CAI FEEDS
SAN DIEGO
WITH
FEEDING
SAN DIEGO
By Amber Korody
throughout San Diego County. Their research is highlighted below:
F
or the past few years, CAI
San Diego has partnered
with Feeding San Diego in a
community effort to support
hungry households. Established
in 2007, Feeding San Diego
continues to support impoverished
families through respect, urgency,
integrity, health/nutrition, and
innovation. Feeding San Diego is a non-
profit organization with a 501c (3) filing
status and a member of the national
organization, Feeding America.
In 2018, Feeding America published
a study called “Map the Meal Gap” that
estimated the rate of food insecurity
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SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY INSIDER
SUMMER 2019
• 379,130 people in San Diego County are food insecure (11.7% of
total population).
• Feeding San Diego is home to the 7th largest number of children
facing hunger in the US, with 127,280 children in San Diego
County being food insecure.
• 67% of children at risk of hunger in San Diego County are eligible
for federal nutrition programs (free or reduced-price school
lunch or breakfast).
• The average cost of a meal in San Diego County is $3.36, higher
than the national average of $3.00.
• The annual meal gap for Feeding San Diego’s service area is
nearly 65,000,000 meals.
Feeding San Diego
works in various ways
through financial
donations, grocery
stores, manufacturers,
farmers, restaurants,
and local retailers.
Much of the food
that is organized and
distributed to the
neighborhoods is done
through volunteers or
community partners
and never enters their