OREANDA-NEWS. In an effort to combat food insecurity in the Bay Area – specifically summer food insecurity when children are out of school – Eric Lindberg, Co-CEO of Grocery Outlet Bargain Market and Kristin Richmond, CEO of Revolution Foods are leading the charge with Alameda County Community Food Bank to compile 10,000 bags filled with a variety of healthy food items donated from the following companies:

Amy's Kitchen

Annie's Homegrown

Campbell's Soup

Clif Bar

Diamond Foods

Grocery Outlet

Kellogg's

OK Produce

Pacific Foods

Sun Valley Rice

Employees from the partnering companies will volunteer and work together to compile all of the bags on July 28 and 29 from 8:30 a. m.-3:30 p. m. at Alameda County Community Food Bank.

"More than 16 million U. S. children live in food-insecure households," said Lindberg, "We decided to spearhead this program because each of the brands involved wanted to bring light to this issue and help in some way. We are eager to work together to help combat the hunger faced by so many children in our local communities."

Kristin Richmond, Founder and CEO of Revolution Foods said, "This project aligns perfectly with the Revolution Foods mission of building lifelong healthy eaters."

The bags will be distributed in a variety of ways to reach as many food-insecure households in the Bay Area as possible. Nearly half the bags will be donated to Alameda County Community Food Bank's partners in San Francisco, Contra Costa/Solano and Santa Clara/San Mateo for distribution in those services areas. The remainder will be made available to the Food Bank's 240 member agency food pantries, soup kitchens and other community organizations; as well as being distributed through summer "Children's BackPack" distributions and a summer mobile pantry, which will travel to schools and libraries during the summer to provide farm-fresh produce and healthy staples to families in-need.