Irvine High School Students Fight Food Insecurity By Tackling Food Waste
Health & Wellness
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The Zero Food Waste Initiative takes uneaten bagels from business in Orange County and gets them to an organization who get the bagels to people in need.
Houses of Worship Help Battle Food Insecurity in Orange County
Orange County Food Insecurity
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A network of drive-through food pantries started popping up in OC in March to help feed people devastated financially by the pandemic and stay at home orders.
Food Pantries Continue to Serve as Orange County Begins to Open Up
Orange County Coronavirus
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Efforts to feed the hungry in Orange County still wage on even as more people begin to return to work following months of business closures forced by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Local Food Pantries Get More Government Funding as Unemployment Rates Reach New Heights
Orange County Coronavirus
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this past Tuesday to approve a $3 million agreement to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and the Community Action Partnership of Orange County to assist with their emergency food distributions through the Social Services agency.
Orange County Food Pantry Adapts to Coronavirus Pandemic During Ramadan
Health & Wellness
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The month of Ramadan is also an opportunity to be charitable and feed the hungry one of the many parts of Ramadan that Muslims can still do during the stay at home order.
Costa Mesa Temporarily Waives Permits For Drive Through Food Pantries, Farmers’ Markets
Orange County Coronavirus
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The Costa Mesa City Council voted to unanimously adopt an emergency ordinance to waive permits to repurpose parking lots left empty by stay at home orders to operate drive through food pantries and farmer markets as well as waive permits to allow restaurants to use parking lots for curbside or takeout service to help businesses suffering from state mandated closures.
Weekly Drive Through Food Pantry Services Options Offered in Orange County
Health & Wellness
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A network of drive-through food pantries is popping up in Orange County to help feed people devastated financially by the pandemic and stay at home orders. The Power of One Foundation will be hosting a drive through food pantry at the MainPlace mall in Santa Ana from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Food Bank Relies on Temporary Workers to Feed Orange County’s Most Vulnerable
Orange County Coronavirus
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120 temporary workers were hired to fill volunteer shifts after the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County had to suspend its volunteer operation at its distribution center amid concerns of spreading the coronavirus.
Ralphs and Food for Less Workers Get $2 an Hour Raise, Puts Them on Par With Peers
Orange County Coronavirus
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Ralphs and Food for Less clerks are now getting the same temporary pay increase as grocery peers at other union-represented shops like Albertsons and Stater Bros, after the grocery union workers spoke out.
Weekly Drive Through Food Pantry Starts at Honda Center
Second Harvest Food Bank of OC
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Second Harvest Food Bank has launched weekly drive through service at the Honda Center to help them feed the hungry while maintaining the safety of the volunteers, staff and those coming to pick up the food through social distancing.