MAIN PANTRY HOURS: M-F 9:00am - 12:00pm
Office Hours: M-F 8:00am - 3:30pm
Donation Drop-Off: M-F 7:30am - 2:30pm
The Emergency Food Bank (EFB) provides emergency food assistance, family resources, and hosts events/programs throughout the year. In an effort to encourage health and nutrition, the EFB Mobile Farmer's Market and Nutrition on the Move programs, anchor the EFB nutrition education mission. We also provide assistance with CalFresh and the new Expanded Medi-Cal.
Throughout the year, the EFB organizes and participates in various events to support the mission of the EFB. Events include the Stockton Asparagus Festival, Stamp Out Hunger, Avenue of the Vines, NAIFA Charity Golf Tournament, Run and Walk Against Hunger, Christmas CanTree, and Christmas in July.
Volunteers play a vital role in the success of the EFBFS. Without volunteers, EFBFS could not provide the emergency food assistance to the hundreds of families, individuals, and seniors that visit the Main Pantry each day. The EFBFS welcomes individuals and businesses who can volunteer their time with EFBFS to help us fight hunger.
For more information, please visit www.stocktonfoodbank.org.
The mission of the Emergency Food Bank is to build a stronger community by providing a safety net of healthy food, nutrition education, and hope to residents of San Joaquin County who find themselves in need.
Annually, the EFB provides over 5.0 million pounds of food, produce and nutrition products to well over 130,000 county residents. We are also a founding member of the Hunger Task Force for San Joaquin County.
Products/programs include:
* On-site food pantry serving 1,000 to over 2,000 families each week with an average 80 pounds of nutritious food.
* 10 Satellite food pantires, offering similar food service to familes and seniors throughout San Joaquin County.
* Mobile Farmer's Market Program visits over 60 sites throughout the county, offering fresh produce, cooking demos, recipes, and family meal education each month.
* Nutrition on the Move classes, each year reaching thousands of families and seniors with family meal insights and nutrition education
Over 5.0 million pounds of food shared with seniors/families each year (about 40% is fresh produce!).
* Volunteer opportunities for groups and individuals. Work in the areas of food handling & distribution, warehouse, truck driving, and janitorial.
* Founding member of the Hunger Task Force for San Joaquin County.
