Jessica Sorgea

Leatherby’s Fundraiser on March 3

Mark your calendars!

Monday, March 3

5 PM-11 PM

Leatherby’s Family Creamery, Folsom

You don’t want to miss this!

Load your car with every friend, family member, neighbor, and whoever else you can find, and visit Leatherby’s on Monday, March 3, to support Twin Lakes Food Bank!

When you mention Twin Lakes at the register (which comes naturally for all of you dedicated partners ;), 20% of all dine in sales and call-in takeout sales directly benefit your hungry neighbors.

We look forward to seeing you there as we fight hunger in Folsom together!

FOLSOM FOOD BANK COLLECTS OVER 1200 LBS OF CITRUS TO FEED COMMUNITY

Each year, as citrus trees across the region reach their peak, many homeowners find themselves with an abundance of fruit they can’t use. Rather than letting these backyard harvests go to waste, dozens of Folsom and El Dorado Hills residents have stepped up to donate their excess produce to Twin Lakes Food Bank, helping to provide fresh, nutritious food for those in need.

Since Jan. 1, community members have contributed more than 1,200 pounds of oranges, lemons, and grapefruits to the food bank.” Continue reading Folsom Times Article.

How Pantry Outreach Programs Reach Our Community

What are POPs?

Pantry Outreach Programs (POP) allow us to partner with local organizations to provide food to more of our vulnerable neighbors.

Our POPs work with Folsom’s Hope, Powerhouse Ministries, Falcon Cares at Folsom Lake College, and more to reach our community.

Each of our POP partners offer support and resources in a variety of areas–academic, socio-emotional development, employment, counseling, and more. By helping provide the basic need of nutritious food, we can help these organizations empower students, families, and our vulnerable neighbors through wrap-around care.

What is their influence?

Folsom’s Hope provides a meal for each child enrolled in the STARS after-school program. By partnering with them to provide lunch foods, we can help ensure that between school lunches and STARS, each of these students receives 3 meals a day.

One of the outreaches of Falcon Cares at Folsom Lake College is a weekly food pantry for students, faculty, and the FLC Community. By providing nonperishable items in smaller portions, we can help the Falcon Cares team reach each hungry student with nutritious food in amounts that they can store and prepare.

Folsom Lake College students share:

“This is super helpful for lunches and snacks.”

“This service greatly helped me during this semester due to being in disability and having zero income. Seeing everyone there once a week warmed my heart and really gave me something to look forward too, in addition to having food. Thank you!”

Thank you to each of our POP partners for the work you do and the services and resources you provide to our neighbors in need.

What a privilege to support these outreaches by providing food each week!

FOLSOM’S TWIN LAKES FOOD BANK RAISES $237K AMID INCREASING NEED

A group of 250 guests at Twin Lakes Food Bank’s annual gala, hosted last Friday at Lakeside Church, raised more than $237,000 to help feed the hungry throughout the holiday season and into the new year.

“Inflation has hit our guests hard and the need for nutritious food has increased,” executive director Lisa Tuter said to Folsom Times, noting that more than 3,000 people are served every month, with individual days when the food bank serves 75 or more families. “The growing population, including local families occupying a larger number of state-mandated workforce housing units, increases the need, which makes the support we receive from the community even more heartwarming.” Continue reading Folsom Times Article.

TLFB Gala Brings in $237,000

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Gala!

Each donor, volunteer, sponsor, and participant in the live and online auctions helped us raise over $237,000 this year.

As we faced inflation, high food costs, and a growing number of guests, you stepped up and gave on average 13% more than you did last year—filling the gaps and ensuring that each of our hungry neighbors have access to the basic need of nutritious food.

Thank you for your support in helping us continue the daily distribution of food at the Twin Lakes Food Bank. We would not be successful without the generosity of our supporters.

From each of us on staff at the Twin Lakes Food Bank, thank you!

Wow! Folsom Sponsors 350 Under-resourced Students

The Need

Last week, we were preparing for the Back to School Extravaganza but still waiting on sponsorships for 280 students. We asked the community to consider sponsoring a student for $25.

As the week went on, we began to receive sponsorships, but we also continued to have children register to receive school supplies. Currently, 350 under-resourced students will attend the event on August 2 to enjoy time with their family, haircuts, chicken sandwiches, community resources, and more.

Your Response

In just one week, Folsom showed up for our students, and every single one has been sponsored by you all. Thank you!

These sponsorships provide students with grade-appropriate school supplies. Students will receive crayons, markers, pencils, erasers, glue sticks, highlighters, notebooks, pens, index cards, and more. Additionally, the community is providing professional haircuts and hygiene kits. Your generosity is giving under-resourced students in Folsom an extraordinary start to the school year!

If you are still considering giving, click the link below to help us continue to support Folsom’s youth throughout the school year.

Support Folsom’s Youth Here

280 Under-Resourced Children Still Need School Supplies

Back to School Extravaganza

One of our favorite days of the year is quickly approaching on August 2! Each year at the Back to School Extravaganza, Folsom’s neighbors come together to love on local families as they get ready for the first day of school. Last year, 325 under-resourced children received brand new backpacks, gift cards for new shoes, professional haircuts, hygiene products, community resources, and more.

This year, we are working with Chick-fil-A, Folsom Fire, Folsom Police, Folsom’s Hope, and other community partners to give families a fun and memorable experience as they get ready for a new school year. In addition to school supplies, families can enjoy chicken sandwiches, bounce houses, ice cream, meeting firefighters and police officers, and even more.

We Need Your Help

As all of these community partners come together to make the day extra special, we still need your help to provide each student with the required school supplies for their grade level. By sponsoring a student for $25, you can personally touch the life of an under-resourced student in our community. Your donation will provide one child with all the school supplies they need and help them start the new school year feeling confident and prepared.

Right now, $7,000 away from our goal, 280 students still need school supplies, and the Back to School Extravaganza will be here before we know it. Click the button below to sponsor one or more of Folsom’s students and give every child a fabulous first day of school.

Sponsor a Student Here

Your Chance to Make Some Smiles: Only 1 Week Away

Produce volunteers, Ernesto and Maureen aren’t just smiling because they get to serve food to their neighbors in need; they can’t wait for you to join the cause to raise funds during this year’s Big Day of Giving that will enable the food bank to accomplish some important goals for the benefit of our 3000+ food insecure guests. To find out what those objectives are and how you can help us reach our $70,000 goal, visit our page where you can donate until midnight on May 2.

GIVE TODAY!

Closing in on Food Drive Goal

On March 1, we sent out an appeal to the community to donate non-perishable food items for our hungry neighbors as our inventory was dangerously low. Six weeks later, we are pleased to report that our shelves are filling up due to the generosity of local organizations, businesses, churches and individual residents in the greater Folsom community. We have collected 25,276 pounds of our 30,000 pound goal! These non-perishables will feed the 200+ families coming to the food bank every week.

Big Day of Giving Fundraiser Giving Opens April 18

Big Day of Giving, the Sacramento region fundraiser for non-profits on Thursday May 2, comes at a crucial time at the food bank. Although reports indicate that inflation has flattened, individuals and families living at the poverty level are experiencing no relief at the grocery store, where skyrocketing food prices remain high. This is bringing more guests and longer lines to the food bank. The increased need for food is causing the food bank to expand its food sourcing for items such as milk, cheese, butter and sliced bread and sufficiently manage the long lines of guests that are waiting up to an hour for food outside the food bank, often in inclement weather. The goal to raise $70,000 will enable the food bank to purchase more core food items to meet the increased need from our food insecure neighbors and will fund the project to build an extended awning to provide protection to our guests while they wait in line. The remaining funds will be allocated to replace an inoperable forklift, necessary to transport and store our food donations. Donations will be accepted from April 18 – May 2 at 11:59PM.

GIVING BEGINS TODAY!