{"id":156810,"date":"2026-01-30T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156810\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:17:07","slug":"28k-pounds-of-peanut-sunflower-seed-butters-donated-to-san-diego-food-bank-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156810\/","title":{"rendered":"28K pounds of peanut, sunflower seed butters donated to San Diego Food Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/San-Diego-Food-Bank.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/San-Diego-Food-Bank.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48859\" style=\"width:802px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a>A San Diego Food Bank truck. (File photo \/ Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>San Diego-based nonprofit International Relief Teams has donated 28,776 pounds of peanut and sunflower seed butters to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegofoodbank.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Food Bank.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The donation, composed of 15,840 16-ounce jars of peanut butter and 12,936 16-ounce jars of sunflower butter, is being made in an effort to address \u201cthe growing gap for San Diegans facing food insecurity due to loss of public benefits and ongoing financial hardship,\u201d according to the nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery shipment of food matters,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0said Rose Uranga, chief operating officer of International Relief Teams. \u201cWhether it\u2019s jars of peanut butter or pallets of rice, we work closely with the San Diego Food Bank to identify the most urgent needs and deliver food directly to the San Diego Food Bank so it can be distributed quickly and efficiently to families who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The donated items are sought after for their long shelf life and protein-rich content, the nonprofit said.<\/p>\n<p>Casey Castillo, San Diego Food Bank CEO, said, \u201cNut butter is one of the most requested items at the Food Bank because it\u2019s high in protein, shelf-stable, and something kids love. This donation plays a critical role in helping us provide a nutritious, reliable food option to households facing food insecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City News Service<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Diego Food Bank truck. (File photo \/ Times of San Diego) San Diego-based nonprofit International Relief&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9480,76554,74,3405,76,75],"class_list":["post-156810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-donations","tag-international-relief-teams","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-food-bank","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}