Category: Stories
For college students, being food insecure has become a stigmatized norm. Many students across Los Angeles County will head to class with empty stomachs, causing a distracted mind, and preventing them from learning in the classrooms.
Well over half of Cerritos College students are faced with the daunting decision of having to choose between purchasing food or buying school textbooks, or even foregoing higher education to be able to put food on the table for themselves or their families.
The LA Regional Food Bank will use this grant to engage local communities to better understand the barriers to accessing food and will support new or expand existing interventions that can help overcome these obstacles.
With more than two million people facing food insecurity in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has turned into a lifeline for many people in Los Angeles County Angelenos.
The 10th Annual hunger initiative returned this year, albeit scaled-down, in an effort to raise awareness and funds for summer child hunger in LA County.
In addition to the citizens of Los Angeles from a variety of backgrounds and from a variety of professions, we receive celebrity support, which helps raise funds as well as awareness.
When the pandemic hit, the question of whether Patricia and her family of five would have food on their table began to linger. She and her husband had lost their jobs, and with three young children at home, she needed to find a way to find their next meal.
Thanks to an awarded grant of $725,000 from LADF, the LA Regional Food Bank was able to provide 2.9 million meals to those in need.
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is no stranger to celebrity volunteers, and the COVID-19 pandemic saw many familiar faces step up to help those in need during the crisis.
Accidents can happen at any given moment, but the worst is right before a pandemic. Alondra Flores, a mother of three, depended on her job to help provide for her family. When she was in an accident that temporarily immobilized her, their lives changed.