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Future 50 Project: Placer Food Bank
Placer Food Bank (PFB) has launched a new online food donation platform that provides a safe, easy way to donate funds for perishable and non-perishable food items.
While food donations have long helped sustain PFB, the effects of the pandemic have had a lasting impact on how food can be collected. PFB will now exclusively use the online platform for food donations and will no longer accept individual or community food donations.
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“Community food drives have been at the heart of our organization for years,” said Dave Martinez, executive director of PFB. “When COVID-19 hit, we had to halt those efforts. Now we are excited to embrace the safety and convenience of this online platform, which will allow us to more safely and efficiently handle, store and distribute food.”
The donation platform is simple to use and offers donors many choices. Individuals and organizations can select from bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, boxes of non-perishable, pantry stable goods, or kid-friendly snack items to support PFB’s backpack program. The funds collected through the platform will be dedicated to purchasing and distributing food items to families in need.
To donate, visit https://donate.placerfoodbank.org/event/ donatefood. From there, click on Select Food to Donate to fill a cart and then click Donate Now. Donations will continue to be tax-deductible.
About the Placer Food Bank
Placer Food Bank, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, is the leading hunger-relief charity in El Dorado, Nevada, and Placer Counties. They serve as the primary food collection and distribution center for hunger-relief efforts in the area -- distributing fresh and non-perishable food to more than 90,000 individuals through its network of 70 local hunger-relief and charitable organizations.
Placer Food Bank is a member of the California Association of Food Banks and is the only local hunger-relief organization and one of only 200 food banks nationwide to be a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization. Placer Food Bank’s mission is to sustain communities by nourishing families experiencing food insecurity, educating the community about hunger while advocating for hunger relief. For more information or to donate, visit placerfoodbank.org or contact Lisa Heinrich, director of development, lisa@placerfoodbank.org, or (m)916.742.2745.
