Mission / Value / Vision
The Alameda County Community Food Bank passionately pursues a hunger free community
What is ACCFB's old/former mission?
This four letter word represents ~25 team members in this division
What is Devo?
This is the right of all individuals & communities to access, produce, and consume nourishing food, regardless of their race, class, gender, or other social factors.
It encompasses the transformation of food systems to eliminate inequalities, promote sustainability, and work with communities to lead change, moving beyond traditional charity-based models.
What is ACCFB's definition of Food Justice?
March 6, 1985
The year ACCFB was founded.
40 years y'all!
Community, Leadership, Transparency, Diversity
What are our prior/former values?
Going on it's 23rd year, this is the largest (in revenue) & busiest Food Bank event.
What is Savor the Season?
Led by our PMO team, this process invited us to try on different mindsets to help us get to our current strategy and core values.
Examples of these mindset are: Practice Self-awareness, Embrace Complexity, Build Relational Trust, & Work to Transform Power.
What is Liberatory design?
Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Piedmont, Emeryville, Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, & Union City
What are our meetings rooms called?
We envision an Alameda County where all people are nourished and thriving.
What is the Food Bank's vision?
Whether you're 1) practicing the pause, 2) leading with curiosity, and/or 3) valuing and honoring the ways that we are all unique, we are all human and make mistakes & we take responsibility for our own behaviors. AND we all deserve a workplace that supports our well being.
What are our Community Agreements?
This party recognized that food insecurity was a barrier to education and a symptom of systemic inequalities. They understood that food was fundamental to children's well-being and ability to learn. In 1969 they launched their Free Breakfast for Children program in Oakland, later expanding it across 36 cities in the US.
Who is the Black Panther Party?
This 12-week program delivers medically tailored food to people with chronic illnesses
What is CalAIM or "Food as Medicine"
B.A.T.C.H. - Belonging, Accountability, Transparency, Community, Hope
What are ACCFB's values?
Last year, over 12k of these community members (aka stakeholders) served > 90k hours of service, helping to distribute 56+ million pounds of food; which about half was fresh produce and vegetables.
Who are our volunteers?
Go Vol Team!
Strengthen the Core: We improve our work to serve the community - getting food to people.
Push the Bounds - We're flexible & responsive to the changing landscape and in constant pursuit of doing "better"
Reimagine and recreate the System: Innovating and working to change root causes of hunger.
What is our Theory of Action in our new strategic plan?
ACCFB launched this program in 2012 with a dual purpose of reducing food waste and food insecurity, and in 2012 recovered over 12 million pounds of groceries that was distributed to partner agencies.
What is the Food Recovery Program?
We partner with our community to end hunger and its root causes
What is the Food Bank's new Mission?
These people have been at the Food Bank for a combined total of 61 years and 9 months.
Who are Antonio, Shannon, and Kathy?
Our ~400 partner-agencies being able to decide on what food is right for their community with culturally appropriate foods and what food they want to pick up
What is Client Choice?
Community
What is our middle name?