For more than 25 years, Nugget Markets has been proud to partner with Yolo Food Bank in their mission of feeding our local communities. In recent months, their services have proven even more invaluable. In mid-March, the Yolo Food Bank launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund, a rapid-response community-driven effort to supply emergency nutritional support to county residents who have been devastated by the pandemic.

The demand for food assistance has grown by nearly 60%, driven in large part by community members who need services for the very first time. Yolo Food Bank launched an emergency food home delivery program for low-income senior citizens and health-compromised residents. Supported by more than 700 new volunteers, Yolo Food Bank is delivering to doorsteps of more than 2,200 households every week, serving 5,500 residents. Three daily meals are being delivered to almost 300 at-risk homeless individuals sheltered by the county in local motel rooms. 

 

Eight additional monthly food distribution sites have been added to more than 120 such sites around Yolo County enhancing access to critical nutrition in our communities. While Yolo Food Bank has added these emergency response programs, they continue to work with their 80 nonprofit partners, coordinating the collection, storage and distribution of food to the Yolo County community.

By donating to Yolo Food Bank’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, Nugget Markets, along with many other businesses and individuals, is helping this wonderful organization meet the needs of and get food to as many of our neighbors as possible, as quickly as possible.

 

Thank you, Yolo Food Bank, for feeding our community each and every day!