Alameda County Community Food Bank

This will be a free evening event and registration is required. Please RSVP to sburks@accfb.org with your name and email address if you are interested in attending.

January 20, the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, will be the 10th Annual National Day of Racial Healing. This year, ACCFB will co-host Dr. Angela Davis and Ericka Huggins in a justice conversation at The Calvin Simmons Theater in Downtown Oakland from 6:00-7:30 pm.

Your Advocacy in Action - 2025 Policy Recap - Alameda County Community Food Bank It was a challenging year in anti-hunger policy, but there was also so much hope, action, and impact from the advocacy in our community. It was a year that showed us why it is so important to continue...

Read a recap of our policy, advocacy, and community organizing work at www.accfb.org/2025-policy-...

This month, ACCFB was thrilled to bring back the Policy Breakfast for the first time in six years. With support from our community organizers and partners, we helped mobilize over 100 attendees who are shaping the future of food access and food justice in Alameda County.

This #GivingTuesday, gifts to ACCFB will be matched 2X, up to a total of $100,000​, thanks to a generous group of donors led by the San Francisco Foundation​. DOUBLE your support now with a gift to help ensure that everyone in Alameda County is nourished and thriving.

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ACCFB Responds to 2025 Government Shutdown - Alameda County Community Food Bank Volunteers prepare emergency food boxes at ACCFB's warehouse during the government shutdown on November 6, 2025.  Updated on November 18, 2025.  Throughout the 2025 government shutdown, ACCFB mobil...

Read the latest about how ACCFB has responded to the shutdown and its cascading effects at accfb.org/distributing-food-government-shutdown-2025

As we work to recover from the shutdown, meet the needs of community members who have lost SNAP benefits permanently, and head into the busiest time of year; we cannot do it alone. Community support is essential to ensure that everyone in Alameda County has the food they need and deserve.

❤️ 🧡 💛 Thank you for the role you have played in volunteering, donating, participating in food drives, spreading the word, and in all the many ways you care for your community.

While SNAP benefits for many have begun to come through, we are hearing estimates that 15,000-20,000 community members are seeing their SNAP benefits cut permanently due to federal cuts taking effect, which will have both a short- and long-term impact on demand.

We are planning to distribute 2 million additional pounds of food through December based on our partner network’s needs as we head into the busy holiday season.

The government shutdown has ended, but we know that its impact persists. With emergencies like this, we often see that just because the shutdown itself is over, the impact lingers for many. (Thread)

Bagging onions today for the Alameda County Community Food Bank @accfb.bsky.social ❤️

Dozens of East Bay residents, including my office, volunteered at the @accfb.bsky.social today. I am inspired to see so many people step up and give their time to support those in need. This is what community looks like.

LIVE 🔴Bay Area leaders address CalFresh, SNAP issues and how they're helping YouTube video by KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

As @replsimon.bsky.social said, "We will take care of our own." Watch the full press conference, including remarks from ACCFB's Executive Director, Regi Young at youtube.com/live/wtN-Y0v...

At a press conference on Friday, Shantesha Fluker shared about what SNAP means for her and her family, and local leaders spoke about the latest SNAP delays and how local governments and organizations are working together to ensure that everyone in Alameda County can access food.

"SNAP isn't a luxury. It's a lifeline that gives working families a chance to stay stable, healthy, and hopeful." -Shantesha Fluker

SNAP benefits are delayed for the month of November, while the federal government shutdown continues. Many thousands of people who rely on SNAP to help meet their food needs will be affected across Alameda County. Here are some updates and resources! #SNAP #CalFresh @accfb.bsky.social

ACCFB Responds to 2025 Government Shutdown - Alameda County Community Food Bank TSA

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Want to Become a Food Justice Leader and Activist? // ¿Quieres convertirte en un líder y activista por la justicia alimentaria? The Organizing Food Justice Task Force is an exciting initiative designed to recruit, educate, and train community members in food justice, organizing, lobbying elected officials, and organizing creat...

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This past week, calls to our Emergency Food Helpline increased by nearly 200% compared to the weeks before.

ACCFB is here, as always, to be a resource for the community, to ensure that everyone has the food that they need to thrive. But we can’t do it alone.

Importantly, 15,000-20,000 people in Alameda County will also lose their SNAP benefits permanently due to federal cuts in HR1 starting on Saturday.

🚨 Tomorrow nearly 180,000 community members in Alameda County will not receive the SNAP benefits they count on to buy groceries, and federal workers are continuing to miss paychecks, as the government shutdown continues.

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Bay Area families that need food, deserve food!
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Trump slashed funding to food stamps. Bay Area food banks are preparing for the worst CalFresh gives at least 735,000 people across California the ability to keep food on the table. But advocates say the Trump administration’s SNAP cuts will have dire effects in the Bay Area.

“Even if elected officials in Washington D.C. break their promises, the food bank will continue to keep ours," said Ezer Pamintuan, ACCFB's Senior Policy Advocate.

Read about the impact of SNAP cuts to the Bay Area community in the San Francisco Chronicle www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...

Hunger Action Month - Get Involved Food is a basic human right. Join our advocacy efforts and the movement to end hunger and inequity.

Visit accfb.org/hunger-action-month for more information!