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The mission of the Westside Food Bank (WSFB) is to end hunger in our communities by providing access to free, nutritious food through food acquisition and distribution and by engaging the community and advocating for a strong food assistance network. We do this by sourcing, acquiring, and distributing nutritious food and other necessities to people in need through our member agencies and our own programs. We also engage in hunger relief coalition-building, and we advocate for public policies that alleviate hunger and poverty.
WSFB is the primary bulk wholesale food supplier for more than 60 non-profit social service and faith-based agencies that operate food assistance programs in Culver City, Inglewood, the LAX area, Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, West Hollywood, and West Los Angeles. Roughly ninety percent of our food is distributed through partner agencies with food assistance programs and five of our direct-service mobile food pantries. The remaining 10 percent is provided through shelters, transitional housing programs, community kitchens, K-12 and college food distribution programs, and veterans’ programs. We serve low-income individuals and families with children, seniors, people experiencing homelessness and those who are precariously housed, veterans, and college students who struggle with access to nutritious food.
We handle large-scale donations and bulk food purchases that our smaller member agencies would be unable to accept. By acting as a food clearinghouse, we allow our partner agencies to maximize their limited resources and provide critical human services to our community. In addition to our local food acquisition and distribution programs, the Food Bank works with the California Association of Food Banks to coordinate large-scale food donations and hunger-relief efforts for our entire Westside service area.
In FY 21-22, we distributed 4.7 million pounds of food (equivalent to 3.9 million meals) to 72,000 households comprised of 150,000 individuals. Sixty-seven percent of the food we distributed was nutritious perishable food that included fresh produce, protein (meat/fish), and dairy products.
