Seal Beach City Hall Goes Orange For Hunger Action Month

SEAL BEACH, CA — The City of Seal Beach City Hall will be lit with an orange light throughout the rest of September in recognition of Hunger Action Month.

The annual nationwide campaign unites food banks, anti-hunger operations and the public to inspire people to take action against hunger and raise awareness for those facing food insecurity. In Orange County, 330,000 individuals, including 85,000 children, experience food insecurity, the city said.

"It is our hope that by City Hall ‘going orange’ we can bring awareness and help end food insecurity in our local community by enlisting the public in the movement to end hunger by taking action – including volunteering, donating, and advocating – to ensure every community, and everybody in it, has the food they need to thrive,” said Mayor Schelly Sustarsic.

In the first half of 2024, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and Orange County Food Bank collectively distributed 29,588,278 pounds of food to food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, senior centers, schools, colleges, universities and other community organizations throughout Orange County.

To learn more about Orange County's food distribution programs visit https://feedoc.org/need-food/.

“Hunger Action Month reminds us that there are still thousands of our neighbors who struggle with food and nutritional insecurity on a regular basis. Thank you to the City of Seal Beach for ‘going orange’ in September to help spread awareness of this important issue," said Malia Cary, Government & Public Affairs Manager of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.