Redwood City Organizations Fund $100K In Holiday Food Grants

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital and the Sequoia Healthcare District, two Redwood City-based organizations, teamed up to provide $100,000 in funding for six organizations that assist in aiding food insecurity in the Peninsula.

The Holiday Food Grant Program provided funding for:

• Latino Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services of San Mateo County
• LifeMoves
• One Life Counseling Center
• Peninsula Family Service
• St. Francis Center of Redwood City
• St Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County

“In serving this community for the past 70 years, we know without a doubt that nutrition and health go hand in hand,” Sequoia Hospital President Bill Graham said in a news release. “These local organizations are focused on sourcing and delivering not just food, but nutritious food. This means more than just making sure these populations don’t go hungry. It also means they don’t find themselves with preventable conditions like heart disease, diabetes and unhealthy weight.”

A recent Stanford study found that the percentage of Redwood City and North Fair Oaks residents who have housing, food and employment needs has increased since the pandemic.

“The pandemic crisis has led to a critical rise in food insecurity and the financial destabilization of vulnerable and low-income community members,” said Pamela Kurtzman, CEO of Sequoia Healthcare District. “Help at this time from local organizations that provide groceries and hot meals to vulnerable residents of our shared communities is much needed.”