Food Insecurity Can Affect Anyone: Jennifer and Matthew’s Story
Food Insecurity Can Affect Anyone: Jennifer and Matthew’s Story With the cost of living in Arizona rising higher than most places in the US, many Arizonans struggle to afford…
Partner Agency Spotlight: Imagine Schools at East Mesa
Partner Agency Spotlight: Imagine Schools at East Mesa When school’s out for summer break, many Arizona children lose access to a reliable source of food—free or reduced-price school meals…
Partner Agency Spotlight: Jose’s Closet and Emma’s Eats Food Pantry
Partner Agency Spotlight: Jose’s Closet and Emma’s Eats Food Pantry ‘If you can’t find it, you create it.’ That’s what Wendy Esquibel, founder of Jose’s Closet and Emma’s…
From Food Waste to Food Security
From Food Waste to Food Security Food waste makes up about 40% of U.S. landfills. With the population of food insecure Americans rising in the past years, many wonder why…
UFB Changes the Narrative on Getting Food Assistance
UFB Changes the Narrative on Getting Food Assistance Cheryl Primm was the first to arrive at the 2022 Thanksgiving Distribution AND the 2022 Christmas Distribution put on by United…
United Food Bank Helps Set Thanksgiving Tables
United Food Bank Helps Set Thanksgiving Tables The Monday before Thanksgiving, United Food Bank helped to serve 1,847 households and 8,467 individuals a Thanksgiving meal. After a long year…
Turkey Tuesday helps fill plates this Thanksgiving
Turkey Tuesday helps fill plates this Thanksgiving On Tuesday, the City of Mesa Engineering Department partnered up with United Food Bank for their 14th annual “Turkey Tuesday” Turkey Drive. …
Multi-Generational Giving
Multi-Generational Giving Written by Sarah Bathe
Elijah and Layla’s Lemonade Stand helps provide 270 meals.
This past weekend in the East Valley, temperatures were in the high 90s and Elijah Aguirre felt inspired to help people cool off. He thought a lemonade stand would be…
Read our Story – Stana & Eric
Our community has a strong history of welcoming refugees from around the world who are escaping war and starting new lives in the United States. The current conflict in Ukraine…