{"id":14561,"date":"2021-04-12T23:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T23:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/?p=14561"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:04:13","slug":"membermonday-capk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/blog\/membermonday-capk\/","title":{"rendered":"#MemberMonday – CAP Kern Food Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week’s featured member food bank is the Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) <\/a>Comida<\/a> Banco<\/a>. CAPK Food Bank was established in 1983 in Bakersfield, Calif. For the last 30+ years, they have provided assistance to their surrounding community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n

They are a vital resource \u2014 in 2016, Bakersfield was ranked as the metropolitan area with the single worst Food Hardship Rate in the entire country by the Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Acci\u00f3n Alimentaria<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAPK Food Bank does a lot to mitigate hunger \u2014 during the pandemic, they distributed 1 million additional<\/strong> pounds of food per month<\/em>. They are serving approximately 130,000 individuals a month. Like all food banks, CAPK Food Bank was forced to adapt when the pandemic turned everything upside-down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to best serve their community, they have implemented new programs such as: commodity and pantry sites with partners throughout Kern County, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) for folks 60 and over, their Food2Door program for folks 65 and over, the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) supplying produce boxes for seniors, partnering with CAFB for our Food Access for Farmworkers Initiative (FAFI), and distributing free produce at farmers markets in Kern County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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