Food Bank Starts Fundraising Drive to Expand Services
FIND Food Bank (FIND) raised over $300,000 at its 14th Annual Telethon to Fight Child Hunger, broadcast live on April 5. FIND also began securing funds toward its new expansion initiative, constructing a 40,000-square-foot building adjacent to the existing food security campus.
“FIND Food Bank is eternally grateful to its sponsors and donors,” said Debbie Espinosa, President and CEO of FIND Food Bank. “Their generosity directly contributes to the expansion of FIND Food Bank’s services and reach across the community, giving our region the tools to fight hunger today, tomorrow and for a lifetime.”
This year’s main sponsor, News Channel 3, along with other major sponsors included Alpha Media, City of La Quinta, Desert Care Network, Desert Oasis Healthcare, H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation, Intersect Power, State Farm Companies Foundation, The American Express Foundation, The Auen Foundation, Visit Greater Palm Springs and Western Wind Foundation.
Thanks to the fundraising of supporters and sponsors, FIND Food Bank will have more capacity to serve growing regional demand. Its new Food Security Campus, anticipated to be complete by January 2025, will process an estimated 30 million pounds of food annually and serve 190,000 people monthly.
FIND Food Bank is only $2 million away from its $10 million funding goal in the capital campaign. To donate, visit findfoodbank.org/EXPANSION/ or call 760-775-3663.
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Founded in 1983, FIND Food Bank is the Desert’s Regional Food Bank serving over 5,000 square miles, including eastern Riverside and southern San Bernardino Counties, from the Hi-Desert and Joshua Tree across the Coachella Valley to Anza, down to the Salton Sea and the border of California and Arizona. FIND is the largest hunger-relief and food rescue organization in the region. They are the Feeding America member food bank for the Coachella Valley desert region and recognized as the USDA distributor for eastern Riverside in the County of Riverside, and the State of CA as the regional Disaster Response food bank. FIND’s mission is to end hunger today, tomorrow, and for a lifetime.
To end hunger for Today, FIND currently feeds an average of 120,000 individuals, families, children, seniors, and veterans each month. Their 150 distribution sites include over 90 community agency partnerships (soup kitchens, religious organizations, local nonprofits) and 46 community mobile markets that serve food deserts and low-income areas. FIND’s two distribution centers strategically located in the Coachella Valley and Hi-Desert help ensure equitable food distribution for all.
To end hunger for Tomorrow, FIND offers outreach services that connect residents to benefits programs that improve financial security. FIND works to end hunger for a Lifetime by identifying the root causes of hunger to break cycles of food insecurity to achieve self-sufficiency.
