Always great when you can make time to give back. Been…read morecoming here for about two years , but it's been several months since I last volunteered, so I had to come with my daughter. Came on a Monday morning and was immediately greeted and had to check in. Great cause with each box is able to feed a family of four which is always amazing. Packed boxes for rice, placed instructions on each pack on how to cook rice for the first hour and then transitioned to making boxes of green apples. Highly recommend if you have time please volunteer because your contribution does matter.

Its quite appalling despite the vast resources and wealth this nation and this area posses people…read moreand families still go hungry. This is where a non-profit like Second Harvest comes in. Having volunteered in the past, I had some free time and decided to put that to a good cause. This particular location is a food sorting the distribution center. The 5 days (2 hour shifts) I was there we sorted apples, carrots, pears, built boxes (I liked doing that), made vegetable boxes etc. Sorting the bad batch of zucchini was tough but very satisfying to see how much we were able to salvage. They have a great staff who are helpful and friendly and super organized. You sign up for shits online, you check in via text, get your badge and after a 5 minute safety lecture you wash up and sort. it is also nice to see local companies have organized groups there as well I would give them more stars if yelp would let me

Great place to drop off food that you would like to give away. Sometimes we receive food as gifts…read morethat we can't eat, and it's great to be able to give it away.

great services love the staff also resorces at hand and the word to mouth information is a plus…read morenever second hand... laughing out loud..! keep doing your part well traveled for you

Great group of people proving a needed service to our community. When my mom died there was a lot…read moreof food to dispose of. Anything not expired went to the Pantry. Felt good to be helping out the less fortunate. They also take clothes for their Clothes Closet. Everything is free to the recipients of your largesse

Great place to donate undesired food, excess fruit or cothes. Friiendly folks helping others!!read more

If you have the time to volunteer at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, please do it! I'm so glad my…read morecommunity action group at work was able to offer this opportunity to do food sorting. The staff at Second Harvest is amazing and so passionate about giving back to the community. Once you sign up for a volunteer shift online, you receive multiple email reminders regarding location, parking, what to wear, etc. when my group and I arrived, the staff prompted us with safety instructions and led us through the building to the warehouse. In the food sorting area there are fans blowing so it's not stuffy at all and the music playing was a plus :) At the end of our shift, the staff totaled up how many pounds of food we completed and even brought out fun signs to take pictures with! It was truly such a great experience and amazing way to give back.

First time at this location, and had a wonderful time volunteering here! No produce here, and got…read moreto bag up some canned items and grains for families in our community. The staff here are so kind, fun, and helpful! Will definitely be coming again!

I have been experiencing such hardship in the last 6 months of my life. I came today. Hungry, no…read morefood. You have the best volunteers ever. Two young men helped me. I was in tears. Lelo and another gentlemen, plus many others. I cannot walk very far. They helped me pack of food I in tears. They pushed me in a walker to my car. Loaded food in. I just cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate you all. I sincerely mean it. What would I have done. Not much. Please commend these gentlemen and all your hard workers. Diane

Staff is really rude. It also took them like a half hour to actually open so you may as well show…read moreup around 12:30. Definitely been to way better pantries with nicer staff that are prompt and actually begin their shift on time so probably won't go back.

They are quiet generous and the Indian lady who is the manager is divine! Bless her heart!read more

Gave this a try as I'm still a student and have yet to get into my career. My mother came…read morefrequently to this food bank when I was a child. I remember it being a way more human experience and receiving a cart that had actual food in it. Oftentimes, we would receive close to expiry bakery items from local grocery stores, yogurts, donated little caesars pizzas,canned goods,boxed dry goods,and even things like milk or chicken. My mom was able to make meals out of a lot of the stuff she received back then. Now, coming as an adult, I was a bit surprised and saddened to see that things have greatly changed. At most, you are looking at getting some questionable quality vegetables and maybe a can of tomato sauce or big bag of walnuts. I know beggars can't be choosers, but I honestly don't know what to do with items like this so I've stopped going because for me personally, it is not worth it. If you really need food, like actual food that will sustain you or something that requires less 'cooking' because you are disabled or homeless (or both), I don't recommend coming here. I'd suggest seeking help from a local church or other organization.

Safe food pantry, with security cameras out front at least for those in need. I understand the…read moreprocess to receive food can take all day because it requires waiting in line for a number early in the day, then returning later in the day when the number is called and people receive food. That seems like it would be very impactful to people's lives, if they need to spend the better part of any given day to receive food. That means a 20% loss of potential time to find work for the week. And even more than that because they may miss calls or otherwise be unavailable to attend to jobs business from previous applications for the better part of a day. It also seems like a lot of time in transit to go back and forth twice from home to the pantry, unnecessarily polluting our air from exhaust from combustion engines in vehicles and power plants where electricity is generated, not to mention the cost for gas and maintenance or vehicles for people who cannot afford it. It seems like a raffle where names are randomly selected from the list of people who have registered online in the morning would be a better service to the customers but I guess the implication is that these people's time is not important because they are not working and they deserve to wait in line for hours during cold mornings, standing on cement. At least there is shelter from the awning for the first people who arrive but the others bake in sunshine. Often the later people to arrive don't even wait in line because there is no room to actually do so, so they wander around the parking lot. Compared to the competition, I hear this is a food pantry but still lacking in services required for humane delivery. I won't even start to share the rumors I've heard about how badly people are treated by some staff and some volunteers, as well as people dropping off food. Suffice it to say that there seems to be an 'Us and Them' phenomenon going on amongst providers, despite their sometimes apparent good intentions.

If you use the food pantry get there early as numbers go quickly. That said, the people that work…read morehere are friendly and helpful. They give a wide variety of food & are really organized. This a good place to go if you need food.

Looking for a place to volunteer in SF? Look no further!…read more The Groceries for Seniors program delivers food to seniors in The City who would otherwise go hungry, most of whom live in the Western Addition and China Town. The program is run out of Old St. Mary's Church on California St. by an ex- Haight Ashbury Food Program volunteer, John Meehan. Good people, good cause. Check 'em out and get involved!

I volunteered here back when I lived in San Francisco. My volunteer position was the "Food…read moreWarehouse Person." My duties: - unload groceries from the van - sort and organize all the food - distribute them evenly into grocery bags - hand out the full grocery bags to the seniors waiting outside The volunteers met at 9am in front of the church, and already there was a line of elderly recipients waiting. It broke my heart to see so many hungry people. I know hunger is a major problem in the world, but we don't normally see it right in front of us. The group of volunteers were a diverse bunch and it was fun meeting and greeting them all. I'm definitely volunteering here again when I come back to San Francisco!

1st time today 10.26.21: This is my 1st time here. I'm in…read moreline right now and cant wait to get inside to see how the food is given. I give them 5 stars just for donating their time and energy to help us people in need. Nowadays it's hard to find people that will sacrifice their time to help other people... without wanting anything in return. They just did the head count. People have big bags and rollaway carts. I have 2 medium size bags. They must give lots of food. Okay. Got to go. Ill give a 2nd review right after i walk out the gate.

I went to Hope 4 the Heart in Hayward for food distribution on October 27, 2026. Everyone queued up…read moreand was given a number that decided the pickup order. I watched Asian-looking people being given large numbers, so they had to wait until last, while non-Asian people were given small numbers and went first. This was not first-come, first-served. Being treated differently because of how you look is discrimination, and it has no place at a food bank that is supposed to serve everyone in need. Very disappointing.

CityTeam Ministries does amazing work for the community!…read more A large group from my work had the opportunity last week to help prepare food for the homeless. We received a tour of the facility but spent most of the time in the kitchen area. Our group helped make sandwiches, crack eggs, cut potatoes, and cut fruit. Victor helped train us in food prep...he said he normally does it himself if no groups come out to volunteer. I could tell that the staff there really has a passion for helping the community. I can't wait to go back.... It was such a rewarding experience....

Wish they could have more service on Saturdays like they use to before the pandemic. But now it's…read moreover they should have recovered from that since we're not in a pandemic situation now.