COVID Emergency Relief – Westside Food Bank coordinated with the City of Santa Monica to open a weekly pop-up food pantry in a city park that provides more than 17,000 pounds of food for more than 500 households each week. We also have opened two pop-up pantries: one in Culver City and the other in the west LA area. We are also working with Meals on Wheels West to provide boxes of groceries that volunteers deliver to homebound seniors along with their prepared meals.

Children – We provide high-protein foods and fresh produce for backpack and hot meal programs serving children and families and free farmers’ market-style distributions in Culver City Unified School District.

Veterans – Veterans in need of nutritional support have access to  bagged lunches at multiple VA sites and receive food from several veteran-centric WSFB member agencies including our own drive-through pop-up pantry in front of the Fisher House.

College Students – Westside Food Bank helps address food insecurity among college students throughout our service area. We partner with Santa Monica College to provide food for its Bodega and other basic-needs and food assistance programs; provide food for Mount Saint Mary’s University’s farmers market-style distributions; and supply food that reaches students at Otis College of Art and Design.

Through these partnerships, nutritious groceries are made available directly to college students, helping those experiencing food insecurity access the food they need while pursuing their education.