FIND Food Bank is excited to announce the public phase of our capital campaign, inviting the community to join us in our mission to ensure food security for our neighbors. We would love for our desert community to be part of our efforts!
Currently, FIND Food Bank is just $2 million away from reaching our $10 million campaign goal to construct a 40,000 sq. ft. Food Security Campus that will equitably serve our Southeastern California Desert communities across 10,000 sq. miles.
We’re meeting the community’s growing need for nutritious food access today, but we’ve outgrown our current facility, exceeding our storage capacity by 80%. This new building will provide almost three times the space to increase our dry storage and freezer capacity, keeping produce, meat, and dairy products fresher for longer, and allow us the ability to deploy food immediately to aid disaster relief.
FIND has outgrown its current facility and is operating at two times the capacity. It was originally built to process roughly 10 million pounds of food per year; however, during the height of the pandemic, FIND was processing close to 30 million pounds of food. The new building will now allow us to process 40 million pounds of food annually in support of the growing need of our desert region.
Set to open in Spring 2025, the new building will also house training and education programs for youth and adults, generating jobs that will streamline facility operations and logistics.
FIND is committed to ending hunger today, tomorrow, and for a lifetime. And with the community’s support, we’ve made great strides in our food programs, senior and homebound services, youth scholarships, workforce development, community health worker services, and more. However, there is still much work to be done to break the cycle of poverty, so that our neighbors no longer need to rely on FIND’s food lines. This is the reason we’re launching our community campaign to raise the funds needed to expand our campus and create a transformative impact on our desert region.
This is a critical time in FIND’s history, and the community’s support is vital to realizing our vision. We believe that, with your help, we can effectively tackle the root causes of hunger.
We appreciate your continued support and hope you can join us in this important initiative.
Read the KESQ article and watch the news story here: FIND Food Bank Expanding: Food Security Campus doubles food storage capacity – KESQ
En Español: Edificio en construcción del banco de comida FIND Food Bank – KESQ
