Fill the Foodbank! Drive-Thru Food Drive

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is asking the community to donate non-perishable food items to provide healthy groceries to neighbors facing food insecurity this winter. Fill the Foodbank! on Saturday, February 8 is the second Drive-thru Food Drive. This time, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at BOTH Foodbank warehouses, community members may drop-off non-perishable food items. The Foodbank’s Santa Maria warehouse is located at 490 West Foster Road and the Santa Barbara warehouse is at 4554 Hollister.

Most needed items include low-sugar peanut (or other nut) butters, canned protein such as tuna or chicken, beans, rice, whole grain cereals, pasta and canned tomatoes or sauce.