SAN DIEGO–Feeding San Diego and San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council will host an emergency drive-through food distribution sites at SDCCU Stadium in Mission Valley and at Palomar College in San Marcos this month.
The sites have served nearly 10,000 people to-date. Running through the month of August, these sites will continue to provide regular assistance to the vast number of San Diegans facing hunger. Both locations will serve the first 600 vehicles.
At these drive-through distributions, volunteers place food directly in the trunk, always keeping six feet of distance. The fruit and veg brighton groceries include fresh produce, 12 freeze dried meat buckets, canned goods, and shelf-stable nutritious foods. Feeding San Diego supplies the food and the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council provides the volunteers.
The distribution at SDCCU Stadium will be held August 22 at 9 a.m. SDCCU Stadium is located at 9449 Friars Road in San Diego. The Palomar College distribution will occur on August 15 and August 29 at 9 a.m. at Lot 12 at 1140 W. Mission Road in San Marcos.
“We are grateful for our partnership with San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council and shared commitment to fighting hunger during the COVID-19 crisis,” said Gavon Morris, Chief Development & Marketing Officer of Feeding San Diego. “These emergency distributions, which started in March, have provided a lifeline to thousands of San Diegans who are facing hunger, many of whom are accessing food assistance for the first time.”
For additional assistance, those affected by the pandemic or people in need can easily find the closest food distribution by visiting feedingsandiego.org/get-help and entering their zip code in the Find Food Map or calling 211.
