Food Outreach

Preventing Homelessness With Food

The HOY South Bay Outreach performs its mission through the hard work and dedication of a small number of employees and a large group of volunteers. Many of our volunteers are clients in our programs and they support the charity’s operations by donating their time and talent. We estimate over 1,700 people are served by our programs each month. Each of our programs is structured to help prevent the tragedy that is homelessness. The working poor are extremely vulnerable to financial disaster because of employment interruptions and illness. When take-home pay is decreased or illness causes unforeseen medical expenses, the money used to make ends meet usually comes from rent reserves. Getting behind on rent payments is a slippery slope toward homelessness.

Donations for the Food Outreach Program are provided 6 days a week by our generous sponsors. The food is removed from their shelves because it has reached its sell by date. Rather than waste these food resources, the sponsors provide this bounty for redistribution to those in need. The food that is given to HOY South Bay Outreach in the morning is distributed to our clients in the afternoon. We ask our generous donors and members of the community to patronize these marvelous sponsors.

Last year our amazing sponsors donated food and merchandise valued at over $2,707,333

Know and Support Our Sponsors

A Typical Day - About 40 Families Pick-up their Weekly Groceries. This Happens 6 Days a Week!

How to Receive Food from our Weekly Food Program

To apply for the Food Outreach Program pick up an application from the HOY South Bay Outreach office. The application is taken home and when completed you need to call the HOY South Bay Outreach Office (310-675-1384) for an appointment to be interviewed. If you qualify, you will be assigned a day to pick up food once a week between 2:00 p.m – 3:00 p.m. We ask a $2.00 donation to help defray the increased cost of gas for the trucks.

The quantity of food distributed to each client is determined by the amount of food donated and the number of people being provided for within the family.

The Food Outreach Program gives families a way to make ends meet during tough financial times. The benefits of this program are:

Improve nutrition with fresh fruits and vegetables.
Reduce food costs with fewer trips to the store and referrals for other free food resources.
Food budget saving can be applied to other unanticipated expenses.
Save money for rent and keep the family sheltered.

Emergency Food Program
If your family needs food, call the HOY South Bay Outreach Office (310-675-1384) between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Every day we have extra food boxes, usually about ten.

The first 10 callers are accepted and can come to HOY South Bay Outreach that day between 2:00pm – 3:00 p.m. If a lot of surplus food exists then additional clients (above 10) are accepted. A picture ID must be provided. We ask a $2.00 donation to help defray the increased cost of gas for the food collection trucks.
If you think your family will need food for some additional weeks, come to the HOY South Bay Outreach Office and get an application for the Weekly Food Program.

How we collect, package, and deliver food for our clients 6 days a week