Successful Food Blitz helps feed hungry families

Dear Jen & Hands4Hope,

The food drive last weekend was truly awesome for TLFB! We were out of or low on so many basic needs and the 2,125 pounds of food filled our shelves back up. We served 203 families this week & I don't know how we could have with out your generosity and care for others. You make a difference to many!

In Joy,

Tammy

Executive Director of the Twin Lakes Food Bank

Above is a thank you card we received from Tammy this week. We collected $7690 in cash and gift cards, as well as 3,078 pounds of food for the El Dorado County Food Bank and Twin Lakes Food Bank in Folsom at our Spring Food Blitz. 

More than one hundred Hands4Hope volunteers worked at various grocery stores from Folsom to Placerville, collecting gift cards, cash, and food donations to help feed the hungry. Volunteers handed out a wish list of items needed at local food banks, and generous shoppers added those items to their cart.

“Each time Hands4Hope puts on the Food Blitz, I am reminded what an amazingly generous community we have,” says Executive Director of Hands4Hope, Jennifer Bassett. “In a short six hours, on the day before Easter, 120 volunteers collected almost two tons of food and over $7,000. Thank you to the volunteers who gave of their time and to those in the community who generously supported this cause.”

Money and gift cards are split between the food banks, local agencies assisting to feed the hungry and Hands4Hope outreach programs. Hands4Hope would like to thank the many volunteers and generous donors who made the Food Blitz such a success.