Newport Beach Residents Participate In Second Harvest Food Bank’s Annual Walk To Feed Oc

Newport Beach residents Second Harvest Food Bank Board Member Patrick and his woman Reggie Finnegan

On Saturday, March 15, astatine Tanaka Farms, astir 1,000 organization members from crossed Orange County – including galore from Newport Beach – gathered for Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County’s 3rd yearly Walk to Feed OC to raise costs and consciousness for nutrient and nutritional insecurity successful nan county.

The participants’ peer-to-peer fundraising on pinch arena sponsorships totaled  $222,834—enough to supply 11 truckloads of beverage to our community.

Last fiscal year, Second Harvest distributed nutrient done 286 partners astatine 394 distribution sites serving an mean of 442,000 organization members each month.

At nan Walk to Feed OC, presented by The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation | Ralphs Food 4 Less, participants walked astir 1.5 miles on nan paths astatine Tanaka Farms successful Irvine, including betwixt rows of plump, vine-ripening strawberries.

“Walk to Feed OC is simply a powerful opportunity for section families, companies and organization groups to make a quality for nan 1 successful 10 Orange County residents who are nutrient insecure,” said Claudia Bonilla Keller, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank. “This arena raises consciousness and costs that are captious for our community. Together, we tin guarantee that our organization members person reliable entree to nutritious food.”

Second Harvest Food Bank Board Member and Newport Beach resident David Hasenbalg pinch his grandchild

“Every measurement taken coming was a measurement toward a hunger-free Orange County,” said Salvador Ramirez, Corporate Affairs Manager astatine Food 4 Less/Foods Co. and Ralphs Grocery Company. “Seeing our organization travel together—families, section businesses, and passionate individuals—all stepping pinch intent was genuinely inspiring. The energy, nan support, and nan committedness to making a quality beryllium that erstwhile we merge for a cause, existent alteration happens.”

Second Harvest Food Bank’s imagination is an Orange County pinch nutrient and nutritional information for all. In collaboration pinch various partners, nan statement provides dignified, equitable and accordant entree to nutritious food, creating a instauration for organization health.

The partner web includes houses of worship, schools, after-school programs, colleges and universities, elder centers, shelters for nan unhoused, crockery kitchens and transitional lodging facilities, pinch sites astatine 343 locations passim nan county.

In fiscal twelvemonth 2023-2024, they distributed 35.8 cardinal pounds of nutrient to an mean of 442,154 neighbors successful request each month.

For much information, sojourn www.feedoc.org.