Thanksgiving Food Drives and Donations

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Thanksgiving is a great day to spend with friends and family. Every year we say what we are thankful for, as we have a day or two off work to relax and enjoy our time together. However, not everyone has a place to go on Thanksgiving. San Francisco has many organizations that raise money or collect donations for this specific time of year. Here are a few options that will let you give back this Thanksgiving.


The SF-Marin Food Bank helps supply over 47 pantries across the area. They have a goal to collect 500,000 pounds of non-perishable food via food drives and $8 million in donations by the end of December. These amounts add up to almost half their annual budget. Thanksgiving dinner is not the only thing these donations provide. They also organize regular meals and holiday meals throughout December.


The SF-Marin has other programs for helping others with Thanksgiving and other holidays throughout the end of the year. You can donate money on this page for the SF-Marin Food Bank. Every dollar you donate through November 26th will be matched by Sutter Health. This match donation program will continue up to $50,000. This gift will help the coordinators donate over one million pounds of food to neighboring food pantries and community partners.


Everyone loves turkey on Thanksgiving. The SF-Marin Food Bank is in need of 2,500 birds before Thanksgiving. These turkeys help provide Thanksgiving meals at all of SF-Marin’s Thanksgiving dinners. You can donate a turkey at either of these sites: Marin site: 75 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949 or San Francisco site: 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107.


Finally, you can also volunteer for this great organization. They are looking for help with many of their food drives and other dinners they have throughout the year. They are in specific need of people that can speak Korean and Russian. You can sign up on their website SFMfoodbank.

We are so thankful for our friends, family and wonderful residents at The Wilson. Do you know of other organizations in need of help? Share them on our Facebook Page.