UPDATE on Nov. 13, 2023: The next pick-up will be Saturday, December 9. If you are already on the donation list, plan to donate this month, and need a green bag……..DO NOTHING!……and a bag will show up on your porch the middle of next week. Fill the bag with non-perishable food and put out on your porch BEFORE 10 AM on December 9th! If you are NOT participating this time you need to notify Nancy Foo immediately nfoo@sbcglobal.net or text 707-319-6356 so we don’t drop a bag at your house. You will still be on our roster for the future! If you know of anyone new who would like to participate in this very needed, on-going project, have them contact Nancy before Monday, December 4 at the contact info. above.
UPDATE on August 13, 2023: 1,125 pounds of food were collected during the August 12 pick-up.
UPDATE on August 4, 2023: The next food pick-up will be Saturday, August 12th. If you are already on the donation list, plan to donate this month, and need a green bag……..DO NOTHING!……and a bag will show up on your porch the middle of next week. Fill the bag with non-perishable food and put out on your porch BEFORE 10 AM on next Sat. the 12th! If you are NOT participating this time you need to notify Nancy Foo immediately nfoo@sbcglobal.net or text 707-319-6356 so we don’t drop a bag at your house. You will still be on our roster for the future! If you know of anyone new who would like to participate in this very needed, on-going project, have them contact Nancy before Monday at the contact info. above. They are hoping to break our record of 1 TON of food!!!!
UPDATE on June 13, 2023: Volunteers collected 1,356 pounds of food during the June 10 pick-up, bringing the new grand total to 5,000 pounds collected so far over this year. The Our next pick up date is August 12th.
UPDATE on May 31, 2023: The next food pick up will be Saturday, June 10th. If you are already on the roster list to donate this month and need a green bag……..DO NOTHING!……and a bag will show up on your porch in the next several days. Fill bag with non-perishable food and put out on your porch BEFORE 10 AM on Sat. the 10th! If you are NOT participating this time you need to notify Nancy Foo nfoo@sbcglobal.net immediately so we don’t drop a bag at your house. You will still be on the roster for the future! IMPORTANT!!!……Nancy and Randy Foo had to purchase, with their own money, all the green shopping bags so if you ALREADY HAVE A GREEN BAG and want to donate this month please let Nancy know so they don’t drop an additional bag! If you have a green bag AND WANT TO BE PERMANENTELY REMOVED FROM OUR ROSTER please let Nancy know and then put your empty green bag on your porch before 10am Saturday, the 10th and they will pick up! If you know of anyone new who would like to participate in this very needed, on-going project have them contact Nancy before Monday, June 5! They are hoping to break our record of 1 TON of food!
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When Nancy Foo started the Hiddenbrooke Food Project, she was worried that no one would participate. She’s not worried anymore. Over 120 Hiddenbrooke neighbors donated more than 3,500 pounds of food in just the February and April pick-ups. The next pick-up is set for June 10. To participate next time, simply email your street address and contact information to Nancy at nfoo@sbcglobal.net. She will arrange to have someone deliver a green canvas bag to you a couple days before the pick-up so you can fill it and place it on your doorstep by 10 a.m. on June 10. Future pick-up dates are August 12, October 14, and December 9.
“It feels so good when I give back to our community,” says Nancy. “Seeing the donations stacked up after each pick-up is especially gratifying. We are so blessed to be able to live comfortably in such a nice neighborhood with people eager to help. Becky and Randy Olson, Vanessa Nelson, Valinda and Craig Gillis, Jacque Mazutis, Wendy Barksdale, Chris Anthony, Dawn Furseth, and Ed Thomas have gone door-to-door with flyers, distributed empty bags, and/or transported the donations to the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano in Fairfield. Pati Iovanni and Laurie Foster were instrumental in helping with the publicity and ongoing communications.”
Becky Olson adds, “Being part of the food drive effort here in Hiddenbrooke is amazingly rewarding. My initial thought was that ‘of course I’d help Nancy Foo with her project’. That is not what this ended up being. The generosity of our neighborhood to help those less fortunate is such a blessing. However; it’s not just a blessing to those we help by donating, it’s also a blessing to those of us that get to help make the food drive such a success. While my part in working the food drive is small, the personal reward is huge!”
Nancy and her husband Randy are active in community service in other ways. Nancy led a soup kitchen out of her home for 5 years, cooking for the homeless in Vallejo. Randy is a past Hiddenbrooke HPOA board member, and served with his wife on the Welcoming Committee. Also, Randy is the guy who resupplies the dog poop bag dispensers in our neighborhood.
When Nancy first learned about how the Neighborhood Food Project worked in other communities, she knew it would be ideal for Hiddenbrooke. The Project folks put her in touch with the Food Bank where she learned that the donations they receive support Meals on Wheels and other non-profit organizations. Several Hiddenbrooke neighbors volunteer their time at the Food Bank warehouse in Fairfield next to the Jelly Belly factory with food sorting and delivery.
To participate in future Hiddenbrooke Food Project pick-ups, email your address and contact information before June 10 to Nancy Foo at nfoo@sbcglobal.net. To learn more about volunteer opportunities at the Food Bank, visit https://volunteer.foodbankccs.org/. To discover how to start a similar food drive in other communities, visit https://neighborhoodfoodproject.org/.
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