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Do you need food? Second Harvest Food Bank can help.
Please call our Food Connection Hotline at 1-800-984-FOOD (3663) to find food programs in your neighborhood. Our staff members speak English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

The following programs serve people who are in need of food:

Food Connection is a toll-free hotline that helps people in need of food find resources in their neighborhood. Multilingual staff members direct callers to local food assistance programs in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. People in need of food can call 1-800-894-FOOD (3663) for more information.

Food Assistance, as our largest program, provides food to more than 400 non-profit agencies (pdf) in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Our partner agencies and distribution programs serve a culturally diverse range of populations and include: soup kitchens, pantries, rehabilitation centers, shelters for victims of domestic violence, schools, senior centers, and more.

The beauty of this program is that because the Food Bank provides food to these agencies, our partners can focus their time and resources on their areas of expertise. To strengthen the community and develop a safety net of food services, we also provide our partners with cold storage units, shelving, and other resources that allows them to serve more food to more people in their neighborhoods.

Children’s Nutrition provides children who are at risk of chronic hunger with the food they need to grow up healthy.

• Snack Programs that our partners run, receive nutritious, kid-friendly snacks to provide to low-income children that are involved in afterschool, summer, and youth programs.
• Summer Nutrition sponsorship allows local soup kitchens and agencies to feed approximately 20,000 children during summer months when they are not receiving subsidized meals at school.
• Back Pack Pilot provides an assortment of healthy, ready to eat food each week for 130 children living in the Daly City Bayshore neighborhood to bring home.

Family Harvest provides 100 pounds of supplemental, nutritious food to approximately 3,000 low-income families with minor dependent children. Volunteers help distribute food.

Operation Brown Bag, a program for seniors and run by seniors, approximately 12,600 low-income seniors (ages 60 or more) and disabled individuals (ages 55 or more) a weekly bag of groceries. In addition, volunteers also deliver food to homebound Brown Bag members.

Partners in Need provides food assistance to low-income Food Bank volunteers who work at our San Jose or San Carlos distribution centers. Call Food Connection at 1-800-894-FOOD (3663) to find out more about becoming a PIN volunteer.

Mobile Pantry assists families and individuals living in geographically isolated, “walking” communities that do not have access to grocery stores or community services. Members receive protein-rich foods such as eggs, milk, and meat, as well as fresh produce on a monthly basis.
>>Learn More: Changing Lives with the Produce Mobile

Produce Mobile delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to an average of 4,000 individuals each month at 31 local neighborhood centers to improve health and nutrition in low-income communities.

Food Stamp Outreach conducted alongside the Santa Clara County Social Services Agency expedites the Food Stamp Program application process for families and individuals from weeks to a few days.

Nutrition Education provides low-income families, seniors, and individuals with resources for improving health, nutrition, and wellness. Nutritionists support partner agencies through workshops on nutrition topics such as food safety, children’s nutrition, and more.