Our Brown Bag Programs for Seniors serve almost 1,200 very low-income elderly people who struggle to pay for housing, health care, and basic needs on fixed incomes.  The average Brown Bag recipient is a 75 year old woman living on less than $900 a month.  Recipients receive two bags of groceries each month to supplement their food budgets and to maintain self-sufficiency for as long as possible. 

Every two weeks, at 11 Brown Bag distributions throughout the county, the Foodbank provides a grocery bag of nutritious staple foods including high-proteins items, canned soups, pasta, cereal, eggs, bread and pastry items.  Over 150 volunteers, many of whom are Brown Bag recipients, are essential to the success of the program; helping assemble bags of groceries and making home deliveries.

For more information about this program, please contact:

Renate Butler - North County
Brown Bag Coordinator
rbutler@foodbanksbc.org
(805) 937-3422 ext. 107

Frank Clark - South County
Brown Bag Coordinator
fclark@foodbanksbc.org
(805) 967-5741 ext. 102

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Brown Bag Program Sponsors