GED Graduate

CONGRATULATIONS to our very first GED Graduate Kim Cao!!! He worked with Steve Shook from Elk Grove Adult Education from September 2012 and took and passed his test January 2013, also pictured Marie Jachino, Executive Director of EGFBS.

GED Preparation and ESL classes are held on Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. here at our facility on Dino Drive.  Food Bank clients may qualify for a fee waiver. 

For more information, click on the Support Works tab towards the top of the page. 

Scouting For Food

As a part of the annual Boy Scouts of America ~ Scouting for Food program, local Cub Scouts Pack 179, Den 6 donated food to our food closet. Den Leader Andy Barbusea encouraged his Den to collect non-perishable food that could be donated. Pictured, in uniform, are Cub Scouts Christopher Barbusea and Robbie Choi. Thank you, boys for helping us feed the hungry! 

Pleasant Grove High School Engineering Perfection

Pleasant Grove High School Engineering students, Stephen Lee, Leon Hung and Zac Matsumoto came down to the food bank to find out if we needed anything they could build for us.
As it turns out our table that held bread for our clients was falling apart and on its last legs. After taking specific measurements the students went back to school and got to work building the PERFECT bread shelf for us!!!


Our volunteers are so pleased with the new shelf.  The boxes we use fit perfectly and now we can more efficiently store food for distribution to our clients. 

Thank you Pleasant Grove High School for the wonderful new shelving system.  Our volunteers' work is so much easier now with the system you built to our specs. 

Website's New Look

Have you checked the Elk Grove Food Bank Services website lately?  Changes have been made and it's gorgeous!  Our wonderfully talented webmaster put it together and it shows her creativity and talent.   

The information about our services and programs is well organized and updated.  You will be able to find all kinds of information about our seven programs, upcoming events and how you can  help us. 

Sliced Bread

 

Just put together bit of information I heard at Staff and overheard conversations around the office. 

We have a need for sliced bread, sandwich bread. 

We distribute the makings for peanut butter sandwiches (among other food) to our clients.  Because of local bakeries restructuring, the donations of bread has been slowed to a trickle. 

If you are able, please bring by some loaves of sandwich bread for distribution to our clients. 

We are open for donations Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Our address is 9820 Dino Drive, Suite 140, Elk Grove, CA  95624. 

Thank you for helping us out. 

EG Elementary Student Council Volunteers

Student Council members from Elk Grove Elementary came in recently ready to work.  They assembled bags of canned food.  Those bags of canned food are combined with other types of food (pasta, bread, fruit, peanut butter, beans, etc.) to make up the food boxes we distribute to our clients. 

This small but mighty group of students worked through many cases of canned goods and helped our regular volunteers get ahead of schedule.  Thanks, EG Elementary School Student Council! 

If you or your group would like to volunteer, check out our website, or call Deb at 916-685-8453. 

Sprouts Farmers Market's Grab 'n Give

Scott Kahler, Store Manager of Elk Grove Store #230

The second annual Grab ‘n Give program at Sprouts Farmers Market resulted in over 400 Holiday bags of food donated to Elk Grove Food Bank Services.  Customers could purchase a pre-filled grocery bag and Scott Kahler, Store Manager of the Elk Grove Store #230, happily donated the Holiday Bags on behalf of his customers.  

Our food distribution programs benefit from this huge donation.   These programs serve approximately 3,300 people each month.  We thank all who participated in this incredible effort.  Your generosity helps our neighbors get through tough times. 

Sprouts Farmers Market

8211 Laguna Boulevard

Elk Grove, CA  95758