back here on comunidad del valle with the blanca garza of second harvest food bank and liz gomez of the alameda county communityd bank, and you'd think that by now things would look a lot better than when you first started but as i tell my friends sometimes-- [speaking in foreign language] we're in reverse here instead of going forward, we're going backward. liz: it certainly feels that way, damian. you know, it often feels like we're making significant progress, and this is work, you know, it's not easy, but i do wanna make sure to give credit to our network of community partners who are out there in our communities tirelessly getting food ready to distribute to our communities. they as well as us through our food helpline are hearing from our community members about their experiences and, you know, having a tough time making ends meet. expenses that, you know, higher cost of food, higher cost of gas, higher cost of rent. it's really, really expensive, as you know, to live here in the bay area. and so, yes, definitely the need, the need is still here and, you know, but we remain with hope. we hope that, you kn

food banks are relying on donations at this time to fill the need. shawn chitnis with more on one donation that has made a huge impact to the alameda county community food bank. >> we are here at alameda county community food bank where they are hard at work because in this community, one in four are food insecure. that is why donations are so crucial this time of year and one company that is stepping up to do just that is kaiser permanente. we want to say hello to deborah florez. what do you have for us today? >> i have a big check. so big, i needed jake mccarty to come along with me to carry it. we have $85,000 that we are donating to the food bank. >> tell us why that is so important to kaiser, to be a part of this effort. >> it is so important to us because it is consistent with our mission to improve the health of our community that we serve. with 8.8 million californians food insecure, we are so thankful and grateful that we can do our part to support the community. >> let's bring in the man who gets to receive this check. that is reggie young with the food bank. what does this mean to you to get a check like this? >> this is huge for us. we rely

. >>> the alameda county community food bank just got a lot of help, shawn chitnis has the details. >> reporter: we are at the alameda county community food bank , they are working hard to get the food out to those that need it. let's learn about the goal they have here , we talked to michael about that. >> people think about the holidays and food banks a lot, especially because of the need but it is also a critical time for fundraising. our food bank needs to raise over $14 million just to meet the budget goals. >> reporter: that is important, because $14 million used to mean something very different to you guys. >> yes, it used to be the entire annual budget, what we were operating on a few years ago, that is about 50% of the budget now. >> reporter: let's also talk about what happened coming out of the pandemic, food banks were receiving more money from the government, that is not the case now. >> the pandemic is a great example of what happens when the government does meaningful interventions, they were receiving a lot of government support, we saw poverty and hunger go down, and

food bank. say hello to anita tweed with wells fargo. whether you have for us? >> i have a $40,000 grant today to present to the alameda county communityhalf of wells fargo. this will help us provide 80,000 meals for community members. as a bank of doing, wells fargo has a long-standing commitment to supporting our communities during challenging times. we are thrilled to be a partner of the food bank and be here with other volunteers day in and day out sorting and packing food. >> reporter: i understand volunteering is very important to you guys? >> we have had over 2500 volunteers with the food bank over the years, and we have volunteers and team members who are really engaged and passionate about supporting. we always want to make sure that we go beyond just donations. >> reporter: let's bring in reggie young with the food bank to receive this check. volunteering is so important. talk to us about the impact that it has for you guys at the food bank. >> the reality for us is that we cannot do our work here without volunteers. we have so much food going out on an ongoing basis, and this issue is a year-round issue. we need volunteers a

>>> hey, bay area food banks are feeling the pinch from the rising cost of fuel and other stresses on their systems. to alameda county communityorporate sponsors showing us how we can gather unite and step forward to help out. here's shawn chitnis. >> reporter: we're here at the alameda county community food bank. where it is filled with volunteers right now working hard to get those meals out into the community. in fact, they do the work of 50 full-time staff members. so it is certainly greatly appreciated. let's meet another company that is doing their part to help the work here at the food bank. say hello to anita tweed with wells fargo. what do you have for us, anita? >> hi, today i have a $40,000 grant to present to the alameda county community food bank on behalf of wells fargo. this is going to help us provide 8 # thousand meals for community members. as a bank of doing, you know, as well as fargo has a really long-standing commitment to supporting our communities especially during challenging times. so we're so thrilled to be a partner of the food bank and be here with other volunteers day in day out sorting and packin

food banks. alameda county food bank wants your help and they need donations to help local families. shawn chitnis with why the need is greater than ever. >> reporter: we are at the alameda county community food bank where they're working hard to get fad to those that need it. in alameda county, one in four are facing food insecurity. let's learn about the goal that they have at the food bank and talk about that. what is that goal? >> people think about the holidays and food banks a lot, especially because of the need. it's also a critical time for fund raising. this holiday season, our food bank needs to raise over $14 million just to meet our budget. >> reporter: that's important because $14 million used to mean something different. >> the last full year before the pandemic, $14 million was our annual budget. so what we were operating on a few years ago, that is just about 50% of our budget now. >> reporter: let's talk about what happened coming out of the pandemic. people were receiving more money from the government and food banks were receiving more funding. that's not the case foul odor. >> the pandemic was a great example of what happens when the government actually does meaningfu

that every dollar counts when it comes to helping bay area food banks put meals on the table for local families. the alameda county communitynk needs a lot of support. shawn chitnis has the details. >> reporter: we are at the alameda county community food bank where they are working hard to get the food out to those that need it. and right now, one in four are facing food insecurity, let's learn about the goal they had here at the food bank. what is that goal? >> people think about the holidays and food banks a lot, but it is also a critical time for fundraising. this holiday season alone, the food bank needs to raise over $14 million just to meet the budget goals. >> that is important, because $14 million is to mean something very different to you guys. >> yes, the last year before the pandemic, that was the entire annual budget, what we were operating on just a few years ago, that is about 50% of the budget now. >> reporter: let's talk about what happened coming out of the pandemic, people and food banks were receiving more money from the government, that is not the case now. >> the pandemic was a great example of what ha

community. -team! for all that is me, for all that is you. kaiser permanente. >>> an east bay food bank is working hard to tackle food insecurity and this morning the alameda county and cbs news bay area. joining us is reggie young, executive director of the alameda county food bank. good morning. tell us the good news. >>> good morning. we have great news. we have been on our journey of trying to raise money for the holidays. one of the great foundations in our region eat love pray foundation has decided they will match dollar for dollar up to 250,000, any donations that come to our food bank until december 31. this is huge news for us. >> reggie, we know that just a dollar goes a long way. i believe one dollar equates to two meals. big picture, how big of a difference can this program make? >> so this is actually going to double that impact. so the $250,000 would lead to 1 million meals into our community. this will have a significant impact for our neighbors within our community. if you think about a dollar equals two meals, you double that and the dollar will equal four meals until december 31. >> per week, you are giving out about 1 million meals, correct? >

food bank is working hard to tackle food insecurity. this morning i talked with reggie young, executive director of the alameda county community food banknvolving a high profile athlete and his wife. >> we have been on the journey of trying to raise money for the holidays. one of the great foundations steph and ayesha curry's eat learn play foundation decided they will match dollar for dollar up to 250,000, any donations that come to our food bank until december 31. this is huge news for us. >> reggie, we know that just a dollar goes a long way. i believe one dollar equates to about two meals. big picture, how big of a difference can this program make? >> this is actually going to double that impact. so the $250,000 would lead to 1 million meals into our community. this will have a significant impact for neighbors within our community. if you think about one dollar equals two meals, double that and a deal will equal four meals until december 31. >> per week, you are giving out about 1 million meals, correct? >> that's right. so when you think about it, we are on pace to do about 62 million pounds of food this year which is about 4 milli

. >> reporter: food banks across the bay area are feeding higher numbers of people this year, but fund raising hasn't kept pace. that reality holds true for the alameda county community food bank. their fund raising is down about 30% from this time last year. reggie young is the food bank's executive director. >> like many food banks right now, we're seeing a decline in fund raising because a lot of people feel like the pandemic is over. and the pandemic is over in some ways, but the remnants and the impacts of the pandemic are still really relevant right now. >> reporter: he tells us one in four people in alameda county are experiencing food insecurity. the food bank is providing about a million meals a week. the pre-pandemic budget for the food bank was $14 million, but this holiday season alone you need to raise $14 million? >> that's absolutely right. just for the reasons that i've indicated, right? the food insecurity is a major issue right now, and the fact that one in four people are struggling with some form of food insecurity is really unacceptable to us. >> reporter: now in the home stretch of the holiday season, the alameda county community food bank is tu

community who want to be a part of that process. tell us, who is with you and what have you got for us today? >> we have a check here for $5000 to the alameda county food bankays trying to find ways to benefit the community and we thought, what better way to do that than to donate to the food bank? >> tell us more about the organization and how you got this money. >> we aim to provide high-quality learning to students across the bay area through interactive learning in classes and also instill an interest in s.t.e.m. and public speaking. >> let's present this check over to the food bank. michael is here to receive it. how cool is it to see young people who want to make a difference? >> community is our middle name here . we get inspired and 70 different ways. to see youth, just teenagers who are stepping up and turning their passions into helping their community be a better place, it is inspiring to all of us. >> it takes everyone, young people, corporations, and individuals like you making a donation. you can do that right now by going to www.kpix.com /give or using the qr code on your screen to make that donation. >>> labor and community groups in oakland

shawn chitnis is at the alameda county food bank where they just received a big donation. >> we are here at the alameda county community food bank where they are working hard to get the million meals out each week. it takes everyone in the community to make that happen. here is a great example of one club in the community doing just that. we want to say hello to ron and david. tell us about what you have for us today. >> we have a big check for you today, sean, and the food bank. >> tell us what you got and how you went about raising that kind of money. >> we got $62,000 so far, and counting. it is still coming in. the way we did it was we have an annual fight event in october called the east bay dirt classic. we get the community involved. we have a bunch of riders come out and then we put out needs to our community and say, come support this great cause and the money comes in. i have a challenge for all you clubs out there. you got to do this too if you're a book club, a fight club, whatever. david, we can say that you have been doing this for quite some time. you have a good track record. >> we have been putting on

information on one donation and this one in particular has made a big impact to the alameda county community food bank reporter: we are here at the alameda county community food bank and we are hard at work, one in now is food insecure. and one company that's stepping up to do just that is kaiser permanente, we want the say hello to debra flores and tell us what do you have for us today? >> hi, i have a big check. so big i need a jake mccarty to come along with me to carry it. we have $85,000 that we are donating to the food bank. >> reporter: and tell us why that is so important to kaiser to be a part of this effort. >> it so important to us because consistent with our mission to improve the health of the communities that we serve, we're going to be able to do so. and with 8.8 million californians food insecure, we are so thankful and grateful that we can do our part to support the communities that we serve. >> reporter: so let's bring in the man who gets to receive this check. that's reggie young with the food bank. so reggie, what does that marine layer to you to get a check like this? >> this is a

shawn chitnis is at the alameda county food bank where they just received a big donation. >> reporter: we are at the alameda county communityk where they are working hard to get 1 million meals out each week and it of course takes everyone in the community to make that happen. here's a great example of one club in the community doing just that. we want to say hello to ron and david. >> we have a big check for you today, and for the food bank. >> tell us how you raised that money. >> we have $62,000 so far and counting, and the way we did it, we have an annual bike event in october called the east bay dirt classic, and we get the community involved. we have a bunch of people come out and we put out leads to the community and say, come support this great cause. and i have a challenge for all of you out there, you have to do this if you are a book club, bike club, sports club, whatever, do the same thing we are doing and we will help you. >> and you guys have been doing this for quite some time, so you have a good track record. >> that is true, we have been putting this on for about 10 years. we just wanted to be able to give

. >> reporter: we're here at the alameda county community food bank and their community engagement centerhere volunteers come in to help sort the produce that goes into the meals helping people in the community. say hi to the senior policy advocate and talk a little about why advocacy is so important. >> folks are distributing nutritious meals to the community, but folks might not be familiar we've been doing advocacy work at the food bank over 20 years. >> reporter: give us a sense what you've done and how that's helped. >> a couple years ago we were instrumental helping pass legislation that made universally free school breakfast and lunch permanent in california. >> reporter: now we're past the pandemic and know the need has never been greater. what kind of advocacy are you doing now? >> we're working to make sure nutrition benefits are available to all, regardless of immigration status. >> reporter: that's just one more reason to remind folks they can volunteer. of course, they can make a donation. you can do that by going to our website, kpix.com/give or use the qr code on your scree

i have a $40,000 grant to present to the alameda county food bank on behalf of wells fargo. this will help us provide 80,000 meals for communitybers. as a bank of doing, wells fargo has a really longstanding commitment to supporting our communities, especially during challenging times. so we're so thrilled to be a partner of the food bank and be here with other volunteers day in, day out sorting and packing food. >> reporter: i understand that volunteering is very important to the company and you guys do a lot of it here at the food bank. >> yes. we've had over 2,500 volunteers with the food bank over the years and we have volunteers and team members who are really engaged and passionate about supporting. we always want to make sure we go beyond just donations. >> reporter: let's bring in reggie young with the food bank who will receive this check. volunteering is so important, reggie. talk to us about its impact for you guys at the food bank. >> we could not do our work here without our volunteers. the reality is that we have so much food that's going out on an ongoing basis and this issue is a year-round issue. so we need vo

. >> reporter: we are at the alameda county community food bank.re volunteers come in to sort the produce that goes into the meals helping people in the community. we want to say hi. let's talk about why advocacy is important for the food bank. >> folks at home are probably familiar with our work. folks may not be as familiar that we have been doing advocacy work at the food bank for over 20 years. >> give us a sense of what you have done in the past and how it helped. >> a couple of years ago we passed legislation that made universally free school breakfast and lunch permanent in california. >> we are past the pandemic. the need has never been greater. what kind of advocacy are you doing at this time. >> we work to make sure that nutrition benefits are available to all regardless of immigration status. >> reporter: that is one more reason to remind people to volunteer, make a donation. you can do that by going to our website, kpix.com/give or use the qr code that is on your screen right now. >> back to the first alert weather now. taking a live lo

our shawn chitnis has more from the alameda county community food bank. >> reporter: we are here at thebank. and their community engagement center. that's where volunteers come in to help sort the produce that goes out into those meals helping people in the community. and so we want to say hi to ezer, he is the senior policy advocate and why advocacy so important for the food bank. >> folks at home probably familiar with our work distributing meals out into in community. but folks might not be as familiar with is that we've been doing advocacy work here t the food bank for over 20 years. >> reporter: so give us a sense of what you have done in the past and how that has helped. >> well, a couple of years ago we were instrumental in helping pass legislation that made universally free school breakfast and lunch permanent in california. >> reporter: now we're past the pandemic and we know that the need has never been greater. what kind of advocacy are you doing at this time? >> well, right now we're working to make sure that nutrition benefits are available to all regardless of folks' immig

. >> we are here at alameda county community food bank where they are at heart -- hard at work. are food insecure. that is why donations are crucial this time of year. one company is stepping up to do that. it is kaiser permanente. we want to say hello to deborah for respite what you have for us today? >> hi. i have a big check. we have $85,000 that we are donating to the food bank. >> tell us why that is important to be part of this effort. >> it is important because it is consistent with our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve. we are going to be able to do so. with 8.8 million californians food insecure, we are thankful and grateful that we can do our part to support the communities. >> let's bring in the man who gets to receive this check. that is reggie young with the food bank. what does this mean to you to get a check like this? >> this is huge for us. we rely on our corporate donors to field a lot of the work that we are doing. this check is going to do a lot of great work for community, particularly as it relates to children's food programs through

. >> reporter: we're here at alameda county community food bank inside their community engagement centerreciation to all the produce that's here. 50% of all the food that goes out in the form of meals in this community is fresh produce. so we really see why it's important to have volunteers here who help to make that possible. let's talk to someone who knows a lot about that. that's ingrid becker in charge of community engagement. talk to us about what we're seeing now and the hard work of the volunteers. >> we're having our volunteers help us sort the produce into smaller amounts so when we take it into the community, it's easier for the moms and dads and kids to grab that and take it home to their own table. we could not do this work without our volunteers. we would have to have about 50 more people or a third of our staff without the volunteers and we really need more, especially the beginning of the year when we have more fresh produce coming in. we really welcome our corporate, family and school groups to come in, have some fun and really find out what it's all about. >> reporter: i

these two and we have a check here for $5,000 to the alameda county food bank and at sprouting youth always trying to find ways to benefit the community. and we thought what better way to do that than to donate to the food bank? >> reporter: right, tell us a little bit for about the organization and how you got this money. >> so sprouting youth, we aim to provide high quality learning to students across the bay area. through interactive learning and classes. and also instill an interest in s.t.e.m. and public speaking in -- kids across the bay area. >> reporter: great. let's present this check over to the food bank. michael is here to receive it and how cool is this to cy young people making a difference. >> it's really amazing and community is our middle name here. and we get inspired in so many different ways. and to see youth to teenagers who are stepping up and turning their passions into helping their community be a better place, it's really inspiring to all of us, so thank you very much. >> reporter: and so of course it takes everyone, young people, comp rations and individuals like you making a donation. you can do that right n

food bank received a big check. >> reporter: we're here at the alameda county community food bank, where they are hard at work gettingajority of which are children, seniors, and working families. donations are crucial to make that happen throughout the year, and another company is stepping up to do just that. bio med realty. tracy, tell us what do you have for us? >> we have a $96,000 donation to alameda county food bank on behalf of bio med realty, blackstone real estate, and blackstone portfolio companies. bio med realty partners with core giving to raise funds and mobilize volunteers to local food banks. >> reporter: this is a combination of the company and workers that. fits with the mission you have. >> that's right. bio med and blackstone are really proud of this partnership. that's our mission. what we really do is expand our client's bandwidth to innovate and create new therapies and to advance human health. >> reporter: let's present this check to the man who's going to receive it, reggie young with the food bank. reggie, what does it mean to see this coming into the food bank? >> it has a huge impact on our

. >> food banks usually raise the most funds during the holidays, however, this season they're behind, still needing to raise $4.5 million before year end. alameda county communityood bank executive director reggie young joins us today to share how we can all help reggie, it's nice to see you. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you as well . >> look, i know you give out a lot of meals, especially during this time of year. can you give us a sense for how many people you're serving and how much you're giving out? >> yeah. so the reality is that in alameda county, about 1 in 4 people are struggling with some form of food insecurity. this has been an issue that's been exacerbated by the pandemic. but then also a lot of the losses in some of the government supports. earlier this year. and so right now, we've been allocating and we're on pace to allocate actually about 62 million pounds of food this year, which will be higher than any amount that we've done in our history about. 4 million more than even at the height of the pandemic. >> so more people and i guess your costs are higher too, right? with inflation this past year. >> oh yeah. absolutely. yeah. so, so co

now the money collected to join this festive fleet will go to the alameda county community food bank . random acts group to help them provide food and toys to underserved communities this holiday season. now the yacht club's also gave out prizes to the best decorated vessels as. to one, look how beautiful christmas season has officially come to oakland's jack london square. the big christmas tree was lit up in the plaza and ktvu zone. andre senior got the honor of flipping that switch on top of the tree. there was also live music that got people into the holiday spirit. we know how much and it snowed and it snowed. how much? rosemary loves holiday music. sound full, right? like i'm with you now though. i have been listening to christmas music in my car, getting into the season. well, it's only 21 days away. >> yes, 22. >> come and go. and you know, you have to enjoy it. >> i was actually thinking, rosemary, that i was a little late to the holiday christmas music game because it does feel like it's kind of right around the corner now. it really is. >> yeah. >> i love it. and i love and