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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2021 Media Inquiries: Vivien Minton Marketing Director vminton@foodshare.com (805) 822-8027 FOOD SHARE WELCOMES THREE NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS (OXNARD, CA) – Food Share, Ventura County’s largest hunger-relief organization, has appointed Drew West, Hannah Wirz, and Mark Miller to its board of directors. The board provides strategic and financial direction to the food bank’s leadership team, and actively participates in fundraising and networking activities. In other changes, Shawn O’Hara, Principal of O’Hara Management Consulting is replacing Jeffrey Hathaway, Senior Vice President of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2020 Media Inquiries: Vivien Minton Marketing Director vminton@foodshare.com (805) 822-8027 FOOD SHARE SELECTED AS A CA NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR (OXNARD, CA) – Food Share of Ventura County is honored to have been selected as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin. Food Share, the largest hunger relief organization in the county, is one of over a hundred nonprofits that will be honored by their state senators and assemblymembers for their outstanding contributions to the communities they serve. “The...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2020 Media Inquiries: Vivien Minton Marketing Director vminton@foodshare.com (805) 822-8027 FOOD SHARE PARTNERS WITH SOCALGAS TO BRING THE “FUELING OUR COMMUNITIES” PROGRAM TO VENTURA COUNTY Program provides vulnerable communities in Santa Paula and El Rio with free meals from local restaurants, helping feed families and stimulating local business Left to right – Brian Miller, Office of Ventura County Supervisor Kelly Long, Chief of Staff ; John Marquez, Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director; Maria Ventura, Public Affairs Manager; Monica White President & CEO of Food Share...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2020 Media Inquiries: Vivien Minton Marketing Director vminton@foodshare.com (805) 822-8027 OVER 4 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE DISTRIBUTED DURING COVID RESPONSE (OXNARD, CA) Since mid-May, Food Share of Ventura County has provided a staggering 4.1 million pounds of fresh produce to people experiencing hunger in the county. The scale of food insecurity in Ventura County has nearly doubled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current projections from Feeding America show that 115,000 people, including 42,000 children in our County, are now facing...

Ventura County’s food bank is stepping up its operations to ensure that those in need have access to food. ...

Ventura County’s food bank is stepping up its operations to ensure that those in need have access to food. ...

Ventura County’s food bank is stepping up its operations to ensure that those in need have access to food. ...