LOS ANGELES -- With unemployment skyrocketing during the coronavirus outbreak, many families will find themselves needing help for the first time. Over 37 million people don't have access to nutritious food, including 1 in 12 seniors and 1 in 7 children.
If you need help, help is here. These are some of the hunger-relief organizations across Southern California divided by county:
Here's an additional selection of food banks provided by the California Department of Social Services.
Los Angeles County
Food Bank of Southern California
1444 San Francisco Avenue
Long Beach
562-435-3577
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
1734 East 41st Street
Los Angeles
323-234-3030
Orange County
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County
8014 Marine Way
Irvine
949-653-2900
Community Action Partnership of Orange County
11870 Monarch Street
Garden Grove
714-897-6670
Riverside County
Second Harvest Food Bank
serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
2950-B Jefferson Street
Riverside
951-359-4757
San Bernardino County
Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County
696 S. Tippecanoe Avenue
San Bernardino
909-723-1500
Ventura County
Food Share Inc. of Ventura County
4156 North Southbank Road
Oxnard
805-983-7100
Kern County
Community Action Partnership of Kern
5005 Business Park N
Bakersfield
661-336-5236