Food Donations Needed

South San Francisco Louis P. Guaraldi Food Basket Program Needs Your Donations To Nourish Local Families This Holiday Season

Since 1981, the South San Francisco Young Men’s Institute (YMI), in association with the Kiwanis Club of SSF, SSF Host Lions Club, South San Francisco Scavenger Company and various community organizations and volunteers have participated in the Louis P. Guaraldi Food Basket Program to benefit local families during the holidays.

Last year, more than 3,000 pounds of food was donated to provide food boxes with over a week’s worth of food including meat, eggs, milk, fresh produce and dry & canned goods to over 300 local families.

On Saturday, December 17^th beginning at 8:30 am, volunteers will assemble and deliver holiday food baskets at the South San Francisco Fire Station 61 on North Canal and Spruce Ave. in SSF. Due to difficult economic times, requests for food boxes have increased significantly and donations are down. 

Please consider a financial contribution to boost our buying power or donate food items such as hams, turkeys, cereal, nutritious nonperishable food and/or canned items to help supplement holiday meals for over 350 local families in need. 

Along with the food baskets, volunteers will also be delivering toys generously donated by the US Marine Corps.

You can drop off donations of nonperishable food items at South San Francisco Scavenger Co., 500 East Jamie Court (off East Grand Avenue and Haskins Way) in South San Francisco through December 16^th from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday – Friday. For questions or to make donations of fresh food or cases of goods, please contact YMI’s Ron Guaraldi at (650) 593-4854 or email ronguaraldi@sbcglobal.net.

Mail your tax deductible financial contributions to YMI, Holiday Food Program, P.O. Box 1161, South San Francisco, CA 94083-1161. If you’d like to volunteer to help assemble & deliver food boxes on 12/17, please email Lisa at SSFKiwanis@pacbell.net. 

Thank you for supporting this valuable community program.