ALF Food Pantry

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Serving residents of Atascadero, Templeton, Santa Margarita, Creston and California Valley.

ALF Food Pantry

ALF Food Pantry is a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer organization that began in 1984 with the mission to provide essential nourishment to those in need.
Federal Tax ID #77-0082730

Check out our big announcement in The Atascadero News

ALF Food Pantry has secured a new, larger facility to meet the growing demand and enhance food distribution in North County.

Thank You!

Infrastructure Matching Challenge Successful Conclusion

The community donated $32,650 to ALF Food Pantry between Nov. 17 and Dec. 19. This was matched by a $15,000 anonymous donor. A total of $47,650 was raised to help prepare the new facility at 7380 El Camino Real to serve the food insecure in the local area.

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Our Food Drives brought in almost 15,000 pounds of food in November!! That food has a value of over $21,000! We are so thankful to all the people who collected food to benefit the food insecure in our area. 🙂

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One of our food drives run by Camp Fire donated 300 pounds of food and a $100 donation.

Templeton and Vineyard Elementary Schools deliver the food they collected during their food drive.

Vineyard Hills Health Center have collected 450 pounds of food and still collecting

San Benito ES collected 154 boxes of cereal

Kids collect food outside Vons

Season of Hope collection at our local fire house

Our Impact in our Community

Watch video of our morning crews preparing boxes for our clients
We fill boxes every morning with produce, potatoes, onions, bread, canned goods, cereal, pasta and a variety of rescued food. We fill between 35 to 60 boxes daily based on the anticipated need.

Check out our hard working morning crews on these videos!

Watch video of our drivers picking up Fresh Rescue from groceries daily
We are fortunate to have our local grocery stores donate healthy food every day. We spend $15,000 monthly on staples such as milk, eggs, meat, and produce. The rescued food allows us to buy more essentials to provide our clients.

Watch this KSBY video of how food donated during the Season of Hope impacts our community.

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