provided by local area artists.
The Food Bank of Nevada County would like to thank The Miners Foundry Cultural Center for donating the use of the building for free, Victoria of Victoria's Sweet Elegance for donating her time and materials to cater the event, and Gold Mountain Tea Shop for donating all the tea used at the event.
All procceds benefit Project H.O.P.E., our children's program. We hope to see you on Thursday!
The Food Stamp Program is Turning 30! - September
This month the Food Stamp Program turns 30! Please take a moment today to the official food stamp web site for more information.
School Year Snack Program - 8/15
Today marks the first day of school for most kids in Nevada County. For the Food Bank, that means an end to 2007's Summer Lunch Program and the beginning of our 2007-2008 School Year Snack Program.
We provided full lunches to about 175 children a day, Monday-Friday throughout the county at 5 different sites. We also gave out lunches for two week long summer camps for kids.
Now we're switching gears and taking calls from teachers who are ready for the school year and ready for The Food Bank's School Year Snack Program. So far we have ourselves seven different sites with about 750 kids receiving a snack a drink from us Monday-Friday. This number will continue to grow, as we had 15 sites last year and haven't heard from most of them this year yet. Plus, we have two new sites already that we didn't have last school year! We have hope that it'll be an exciting year for this program.
