Orange County Supervisors Could Bolster OC Food Banks With Millions of Federal Dollars
Orange County Food Insecurity
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday to give food banks an additional $3 million.
OC Food Pantries Fight Food Insecurity as Government Aid Dwindles, Unemployment Rises
Orange County Food Insecurity
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OC food bank and pantry operators brace for expected food shortfalls.
Orange County Caterers Barbeque For Free Drive Through Meal Distribution This Sunday
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The Rustic Que, a local catering business, will be firing up the grill on Sept. 13 to feed over 250 people in the community for free in an effort to give back to essential workers.
Coalition to Unveil Eco-friendly Refrigerated Shipping Container For Food Storage in OC
Health & Wellness
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The refrigerated shipping container is scheduled to be unveiled at Anaheim High School Aug. 19.
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
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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.