One in Ten San Franciscans Can't Get Enough to Eat
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Hunger is a symptom of poverty and the residents of Bayview Hunters Point are plagued by poverty. 11% of San Francisco’s population lives in poverty[1] and more than 150,000 San Franciscans live with the threat of going hungry. Low income families, children, senior citizens on fixed incomes, homeless people, people living with HIV or AIDS, and people struggling to move from welfare to work cannot pay basic living expenses and put food on the table. In the last year, rising unemployment and the weak economy have added to the need in San Francisco. People who never relied on food assistance before are standing in line |
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Providing hope to our residents:
HERC in partnership with the San Francisco Food Bank has opened up a food pantry in the Alice Griffith Housing Project (Double Rock) to serve fresh food rations to its residents. Every Friday at 10 Cameron Way, Double Rock residents are served fresh and canned food rations to take home to provide healthy, nutritious filling meals to their families.
Helping Hands:
Our food pantry is always looking for volunteers to help us serve our community. If you would like to donate some of your time for a worthy cause please feel free to call us at our main office: see Contact page or email: Food Program. To learn more about hunger in San Francisco and how you can help fight hunger it, click on this link to direct you to San Francisco’s food bank.
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