Berkeley Food Pantry

The Berkeley Food Pantry is closed on Monday, November 11. We’ll see you again on Wednesday, 2pm - 4pm at 1600 Sacramento Street in Berkeley!

A big Berkeley Food Pantry thank you to for donating pantry goods in honor of World Food Day on October 16! 🌎 🥘 🗓️

The Berkeley Food Pantry is open to the public from 2pm to 4pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1600 Sacramento in Berkeley.

Our awesome volunteers are read to help!

Thank you so much to Weylin and Roselyn Eng for the donation of fresh watermelons. We love to provide fresh produce for our clients and community! 🍉🍉🍉

Thank you Anytime Fitness Berkeley for your support 🙏❤️

Flex your generosity this November with our Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive! We will collect donations in the designated bin in our main lobby through November 20th to support Berkeley Food Pantry and help feed families in need in our community this holiday season. 🍂

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬:
🔸 Boxes of teabags
🔸 Brown or white rice
🔸 Canned meats
🔸 Canned soups
🔸 Cooking oil
🔸 Energy or snack bars
🔸 Ground coffee
🔸 Healthy snacks for kids
🔸 Ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, and mayonnaise
🔸 Low-sugar breakfast cereal
🔸 Pasta and pasta sauce
🔸 Peanut butter
🔸 Seasoning
🔸 Shelf-stable non-dairy milk
🔸 Shelf-stable tofu

Thank you in advance for your support! 🙏

**𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺.𝘰𝘳𝘨.**

Summer & Fall 2023 Berkeley Food Pantry Newsletter🌴🥭🍉🌳⚾ -

Summer & Fall 2023 Berkeley Food Pantry Newsletter🌴🥭🍉🌳⚾ The Berkeley Food Pantry continues to experience high demand. The Wednesday before the holiday weekend, staff and volunteers served more than 130 households in a 2-hour period! We continue to partner with other organizations to bring more resources to households. Eviction Defense Center continues to...

Big News!

Dharma Galang, our program director, has stepped down from her role at the Berkeley Food Pantry, so she can transition into a new position at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. We wish her the best of luck in her new role and thank her for her years of dedication to the Berkeley Food Pantry!

Jonas Osmond will step in as interim director for the pantry. We are excited to have him join our team. Please see Jonas Osmond's personal introduction to all of you in his own words:

"I grew up in Berkeley and Oakland, California and always gravitated toward food. I worked at Zachary’s Chicago pizza, Monterey Fish market, Acme, Bakery, Chez Panisse, and ultimately the Cheeseboard Collective.

Later, I taught English as a second language, and have worked in 11 countries.

I lived in Europe for many years, and earned my living as a comedian and actor.

I returned to ESL, and became a company director in Berkeley, San Francisco, Manhattan, Miami, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, and Philadelphia. Then, I became a North American Director, overseeing all our North American locations.

Currently , I am a residential real estate agent and I love my job!

I love animals, theater, film, riding my bicycle, nature, and cooking.

I believe good, nutritious food, and safe, cozy living spaces are for everybody! "

Thank you to everyone who came to the August 2023 Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project Harvest Day. We collected around 2,000 pounds of food for the Berkeley Food Pantry. A special thank you to Berkeley Cub Scout Pack 30 and two former volunteers (who now live on the peninsula) for coming out to the event and helping us transport, weight, sort, and store food. 🙏

Thank you CalMatters.org for continuing to bring attention to this crisis.

The lines at California’s food banks keep getting longer.

Most food banks are reporting that they’re serving as many as 50% more people than at the beginning of the year, according to the statewide association.
https://cal.news/3Ozc5KY

📝 Rya Jetha
📸 Shelby Knowles

Home deliveries are completed. We will be open for on-site distribution until 4 p.m. today.

A reminder, the Berkeley Food Pantry is open until
4 p.m. today.

We have wonderful produce from Laney's Garden Laney College ❤️. 🙏🙏 to the wonderful volunteers who transport the garden produce to the Berkeley Food Pantry.