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FIND FOOD BANK, INC.
68-615 Perez Rd., 14 B
Cathedral City, CA.  92235
 

 

Conquering Hunger in the Coachella Valley.

Distribution and Member Agencies:

Food and basic essentials are distributed to individuals through other non-profit agencies that share FIND's mission. 

Those Agencies include: 

  • Food Pantries provide bags of food that are used to prepare meals at home.
     
  • Soup Kitchens serve hot meals in a communal setting.
     
  • Shelters for battered women and the homeless.
     
  • Programs that serve needy children and the elderly.
     
  • On-Site Feeding for residential programs and group homes.
     
  • Boys and Girls Clubs  for after school activities.

In 2004 FIND distributed nearly 6.0 million pounds of food, to more than 780,000 individuals, through more than 65 agency members, nearly doubling the amount of food that was distributed in 2002. 

Member Agencies Include;
 
ABC Recovery Center
Indio		 AGAPE Compassion Center
Anza		 Anza Baptist Church
Anza
     
ANZA Christian Men's Service Club Apostolic Church of
Indio		 Blythe Emergency Food Pantry
     
Boy's and Girls's Club of Cathedral City Boy's and Girl's Club of Desert Hot Springs Boy's and Girl's Club of Coachella Valley
     
Bread of Life of
Cathedral City		 Bread of Life of
Landers		 Calvary Bible Church of Cathedral City
     
Cathedral Palms Apartments Catholic Charities serving Mecca Centro Libre Cristiano
Coachella-Indio
     
Chappa Bella Vista
Cathedral City		 Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Indio Coachella Senior Center
     
Community Food Pantry
Joshua Tree		 Community Presbyterian Church of Cathedral City Desert Aids Project
Palm Springs-Indio
     
Desert Highland Unity Center-Palm Springs Desert Chapel
Palm Springs		 Eagle Mountain Baptist Church-Desert Center
     
Emmanual Christian Fellowship-Anza Family Worship Center of Coachella Father's Heart Ranch
Desert Hot Springs
     
Fight Cancer Now
Indio		 FIND Emergency Distribution-Cathedral city First Baptist Church of Cathedral City
     
First Southern Baptist Church of
Desert Hot Springs		 FISH of
Coachella Valley
Coachella		 Food for Life
Twenty Nine Palms
     
Food Now
Desert Hot Springs		 For the Children
Indio		 Foundation for the Retarded of the Desert
Palm Desert
     
Hacienda Valdez
Desert Hot Springs		 Hidden Harvest and Desert Cities Hunger Action
Mecca-Thermal-Coachella		 Jesus House of Prayer Yucca Valley
     
Jesus is Salvation
Thermal		 Jordan Outreach Ministries Coachella Liberos Campesinas Coachella
     
Martha's Kitchen
Indio		 Mizell Senior Center
Palm Springs		 Miriam House
Indio
     
New Port Harbour Recovery of Palm Springs Palm House of
Palm Desert		 Salvation Army
Cathedral City
     
Senior Center of
Desert Hot Springs		 Shelter from the Storm
Palm Desert		 Southern California Housing-Cathedral City
   

 
 Senior Center of
Desert Hot Springs		 Soroptimist House of Hope
Desert Hot Springs		 St. Louis Church of Cathedral City
     
St. Elizabeth Church of Desert Hot Springs St. John's Church of Rancho Mirage St. Margraret's Church of Palm Desert
     
St. Theresa Church of
Palm Springs		 Temple Garden of Prayer of Blythe Temple Sinai of
Palm Desert
     
Tools for Tomorrow
Palm Desert		 The Bridges of Hope
Palm Springs		 The Ranch Recovery Center-Desert Hot Springs
     
United Methodist Church Palm Springs The Well in the Desert of Palm Springs Victory Outreach of
Desert Hot Springs (Mens)
     
Victory Outreach of Indio (Women) Victory Outreach of Indio (Mens) Western Horizons
Cathedral City
     
West Shores of
Salton Sea		    
     
     

Food Distribution Categories:

General Distributions: Products are distributed to individuals through on of almost 70 agency members.  In 2004 FIND provided assistance to hundreds of thousands of individuals, agencies and families.

USDA Distributions: FIND is the local distributor of government commodities (surplus food purchased by the USDA for distribution to low-income persons).

Homeless/Hungry Meals: Food is provided to prepare hot meals and make sandwiches at various desert locations.

Onsite Feeding: FIND provides 20% to 40% of the food required to feed occupants housed at non-profit shelters and institutions.

Health Education: Elementary school nurses are given toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, crayons, pencils, rulers, etc.-etc., to be given to low-income children after immunizations.

After School Child Care: Snack items, juice, and personal care items are provided to low-income families.

Pre-School Child Care: Food is provided to children for hot lunch and snacks as well as personal care items.

Summer Children Programs: Food is offered to agencies that provide summer assistance for underprivileged children.

Emergency Food: Walk-in clients are provided with food and referrals are given to one of FIND's member agencies.

On-the Job Training: FIND trains volunteers from local recovery homes to work in the warehouse and office.