Placer County Food Bank's Free Drive-Thru Food Distributions (formerly 'Free Farmers Markets') are held once a month, offering non-perishable and perishable (fresh, seasonal California-grown produce) at the following locations: Cameron Park, Colfax, Forest Hill, Georgetown, Lincoln, Placerville, Pollock Pines, Rocklin, Sheridan. The information below including locations, dates, and hours is subject to change.

To see the most up-to-date schedule for each location, visit: https://placerfoodbank.org/get-food/

Cameron Park

• Hours: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Schedule: 1st Thursday of each month
• Location: 2500 Country Club Drive, El Dorado County (Cameron Park Library)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Colfax

• Hours: 10 am-12:00 pm
• Schedule: 2nd Monday of each month
• Location: 55 School Street, Placer County (Sierra Vista Community Center)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Foresthill

• Hours: 10 am-12:00 pm
• Schedule: Last Monday of each month EXCEPT MAY 24, 2021 & DEC. 20,
  2021
• Location: 24625 Harrison Street, Placer County (Harrison Street Yard)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

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Georgetown

• Hours: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
• Schedule: 3rd Thursday of each month
• Location: 2831 Harkness Road, El Dorado County (St. James Mission Church)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Lincoln

• Hours: 8 am-10 am
• Schedule: 2nd to last Friday of each month EXCEPT DEC. 23, 2021 (THURS)
• Location: 65 McBean Park Drive, Placer County (McBean Park)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Placerville

• Hours: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm.
• Schedule: 3rd Friday of each month
• Location: 2800 Moulton Drive, El Dorado County (Markham Middle School)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Pollock Pines

• Hours: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
• Schedule: 2nd Wednesday of each month
• Location: 2675 Sanders Drive, El Dorado County (Pollock Pines-Camino Community Center)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Rocklin

• Hours: 8 am-10 am
• Schedule: Last Friday of each month EXCEPT NOV. 24, 2021 (WED) & DEC. 30,
  2021 (THURS)
• Location: 5480 5th Street, Placer County (Johnson-Springview Park)
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

Sheridan

• Hours: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
• Schedule: 2nd Friday of each month
• Location: Celebration Family Worship: 5721 10th Street, Placer County
• Drive-Thru Only Food Distribution

All food distributions are drive-thru only. You must be present to receive food. Please remove all items from your trunk so that volunteers can place food in your vehicle.

Placer County Food Bank's Feed Our Future program provides food assistance. Feed Our Future reaches out to food insecure children, rural communities and more. Under this umbrella, services that are offered include:
 

• Free Drive-thru Food distributions (formerly "Free Farmers Markets") at the following locations:
  • Cameron Park, Colfax, Forest Hill, Georgetown, Lincoln, Placerville, Pollock Pines, Rocklin, Sheridan.

 

• Backpack program
  • Roseville City, Western Placer, and Auburn School Districts
  • For children who live in food insecure households, meaning they do not know with certainty where their next meal will come from. Most of these children rely on meals provided by national school meal programs as their primary source of food. When Monday arrives many of these children complain of stomach aches, dizziness, difficulty concentrating, or are simply absent from school. The Backpack program provides these children with nutritious, easy-to-prepare food for weekends and holidays when school is not in session. Placer Food Bank assembles and distributes 987 packages of child-friendly snacks and meals each week to several high-need schools in the Roseville City, Western Placer, and Auburn School Districts. Packages are distributed to the students on Friday afternoons, who then tuck them into their backpacks before they head home for the weekend.

 

• School Pantry
  • The School Pantry program is ideal for schools serving students that have an adult available to prepare and cook meals for them. Placer Food Bank supplies a family sized bag of produce one week and nonperishable food the next. School Pantry encourages families to experiment with new healthy recipes, share their love of cooking and sit and enjoy a meal together. Placer Food Bank distributes family bags of food benefiting 560 families per week.

Website:

• Feed Our Future - https://placerfoodbank.org/feed-our-future-program/

Placer Food Bank is dedicated to feeding the hungry through its network of partner agencies, educating the community about hunger, and advocating for hunger relief.

To see the most up-to-date food distribution schedule for each location, visit: https://placerfoodbank.org/get-food/

 Food distributions are provided through agencies in El Dorado, Nevada, and Placer counties. Placer Food Bank also hosts FREE Drive-Thru Food Distributions (formerly Free Farmers Markets).

Free Drive-Thru Food Distributions, offering non-perishable and perishable (fresh, seasonal California-grown produce) are available at the following locations:

• Cameron Park
• Colfax
• Foresthill
• Georgetown
• Lincoln
• Placerville
• Pollock Pines
• Rocklin
• Sheridan

Placer Community Gardens (PCG) is a program of Placer Food Bank designed to build grass-roots, community-oriented solutions to feeding and nourishing those in need. They connect individuals, community organizations and businesses, with local gardeners and farmers to grow, harvest, and distribute fresh produce to more than 90,000 individuals suffering from hunger in Placer County. Visit the Placer Community Gardens website to learn about starting your own garden (including a vegetable planting guide to the Placer County area, irrigation info, and more).

Feed Our Future is a program through Placer Food Bank that provides food assistance. Feed Our Future reaches out to food insecure children, rural communities, and more. Under this umbrella, services that are offered include:

• Free Drive-Thru Food Distributions (formerly Free Farmers Markets)
• Backpack program
• School Pantry

Websites:

• Placer Food Bank - https://placerfoodbank.org/
• Placer Food Distributions - https://placerfoodbank.org/get-food/
• Placer Community Gardens - https://placerfoodbank.org/placer-community-gardens-program/
• Feed Our Future - https://placerfoodbank.org/feed-our-future-program/

Meals on Wheels is the flagship program of the Older Americans Act. It exemplifies a service designed to help Older Adults Age in Place by targeting people who are home alone during the day and who have difficulty preparing simple meals. For clients who need the service temporarily.

Eligibility:
At the time services are provided, clients shall be:

• 60 years of age or older, sufficiently functionally impaired and homebound; or,
• The spouse, of any age, of an eligible client; or,
• A person with a disability (of any age) who lives with an eligible client.

Menu
See this web page for a link to each month's menu.

Easy
Hot meals are delivered to the door Monday through Friday (except on holidays)

Fresh & Healthy
Meals are prepared fresh daily in accordance with nutritional guidelines for seniors

Flexible
Regular service is offered to those seniors who are homebound, as well as short term services for those recuperating from recent illness, hospitalization or convalescent care.

Enrollment
For more information or to enroll in Meals on Wheels contact us at (530) 878-5718.

For home delivered meals in Truckee, Tahoe City and Kings Beach please call Sierra Senior Services at (530) 550-7600

Provides meal delivery and daily wellness checks in Placer, Nevada and Washoe counties. Allows seniors to remain independent and at home for as long as possible by providing community safety net for the most frail and vulnerable segment of the population.

Webpages:

• Sierra Senior Services - https://www.sierraseniors.org
• Monthly menu calendar - https://www.sierraseniors.org/meal-delivery

Sierra Community House Weekly Drive-Through Food Distributions

• All services are free and available in English and Spanish.
• Community Members are asked to remain in their vehicles and must wear a mask. We will place a bag of nutritious, perishable, and non-perishable food in your trunk.
• We will be following CDC, Placer County, Nevada County, and Washoe County COVID-19 public health and safety recommendations.
• If you need an alternative way to access food assistance, please call 775-545-4083 or email food@sierracommunityhouse.org.

WEEKLY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS
Tuesdays – Truckee, CA
Sierra Community House Warehouse
12116 Chandelle Way Suite D2
4:00 – 5:00pm

Thursdays – Incline Village, NV
The Village Church
736 McCourry Blvd.
2:30 – 3:30pm

Please contact the Director of Hunger Relief at 775-545-4083 with questions about distribution sites
or times.

EMERGENCY & COOKING COMPROMISED FOOD BOX
A limited number of boxes of non-perishables are available at the following locations:

Nevada County Social Services
10075 Levon Ave, Truckee, CA 96161
(530) 582-7803
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Placer County Health and Human Services
5225 North Lake Blvd, Carnelian Bay, CA
(530) 546-1900
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday – 8:00 am – 11:00 am
Monday – Friday – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Village Church
736 McCourry Blvd., Incline Village, NV
775-831-0784
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday-Friday- 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Emergency Respite Day Center
10124 High Street, Truckee, CA
530-386-7954
Hours of Operation:
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays- 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

FACE (FOOD & COMPANIONSHIP EXCHANGE)
FACE is our home food delivery program for individuals who cannot make it to our weekly food distributions due to mental or physical limitations.

CALFRESH APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
CalFresh (formerly known as Food Stamps) can help families and individuals put healthy and
nutritious food on the table. CalFresh is a federal supplemental nutrition program for low-income
families and individuals that meet certain income guidelines. If you think you might qualify, Sierra
Community House can help you fill out your application and send in the necessary paperwork.

LET’S TALK TURKEY
Each year, Sierra Community House (formerly Project MANA) helps hundreds of local families have a happy, healthy Thanksgiving through the Let’s Talk Turkey Food Distribution.

2021: Sierra Community House will offer three special food distributions for the Thanksgiving holiday that will include a turkey and fixings. Services are free and everyone is welcome.  You can register onsite; no qualifying documentation is required.

• Incline Village Drive-Through: Thursday, November 18, 2:30-3:30 pm, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church (341 Incline Blvd.)
• Truckee Drive-Through: Tuesday, November 23, 4-5:00 pm, Sierra Community House Warehouse (12116 Chandelle Way)
• Kings Beach Walk-Up: Wednesday, November 24, 3-4:30 pm, Sierra Community House (265 Bear Street)

FOOD DONATIONS
Sierra Community House’s Hunger Relief Program depends heavily on the support of the local community. Please know, however, that 60% of all food donations come in during the holiday season/year-end. The increased amount of food donations creates logistical challenges to our capacity. Please be patient with us as we process your interest in donating food. In order to work together more effectively to serve our community, please consider creative options during food drive season. Scroll down the web page here to see info about Virtual and Traditional Food Drives for donating food.
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This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

THIS AGENCY IS INACTIVATED. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN MOVED TO:
AGENCY: SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
WITH PROGRAM NAME: ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES - SDA - AUBURN

Auburn Adventist Community Services has been around since the 1970s and offers a variety of services for families and individuals who are in need, out of work or simply find that the month lasts longer than the paychecks every once in a while.

Services include:

• Clothing closet
• Food pantry
• Showers
• Community garden
• Computer resource center
• Children’s play area
• Fruit orchard
• Prayer
• Medical services are also available through our sister agency the A.R.C./ Auburn Renewal Center, also located on the church grounds.

The Harvest Community Church drive-thru food closet is open to the community every last Tuesday of the month from 4:30pm-5:30pm. The food pantry bags of groceries are provided by the Placer Food Bank without leaving your vehicle.

Abundant Life Church, through their program Helping Hands Food and Clothes Closet, provides individuals in need with:

• Grocery and food items
• Clothing (adult and children)
• Toiletries
• and more...

These items are provided on a temporary basis until situations can be changed. Every Wednesday from 9-10:30 am Helping Hands is open to distribute food and clothing to those in need.

Annual Christmas baskets are distributed to families in need as well.

• Canned Food Closet.
• Limited Emergency food services.
• Does not carry food other than canned.
• Food Pantry opens each Thursday from 10am-12pm

The Salvation Army is a charitable, faith-based organization that offers support services.

Services include:

• Church and Spiritual care
• Food pantry
• Housing and utility assistance
• Emergency Disaster services
• Youth programs and Summer camps
• Women’s and Men’s programs
• Senior services
• Intermittent Adult and Family Case Management
• Rehabilitation Services Referrals 

Auburn Social Service Office Hours

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10:00 am-2:00 pm Food Pantry
• Monday-Friday: 10:00 am-4:00 pm Homeless ready-made lunch bags ready all week
• Tuesdays and Thursdays: Appointment only. Appointments are scheduled by Karina

PLEASE NOTE; You must call before bringing in non-food donations to ensure we can take them (PLEASE do not leave non-food donations if no one is here).

The Salvation Army is a charitable, faith-based organization that offers support services. Some services may not be available at all times due to funding issues, so call to check on current status.

Services include:

• Food 
  • Food boxes with free bread, fresh produce (when available) and canned goods once per month
  • Food is also available in the lobby once per week
  • Emergency food pantry
• Community meals
• Emergency utility assistance (the City of Roseville)
• Rent assistance - rent and deposit
  • For more information on rent and utility assistance from the Roseville Corps, call 916-784-3382
• Aid to correctional service families
• Holiday programs
  • Toys at Christmas
• Disaster services
  • Emergency preparedness
  • An immediate emergency response including food, water, shelter
  • Getting in touch with loved ones
  • Long-term disaster recovery
  • Spiritual and emotional care
• Spiritual guidance and counseling
  • Bible study
• Youth development and recreational programs
  • Homework assistance
  • No-cost after-school programs
  • No-cost tutoring and mentor program
  • Troops program
  • Music and art
  • Summer camps
• Childcare
• School supplies
  • Not available during COVID-19
• Showers
  • Fridays 6 am-8 am
• Employment assistance
  • Career coaching
  • Job and interview coaching
  • Interview clothing
  • Resume assistance

The Salvation Army of Roseville's services are provided to South Placer County residents. Zipcodes include:

• 95648
• 95650
• 95661
• 95663
• 95677
• 95678
• 95681
• 95746
• 95747
• 95765

 Roseville Corps Food Box Distribution Schedule 

• Monday: 10am-1:00pm and 2pm-3pm
• Tuesday: 10am-1:00pm and 2pm-6:30pm
• Wednesday: 10am-1:00pm and 2pm-3pm
• Thursday: 10am-1:00pm and 2pm-3pm
• Friday: 1pm-3pm

Roseville Corps Community Lunch

• Fridays: 11am-12pm

Roseville Corps Community Breakfast

• Saturdays: 9am-10am

During COVID-19: Youth Program is not available. Salvation Army is hoping for Youth services to be up and running potentially by mid-August.
Roseville Corps Youth Program Schedule

• Monday: TEAM After-School Program 1:30pm-4pm
• Wednesday: TEAM After-School Program 2:30pm-5pm
• Thursday: Troops Program 4:30pm-6:15pm
• Friday: Teen Night 6pm-8pm
• Sunday: Jr. Church/Jr. Soldiers 10:45am-12pm