San Francisco Food Bank

2009 | Best Place for Families to Help Others

Put off your family vacation to help put some food on another family's table. About a year and a half ago, the San Francisco Food Bank, which moves 33 million pounds of food through its warehouse each week, started letting parents bring kids as young as 4 on Sundays to volunteer and help pack food for the needy. The program has welcomedfamilies to sort produce, divvy up rice into individual bags, and stamp labels on cans. Regular three-hour shifts have been reduced to 90 minutes to... More »