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Community The Riversider | October/November 2021
Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino WORDS: SOFIA MILLA
ZACH CORDNER
Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino is a non-profit organization on a mission to end hunger in the community by providing food access to those facing food insecurity in the Riverside and San Bernardino communities for the past 40 years. FARSB is the largest and most efficient hunger relief program in the Inland Empire, donating over one million pounds of food monthly to schools, senior centers, homeless shelters, and more. One hundred percent of all donations remain in the Inland Empire to help those in our community. In the year 2020 alone, over 1.8 million individuals were served, and 11.5 The Riversider Magazine
million pounds of edible food was saved from landfills. “We’re one of the very few food banks that doesn’t have to purchase food, so a donation of $1 helps to provide up to seven meals,” said Carolyn Solar, Philanthropy Director at FARSB. Food insecurity is a huge issue in the Riverside community, and it doesn’t affect just one demographic. “A lot of people think it’s linked to the homelessness in the area, but it’s really not. A majority of people who call us are everyday people who live paycheck to paycheck,” explained Solar. The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
“A lot of people think it’s linked to the homelessness in the area, but it’s really not. A majority of people who call us are everyday people who live paycheck to paycheck”
