About FIND Food Bank
Founded in 1983, FIND Food Bank is the Desert’s Regional Food Bank serving over 5,000
square miles, including eastern Riverside and southern San Bernardino Counties,
from the Hi-Desert and Joshua Tree across the Coachella Valley to Anza, down to
the Salton Sea and the border of CA and AZ. FIND is the largest hunger-relief
and food rescue organization in the region. They are the Feeding America food
bank for the Coachella Valley desert region and recognized as the USDA
distributor for eastern Riverside County and the County of Riverside, and the
State of CA as the regional Disaster Response food bank. FIND’s mission is to
end hunger today, tomorrow, and for a lifetime. To end hunger for Today, FIND
currently feeds an average of 150,000 individuals, families, children, seniors,
and veterans each month. Their 150 distribution sites include over 80 community
agency partnerships (soup kitchens, religious organizations, local nonprofits)
and 44 community mobile markets that serve food deserts and low-income areas.
FIND's two distribution centers strategically located in the Coachella Valley
and Hi-Desert help ensure equitable food distribution for all. To end hunger
for Tomorrow, FIND offers outreach services that connect residents to benefits
programs that improve financial security. FIND works to end hunger for a
Lifetime by identifying the root causes of hunger to break cycles of food
insecurity to achieve self-sufficiency.