School Snack Program
Our School Snack Program is returning for the 2022-2023 School Year!
The Food Bank is very pleased to announce that our School Snack program was a great success this past school year! We served over a dozen schools and thousands of children at our snacks. We look forward to helping them again in the coming years.
How it works: Schools will send a representative on Friday mornings or early afternoons to our warehouse at 310 Railroad Avenue in Grass Valley to select what snacks they'd like and bring them back to their respective schools to distribute.
How to sign-up: A school administrator must review and sign all papers in the packet below. Paperwork must be either emailed to info@foodbankofnc.org, mailed to 578 Sutton Way #187, Grass Valley, CA 95945, or delivered to our warehouse at 310 Railroad Avenue. Paperwork must be accepted and approved by The Food Bank before schools are allowed to pick up food.
Schools must re-apply each year they participate!
Click the button below to download the necessary paperwork
Nevada County Diaper Project
We are proud partners with the Nevada County Diaper Project who work to provide diapers for babies in the community. Many mothers struggle to afford basic needs for their babies, including clean diapers. A clean diaper leads not only to a happy and healthy baby, but also to a happy and healthy mother and family.
You can receive diapers and other baby products from the Nevada County Diaper Project at our Grass Valley distribution the second and fourth Thursday of every month as well as on their website.
We also accept donations of diapers, wipes, formula, food, etc.
Summer Lunch Program
Our 2022 Summer Lunch Program was a huge success!
We served a total of 7,264 meals to children in our county.
See you in 2023!
FREED
FREED Center for Independent Living offers a variety of resources including a food delivery service twice a month to elderly, disabled, and/or home bound individuals in Nevada County. If you or someone you know is home bound and unable to attend our distributions, contact FREED (530-477-3333) or visit their website to learn more.
Dignity Health Home Delivery
This program offers four food deliveries over the course of sixty days for medically impacted people. To qualify you must have a referral to the program from Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital or a Care Coordinator. Please contact 211 for more information.
Cal-Fresh
CalFresh provides monthly food benefits for individuals and families with low-income who meet federal income eligibility rules and want to add to their budget to put healthy and nutritious food on the table. CalFresh benefits can help buy nutritious foods for a better diet. CalFresh benefits stretch food budgets, allowing individuals and families to afford nutritious food, including more fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods.
The program issues monthly benefits on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. Food may be purchased at most grocery stores or farmers market that accepts EBT cards. To learn more, visit their website.
Click here to apply online today.
Women, Infants, and children
Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care.
To find out if you qualify and to learn more, visit their website.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
We will be partnering with Pacific Gas & Electric Company to ensure that our community will get the nutritional help it needs during power outages.
Specific details of distribution dates and times will be available on our Facebook Page as they are decided.
We couldn't offer this support to our county without the generous aid of PG&E. We sincerely thank them for their kindness.
Emergency Preparedness
Listos California
This program aims to assist the elderly and disabled community in preparing for emergencies. Californians can now access resources to better protect themselves and their community before disaster strikes.
www.centerondisability.org/preparedness
COVID-19 Information and Additional Resources For Older Adults and Those with Disabilities:
https://adapacific.org/covid-19
"We are leveraging the power of volunteerism while ensuring preparedness support and information is not only limited to those who have been privileged enough to access, understand and afford it."
-Gavin Newsom, Governor of California
Visit our monthly Grass Valley distributions for one-on-one assitance in emergency preparedness provided by Listos California.
Upcoming training dates and information:
Exact dates are TBA
All from 10AM to 12PM at 7th Day Adventist Church
12889 Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley
For more information on how you and your family in Nevada County can be more prepared go to https://www.mynevadacounty.com/2710/Ready
Offical Website: https://www.listoscalifornia.org/
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