Groceries for Seniors

Pictured here is one of our most valued volunteer coordinators sorting fruit as "Mimi Minds the Mangos"

We had a tremendous group from AvalonBay Communities help our team at Groceries for Seniors put together 275 grocery bags for low income seniors in San Francisco this morning. We want to thank Grace Naylor (who helped coordinate this visit), Jack Liau, Raymond Mitra, Rose Cordova, Sharon Spiller, Kimberly Martin, Patricia Blair and Ana Hersan for all their hard work. We had a splendid time working with you all and hope you'll join us again real soon.

We had an awesome team from Wells Fargo volunteer this morning helping us assemble over 230 free grocery bags for low-income seniors in San Francisco. A big thank you to Richie Ungco, John Mahany, Lingling Yan, Julie Sun, Priscilla P. Choi, Taiwo Abugan, James Q. Tran, Adrian M. Shih, Joel Morton, Sidney Toledo, Anthony Bradford, Bernadette Simon and Regina Sung (who coordinated this outing) for all your help and generosity. And, we've already got plans on our calendar to host these folks again next quarter! We appreciate you all so much.

Today our bags included a watermelon, rice, oranges, eggplant, yogurt, potatoes, cucumbers, apples AND one dozen protein laden eggs - hand packed by our ace volunteers!

Some of our longstanding volunteers at work. These individuals form one of the tentpoles of our organizational structure and we thank them for their dedication and hard work!!!

What a treat to host this energetic team of volunteers from Wells Fargo once again, as they joined Groceries for Seniors this morning and helped us put together over 330 grocery bags we delivered to low-income seniors in San Francisco. I'd to thank Amy Cheung, Lillian Chen, Jimmy Chow, Giselle Murase, Minna Yu and Kathy Lim (who helped coordinate this visit) for the hard work they put in. We really enjoy your positive spirit and hope you know you're all welcome back anytime.

This morning Groceries for Seniors were honored to have a group of folks from TikTok (who are also new neighbors) join us as we put together over 320 grocery bags for low-income seniors in San Francisco. We want to thank Jen Hwang, Andrew Froug, Priscilla Tang, Amber Chung, and LuShuang Xu (who also coordinated the volunteer visit) for their hard work and energetic spirit. Now that you're in the neighborhood, we hope you all will drop in again real soon.

This morning, we hosted a group from Turner & Townsend who helped us assemble over 330 grocery bags for low-income seniors in San Francisco. Some had volunteered with us before, and this time they brought along colleagues who took to the task with a tremendous spirit. We want to thank the entire team, including Andrew Byrne, Akriti Khandelwal, and Neha Rana for coordinating this visit. We really appreciate your energy and hope you'll join us again soon.

Yesterday, Friday December 19, 2025, Groceries for Seniors took time to honor our consistent volunteers with the annual Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Lunch. Folks who join us weekly helped transform the basement auditorium at Old Saint Mary's Cathedral into a holiday gathering spot. Serving as our centerpiece was the hat of our founder, John Meehan, who we always take a moment to thank as we know he watches over us. His inspiration keeps us 26 years strong. Our favorite dessert, the Coffee Crunch Cake from Eastern Bakery was so popular I almost didn't get a shot of its seasonal message. This year's volunteer gift was an insulated backpack which got rave reviews from our recipients. Each week this group of people helps us assemble and deliver over 1100 free grocery bags to low-income seniors in San Francisco, and we're so grateful for their dedication. Happy holidays to all of you who encourage us by commenting on our posts and supporting our mission, and we wish you a very prosperous 2026.

We had a return visit from one of our favorite groups this morning, a team of volunteers comprised of folks from Cushman & Wakefield, along with people from Grosvenor Properties. Even cooler, they brought jars of locally sourced Honey which was harvested from narby roof top hives at a commercial property (394 Pacific Ave in San Francisco) by Best Bee's Honey. These jars were added as part of the grocery mix that filled up over 330 bags of food for low-income seniors in San Francisco. A huge thanks to (from Cushman & Wakefield) James Way, David Murillo (who also coordinated this visit), (from Grosvenor) Mark Purdy, Millie Moran, Julie Hashberger, Eric Nogueiro, and Emily Weiss. A terrific, hardworking team who are already talking about a return visit in 2026. Fantastic!