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Our Team
Board of Directors
Suman Singha, Ph.D., Chair
Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut
Betty Hall, Vice Chair
Retired, Los Rios Community College
Melissa Ibrahim, Treasurer
Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
Jaclyn R. Kay, Immediate Past Chair and Secretary
Elk Grove Insurance Services
Glenn Guenard, Esq., Director
Senior Partner, Guenard & Bozarth, LLP
Candace Lawson, M.D., Director
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento - Dignity Health
Doc Laudon, Director
Owner, Discount Home Loans & Reality
Leo Plumley, Director
Retired, UC Davis
Larry Sahota, Director
Retired, Raley’s
Founding Board Members (Emeriti)
Lyn Hawkins
Mark Jansson
Jean Sadler
Cathy O’Neil
David Simpson
Kathleen Mahaney
Staff
Administration
Marie Jachino
Executive Director
Valerie Erwin
Community Outreach Manager
Alice Jarboe
Administrative Specialist
Darcie Owen
Volunteer Coordinator
Marlene Squires
Support Works Coordinator
Food Closet
Ian Waters
Interim Warehouse Manager
Eddie Frutchey
Driver
Mike Green
Program Driver/Warehouse Associate
Jared Hansen
Driver / Warehouse Assistant
Vincent Johnson
Driver
Andrew Nguyen
Fleet / Warehouse Assistant
Peter Smith
Warehouse Assistant
Programs
Leigh Cobb
Program Manager
Vanessa Brown
Program Coordinator
Clothes Closet
Lynda Diaz
Manager
Mission / Vision/ Values
Our Mission
To provide essential resources to overcome the many faces of hunger and human need.
Our Motto
Fill the Need, Feed the Hope.
Our Vision
Food access for all.
Values
Compassion, Service, Integrity, Respect and a “Serving of Hope”.
Efficiency
94 percent of every dollar donated goes to programs and services.
Our Impact
Our Programs
Elk Grove Food Bank Service operates one emergency feeding program, seven senior mobile distribution programs, and a home delivery program for the medically fragile housebound to help meet unmet needs among the most vulnerable populations. The Food Bank also serve a student pantry at Cosumnes River College. EGFBS strives to increase nutritional foods such as produce, dairy, grains and meat through the following programs:
Emergency Food Distribution
Assist those struggling to provide basic food needs
TEFAP
The Emergency Food Assistance Program is a USDA program specified for low-income persons. The food box contains balanced nutrients and is dispersed once per month, per household.
Senior Mobile Distribution
The Food Bank provides food for seven Choice Distribution Sites, six in Elk Grove and one in South County. At these sites, seniors can choose from a variety of fresh produce, nonperishable food items, nutritional supplements, toiletries and adult diapers. Having enough health-sustaining food is important to everyone, but it is especially important for seniors who are particularly vulnerable to disease, or when mobility is limited and life circumstances change. Since 2010 we have seen a 280% increase among seniors who need assistance.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
The federally funded program provides addeded nutrition to older adults 60 years of age or older. Food is purchased by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Services and distributed in allotments to Elk Grove Food Bank Services through Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. EGFBS receives, stores and determines qualified participating households through an application process. The CSFP food boxes do not provide a complete diet, but rather a sources of the nutrients typically lacking in the diets of target population. CSFP is dispersed once per month, per household.
Wellness Bag
Our home-delivered grocery program to individuals who are medically fragile and housebound encourages better health and promotes independent living for seniors and neighbors with disabilities.
Migrant Mobile Distribution
Delivers to farm workers and their families lacking transportation and access to the Food Bank facility.
SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. SNAP provides low-income households with the financial resources to purchase groceries.
Support Works
A comprehensive and coordinated program to assist individuals in their effort to work toward self-sufficiency.
Cathy’s Clothes Closet
Clothes are free of charge to families and individuals served through the Food Bank and in partnership with Elk Grove Unified School District.
Pet Pantry
Distribution of dog and cat food to families and individuals for their “furry” loved ones.
Video
Elk Grove Food Bank has multiple Senior Mobile Programs to successfully serve our seniors. Below is a video of our Executive Director, Marie Jachino, sharing why this is so vitally important and necessary to the senior population of Elk Grove.
Elk Grove Food Bank Fact Sheet
Facts
- The Elk Grove Food Bank Services (EGFBS) has been serving the community since 1974.
- EGFBS serves approximately 8,200 people each month.
- In 2020, EGFBS distributed over 1.1 million meals.
- EGFBS serves residents living in the Elk Grove region, South Sacramento, and surrounding areas of South County.
- EGFBS clients include 22% children, 45% adults, and 33% older adults over 60.
- 94% of every donated dollar goes to programs and services.
- Every $1 provides up to 4 meals.
EGFBS provides the following:
- Emergency food distribution
- USDA Food and Commodity Supplemental Food Program for Seniors (CSFP)
- Mobile food distribution to senior sites
- Mobile food distribution to subsidized housing sites for families
- Mobile food distribution to migrant farm workers
- Wellness bag delivery to people who are housebound and medically fragile
- Clothes Closet for individuals, families, and children
- Veterans assistance
- CalFresh (food stamps) application assistance
- Pet Pantry
- Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive
Hunger Myths & Realities
Myth
People are poor because they are too lazy to work.
Reality
Individuals seeking food assistance are typically a part of hard working families living below the poverty line.
Myth
People at food pantries need help because they have too many kids.
Reality
The average family seeking assistance consist of 3-4 people, usually a mom and two or three children.
Myth
All poor people get food stamps.
Reality
In Elk Grove Food Bank’s service area, fewer than half the individuals that are eligible for food stamps actually receive them.
Myth
I’ll never need to use the food pantry/food bank.
Reality
No one plans to be poor. Many people live from paycheck to paycheck and all of a sudden, there’s a medical emergency, divorce, death of average earner or natural disaster, and people need help.
Myth
Most hungry people are homeless.
Reality
The opposite is true. 95% of those served at EGFBS are not homeless.
Elk Grove Food Bank FAQs
Get answers to frequently asked questions.
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR FUNDING?
Elk Grove Food Bank Services is funded through a diversity of revenue sources, including fundraising events, individual donations, annual appeal letters, corporate and foundation grants.
HOW MUCH OF MY DONATION GOES TOWARD OPERATIONS?
CAN A $10 DONATION HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
HOW CAN I APPLY FOR CALFRESH?
Our CalFresh Coordinator can explain the CalFresh program and assist you with your county’s application process. To find out more, call 916-685-8453.