{"id":390103,"date":"2026-07-08T03:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390103\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T03:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:48:19","slug":"poway-library-hosts-free-food-distributions-through-july-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390103\/","title":{"rendered":"Poway Library hosts free food distributions through July 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free food distributions provided by Feeding San Diego will continue through July 29 at the Poway Library.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh produce and assorted food such as beans and rice, shelf-stable milk and protein bars will be available to the public from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the library, 13137 Poway Road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A variety of produce and staples are given away each week during the summer at the Poway Library. (Julie Gallant)\" width=\"4000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PRN-L-LIBRARYFOOD-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9956339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Julie Gallant<\/p>\n<p>A variety of produce and staples are given away each week during the summer at the Poway Library. (Julie Gallant)<\/p>\n<p>About 250 families are provided with a box of food each week, said Farrah Mazhari, adult services librarian II.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s food distribution included 800 pounds each of strawberries, celery and potatoes, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers from the National Charity League, the Buddhist Temple of San Diego, and the Rotary Club of Poway-Scripps assisted library staff in distributing the food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Free food is bundled into boxes before distribution from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. (Julie Gallant)\" width=\"3116\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PRN-L-LIBRARYFOOD-03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9956340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Julie Gallant<\/p>\n<p>Free food is bundled into boxes before distribution from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. (Julie Gallant)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free food distributions provided by Feeding San Diego will continue through July 29 at the Poway Library. Fresh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[15762,157135,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-390103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-feeding-san-diego","tag-free-food-poway","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390103","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=390103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}