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MAZON : A Jewish Response to Hunger, makes grants to anti-hunger organizations locally and around the world. MAZON receives most of its funds from families who make donations at the time of bar & bat mitzvahs and other Jewish festive events. On Friday, March 16, 2007, Rabbi Sheryl Lewart of Temple Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades and Bria Silbert of MAZON presented a grant check of $10,000 from MAZON to Westside Food Bank’s Bruce Rankin, (Executive Director) and Bruce Rosen (Board President.) Many thanks go to MAZON and to Temple Kehillat Israel for their generous support of our hunger relief efforts.
The Parish of Saint Matthew in Pacific Palisades honored Westside Food Bank at their annual Spring Garden Party in 2007. Students from the school built this beautiful canned food cottage (above) to commemorate the occasion.
Westside Food Bank, The Art Institute and Wild Oats Markets Build Giant “Can Castle” for Hunger Awareness Day Event! On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, students from the Art Institute of California – Los Angeles (located in Santa Monica,) built a large-scale sculpture of a sand castle made entirely of canned food at Westside Food Bank’s warehouse, located at 1710 22nd Street in Santa Monica. Susanne Manheimer, Chair of the Graphic Design Department, and Marlene Simon, Graphic Design Graduate Advisor, spearheaded talented Design Students for this wonderful charity event to raise awareness about the issue of local hunger. Head designer, Omar Vejar-Diaz, led fellow students Talia Pacheco, Matthew Fields, Marybelle Gnamien, and Oscar Pena in bringing to life his “can castle” design. Wild Oats Markets in Santa Monica contributed the cans that were used to create the sculpture. "We are honored to work with Westside Food Bank and be a part of Hunger Awareness Day here in Santa Monica. Community involvement, especially helping those less fortunate than ourselves, is something we take very seriously at Wild Oats." -- Jim Price, Wild Oats City Marketing Manager for Santa Monica. "We are happy to contribute all of the food necessary for this wonderful event on Hunger Awareness Day, as part of our ongoing relationship with Westside Food Bank." -- Gary Aquino, Store Director, Wild Oats on Wilshire. The giant sculpture was unveiled at 4pm on June 6, 2006 at Westside Food Bank’s warehouse at 1710 22nd Street in Santa Monica. All foods used were donated to Westside Food Bank. Westside Food Bank supplies food to 65 social service agencies with food assistance programs in Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, West Los Angeles, Inglewood and West Hollywood. The Food Bank’s food now reaches more than 80,000 people each year, nearly half of whom are children. |
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