The Impact of this Past Weekend's Power Outages on Our Community  This past weekend, over 150,000 local residents, families, and businesses, including Community Food Share, experienced a significant power outage. The unexpected event led to numerous challenges for our community, significantly impacting food security for thousands of our neighbors. With refrigerators and freezers down, many ...

A Circle of Giving: Sharing More Than Meals  In the heart of our community, an inspiring story unfolds around George, a dedicated Community Food Share volunteer and Shopper. Their journey with us, beginning a little over a year and a half ago, is a vivid illustration of our community's strength, connection, and compassion.   George has ...

Overcoming Barriers to Feed Our Neighbors At the heart of Community Food Share's mission lies our foundational pillar: "Feeding People." This commitment extends to every corner of our community, from our Feeding Families Onsite Pantry to distributing food to our 40+ partner agencies. However, for many in our community, accessing essential resources such as food ...

Community Food Share’s New Strategic Pillars  As the needs and challenges faced by our community evolve, Community Food Share has formulated an updated three-year strategic plan that outlines the key objectives we will look to accomplish to help ensure each and every community member is provided the health and well-being they deserve. This vision is ...

The Effects of Summer Hunger Food insecurity is particularly difficult for children. Hunger and inadequate nutrition can cause cognitive and physical impairments during critical development that lasts a lifetime. School lunches play a vital role, and during the summer months, those regular meals are unavailable. Many times, children receive their healthiest meals at school, helping ...

It’s hard to imagine having to make the choice between buying groceries or buying medicine. For many older adults living in our community that is a choice they must make regularly. Luckily, we have a supportive community who allow us to fight back on this notion and provide support to those in need. Thanks to ...

The “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program”, otherwise known as SNAP, is a federally funded program designed to help low-income individuals and families purchase the food they need through monthly financial aid provided in the form of an electronic benefits transfer (EBT). The program helps individuals and families across the country keep food on the table and ...