See that empty plate? That’s something most of us see only at the beginning at a meal. But what if that’s what you faced day in, day out, for nearly every meal, simply because you had no food to fill it?
Sadly, that’s the reality for so many in our community, and it hits kid the hardest. While a lot of kids are lucky enough to get hot lunches at school, when the weekend comes they’re faced with empty plates and hungry bellies. Childhood is supposed to be about fun, not hunger.
That’s where the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank comes in. This month, they’re teaming up with local San Diego restaurants and food trucks to help feed hungry kids across the county.
Throughout the month of August, select restaurant and food truck locations throughout San Diego will be promoting a featured dish, and every time that featured dish is sold, they will donate one dollar to the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, a program that provides weekend food to chronically hungry elementary school children. Currently the Food Bank serves 800 children in 22 schools, but with the continued support of the community and the Dollar A Dish campaign, the San Diego Food Bank will serve 1050 children in 26 schools in the 2011-2012 school year. Wow!
You can also help out by donating canned goods and other non-perishables to the San Diego Food Bank’s warehouse location at 9850 Distribution Avenue in Miramar. Otherwise you can drop food off at any VONS location throughout the county until Labor Day. If you want to help spread the word at work or your child’s school, please download and print the Dollar a Dish Poster for distribution.
So if you’re eating out in August, please stop by one of the Dollar A Dish participants and order their Food 4 Kids Featured Dish!
FOOD TRUCKS
Chop Sooey
BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich with Cilantro Lime Cole Slaw & Lobster Roll Sandwich on Brioche Roll with Fries
Devilicious
Burger DuJour
Corner Cupcakes
Any Sixpack of Cupcakes
Flippin Pizza
Buffalo Chicken Pie
Food Farm
Soyrizo Chili Fries
Mangia Mangia
Meatball Panini
Ms. Patty Melt
Patty Melt Burger
Two for the Road
Cap’n Crunch Crab Cakes
RESTAURANTS
Blueprint Café
Signature Salad (First week of August only)
Burlap
Red Chili Rock Shrimp
Cowboy Star
Pan Roasted Chicken Breast
Croce’s Restaurant and Bar
2 Appetizers: The Seared Sea Scallops & the Charbroiled CAB Filet Mignon
Cucina Urbana
ANY pizza during lunch
Flavor Del Mar
Heirloom tomato salad with sweet corn relish and Banyuls vinaigrette
Flippin Pizza
Buffalo Chicken Pie at all four locations
Kensington Grill
Sweet chili ‘fall off the bone’ pork baby back ribs | jalapeno cheddar cornbread + lime butter
NINE-TEN
NINE-TEN Burger
Prep Kitchen
salted caramel brownie
Rimel’s
Potstickers
Ritual Tavern
Seafood bouillabaisse
Searsucker
Artichoke Hearts
Sprinkles
Cinnamon Sugar Cupcake
Terra
Potato, Brie & red Onion Quesadillas w/ chipotle honey
The Red Door
Turkey Meatloaf
Wellington
Beef Wellington
Whisk n’Ladle
Chocolate Pot Du Creme
Zenbu
HotRock
That sounds like such a good event. I wish i were around to participate in it!
What a great idea. I hope they make a lot of money.
I have that plate from Target!!
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2011/06/no-bake-coconut-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-bites.html
It’s underneath the top plate.
It was great meeting you tonite! we HAVE to keep in touch and get together!!! I could chat with you for hours! 🙂
I saw people tweeting about this — sounds wonderful! Any excuse to find the food trucks and taste great food for a good cause sounds good to me. I know that supportive programs like this definitely have an impact on kids. The free school breakfasts & lunches just aren’t enough for them.