San Francisco-Marin Food Bank

The San Francisco/ Marin food bank was a HORRIBLE experience. Social distancing was a constant problem, as was the employees. The project leaders where nothing less than lazy, and too much gossip took place. I have videos of staff literally at stand still while much work is needed to be done. Stop that manipulative tactics were used to "lay off" one of there most hard working employees. We as volunteers know what REALLY HAPPENED, but is this the kind of place we really want serving our community? Where the MANAGEMENT sabotages hard working employees and leaves all the strenuous labor to the elderly volunteers?

With funding for food stamps falling, it's important to support our neighbors who need help with the most basic needs. The food bank is more important than ever

Tips:

Share your personal experience
Provide details and specific examples
Constructive feedback can strengthen the organization
Be honest and candid

Fun volunteer event with a group. Very organized and efficient, and we received a tour of the warehouse at the beginning of the volunteer event.

this food bank helps a lot of people and can be a fun place to volunteer with friends. they collect canned food through many grocery stores.

Love the Food Bank. They make a huge difference to the lives of people in SF. They make so much available to soup kitchens, shelters and pantries in San Francisco in an easy access way and they're really focused on getting as much food to people as possible. They're a model for how other Food Banks should work.

I am coming to this from a volunteer perspective, but I can see in their tremendous warehouse, through their efficient volunteer shifts, and their ubiquitous green bins around the Bay Area that this organization is likely a national leader in how food banks should operate. For volunteers, the work is made super clear and the goal is efficiency; the reward is a super satisfying tally of pounds-of-food finished (whether it's boxing up cucumbers or bagging rice) and an overview of where it will go. They are a remarkably well-run organization, not letting one grain of rice go to waste.

The SF Food Bank is a fantastic organization in every sense. Their mission is clear and the deliver on it. Donations go to recipients. And I have never seen an organization that does so well with its volunteers. As a volunteer you are greeted, organized, well instructed and very productive. They know what to do with the volunteers and so your time is put to good use. Plus they reward you at the end with all the stats regarding the work you have done. It is fun to go with a group - we have done team builing there, I know a friend who had her birthday party there (she brought a cake for the break).

i went here for an evening volunteer event. friends do it more regularly than I. you show up at a set time, and they break you into groups and have you do things like sort cans, sort produce, or pack up food. it was reasonably organized, and reasonably social when you go with friends. i guess I could have used a bit more info on the organization's mission and where everything goes, but they did have a brief intro and tour.