Hunger Relief

Did you know that an estimated 1 in 7 San Diegans doesn’t know where his or her next meal will come from? That means that 443,000 men, women and children living in San Diego experience food insecurity.

The San Diego Rescue Mission created the Partners for Hunger Relief Program to address this issue in our city.

Our refrigerated trucks safely collect millions of pounds of nutritious food; food that would otherwise be thrown away. Over 100 grocery stores, restaurants, caterers, universities, hotels and hospitals contribute to this effort. The San Diego Rescue Mission, in partnership with the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, provides food items at no cost to nearly 50 nonprofit organizations who operate hunger relief programs within San Diego County. Food is distributed each week in a central location, allowing accessibility to many organizations across central and southern San Diego.