A Wal-Mart Facebook campaign is helping to raise awareness of hunger in our communities while offering $1 million dollars to the fight. One in five Californians is food insecure and in the Sacramento area 17.7% of families (national average: 9.2%) cannot afford regular meals. Sacramento needs your help! Anyone with a Facebook can participate and support the fight against hunger by visiting the website and “liking” Sacramento. Wal-Mart will donate $1 million to the community with the most support and $100,000 each to the next five communities. The Sacramento area is currently in 7th place. The deadline is December 31, 2010, 4pm PST. Spread the word Once you've “Liked” Sacramento, there'

California State Employees in the Sacramento area together with Sacramento Emergency Foodlink (Foodlink), began collecting food in early November 2009 and continued through January 2010 for the annual Food Drive. This year, despite state furloughs and salary cuts for many state employees, there was a record amount of participation among California State Departments and Agencies with over 200 offices partaking in the Food Drive.  As a result, over 770,000 pounds of food were collected which is an increase from last’s year total of 758,000. “The Food Drive sponsored by California State Employees is one of our largest food drives of the year," says John Healey, President/CEO of Foodlink.  "Y

The holidays are quickly approaching and it's time to help those in need. Help make this Thanksgiving one families will cherish. Pay it forward by donating food items at the following locations: Sacramento City Hall - 915 I Street (All Floors) Historic City Hall - 915 I Street (Main Lobby) Community Development Dept. - 300 Richards Blvd (Main Lobby) City of Sacramento Public Safety Building - 5770 Freeport Blvd (Suites 100 & 200) Sacramento Metro Chamber - 1 Capitol Mall The Drive runs until November 18th, 2009. Contact us at 808-6789 for more information.