{"id":3360,"date":"2016-07-08T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/?page_id=3360"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:51:51","slug":"food-for-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/philanthropic-programs\/food-for-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Food For Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>FOOD FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]When our chapter first started the Food for Families Program in October 2016, we would shop and deliver to the Pantry twice a month. Now, almost six years later, we shop and deliver twice a week. Much of this can be attributed to the impact of the pandemic and the trying times many individuals and families in the Tri-Valley are experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there really is a BIG need. The Tri-Valley Food Pantry distributes free groceries to more than 4,000 low-income Tri-Valley residents each month, representing over 500 families who are experiencing hunger.<\/p>\n<p>The Pantry plays an important role for some families that need to decide between paying rent or putting food on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Our chapter provides two critical categories of effort for the Food Pantry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Weekly food contributions.<\/strong>\u00a0 Our chapter purchases provides milk, eggs, flour, sugar, oil, meat and fruit on a weekly basis. We shop for the best value to stretch our budget further. Members who have bountiful gardens also share their fruit and vegetables with the Pantry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work in Food Pantry.\u00a0<\/strong> In addition, our members check-in Food Pantry clients and assist them in choosing specific goods within the pantry.\u00a0Very rewarding!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Grocery Items<\/h2>\n<p>We provide a combination of food items for main meals, as well as items that help families create their own meals.<\/p>\n<h3>In an average month, we shop and deliver:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(425) \u2013 2 lb. bags of flour<\/li>\n<li>(485) &#8211; 1 lb. boxes of sugar<\/li>\n<li>(525) \u2013 16 oz. bottles of oil<\/li>\n<li>160 gallons of milk<\/li>\n<li>100 dozens of eggs<\/li>\n<li>100 pounds of meat<\/li>\n<li>120 pounds of fruit..as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to join us and become a member in assisting the Food Pantry and our other programs, please email us or checkout how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/get-involved\/\">get involved and become a member too.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to make a financial contribution? Please consider donating and helping our community.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Donate&#8221; color=&#8221;pink&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.assistanceleague.org%2Famador-valley%2Fdonate%2F|title:Donate&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;3822,5874,9075,9074,9076&#8243; img_size=&#8221;450&#215;250&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_no&#8221; speed=&#8221;3000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; title=&#8221;Delivering groceries to Food Pantry&#8221;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;5799&#8243; img_size=&#8221;650&#215;365&#8243; speed=&#8221;3000&#8243; title=&#8221;Invited to Grand Opening of new facility&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Contact Us<\/h4>\n<p>Food for Families<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:assistanceleagueamadorvalley@yahoo.com\">assistanceleagueamadorvalley@yahoo.com<\/a><br \/>\n(925) 461-6401[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] FOOD FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]When our chapter first started the Food for Families Program in October 2016, we would shop and deliver to the Pantry twice a month. Now, almost six years later, we shop and deliver twice a week. Much of this can be attributed to the impact of the pandemic and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":980,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3360","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3360"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9309,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3360\/revisions\/9309"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/amador-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}