Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services celebrates 50 years of community impact
SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK AND FAMILY SERVICES IS CELEBRATING A MAJOR MILESTONE. 50 YEARS OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY’VE HELPED SO MANY. AND BLAKE YOUNG, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK AND FAMILY SERVICES, JOINS US NOW. SO, BLAKE, CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS. FIRST OF ALL, TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY HAS HAD OVER A HALF CENTURY. THIS ORGANIZATION HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. WELL, THE SACRAMENTO HAS BEEN SO GENEROUS TO SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S PROBABLY GOOD TO START THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY, MANY COUNTIES IN SACRAMENTO, IN SACRAMENTO AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE STRUGGLE WITH HUNGER. IN FACT, SACRAMENTO IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGE. AND SO WE FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE FOR 50 YEARS. BUT WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS LIKE KCRA WITH THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT PROVIDE REALLY THE BACKBONE OF WORK AND ALL THE DONORS THAT PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS. YOU’VE HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, BUT NOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE NEED IS GREATER THAN EVER? AND THERE’S SO MANY MORE PEOPLE TO HELP IN THE FUTURE? YEAH, SADLY, I THINK COST OF LIVING, IT’S JUST THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE AFTER THE PANDEMIC THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP. AND I THINK, WHAT DO THEY SAY? THE AVERAGE PERSON IN AMERICA ONLY HAS $400 IN SAVINGS. SO I MEAN, THESE HUNGER IS A VERY REAL THING. AND AGAIN, WITHOUT WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND FOLKS THAT VALUE OUR WORK FOR SO LONG, WE WOULDN’T BE HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS? WELL, YOU SAID IT. I THINK DEMAND IS GOING TO STAY STRONG. UNFORTUNATELY. I JUST I JUST THINK COST OF FOOD AND EMPLOYMENT IS, IS GOING TO BE MARGINAL FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. AND OUR NEXT 50 YEARS IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THE SUSTAIN THE OPERATION, CONTINUE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND REALLY LOOK OUT FOR OUR NEIGHBOR. I MEAN, THERE’S JUST A LOT OF FOLKS, SINGLE MOMS, YOU HAVE SENIORS, THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION WHO USES OUR SERVICES ARE SENIORS ABOVE THE AGE OF 70. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO DIG IN AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SMART INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO WE CAN BE HERE FOR AND IT’S NOT JUST FOOD THAT YOU SUPPLY. YOU HAVE CLASSES, YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF COMMUNITY THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND SERVICES THAT THEY CAN USE. RIGHT? YEAH. WE TRY TO LOOK BEYOND THE FOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, FOOD, SUCH A BASIC NEED. AND THAT’S MAINLY WHAT WE DO. BUT WE NUTRITION EDUCATION IS ANOTHER VERY, VERY BIG ONE. AND YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT THE MORE NOURISHED FOLKS ARE, THE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPIER COMMUNITY IS. AND I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. ABSOLUTELY. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO HELP OUT, WHAT’S THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO HELP OUT? WELL, FIRST COME TO OUR OPEN HOUSE THIS THURSDAY FROM 11 TO 5. WE’D LOVE FOLKS TO COME OUT AND KICK THE TIRES AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR COUNTY FOOD BANK AND THEN GO ONLINE TO SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK.ORG. AND YOU CAN PROVIDE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION. EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE, WE CAN PROVIDE THREE MEALS AND OF COURSE COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER. WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS AND START TRAINING RIGHT NOW FOR RUN TO FEED THE HUNGRY. START TRAINING RIGHT NOW FOR TO FEED HUNGRY SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY RUN IT AND YOU CAN EAT GUILT FREE THAT DAY.
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services celebrates 50 years of community impact
Updated: 7:32 PM PDT Mar 17, 2026
The Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services is celebrating 50 years of helping the community. Blake Young, the president of the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, joined KCRA 3 to discuss the organization’s impact over the past half-century.See more in the video above. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services is celebrating 50 years of helping the community.
Blake Young, the president of the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, joined KCRA 3 to discuss the organization’s impact over the past half-century.
See more in the video above.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel