Peace Pantry
Empowerment Through Action
Peace Pantry
Hilsdale Stands Together
Hillsdale recognizes a dramatic rise in the cost of living in our community. The cost of rent, coupled with the high cost of living in San Mateo, has put significant financial pressure on many of our Hillsdale students and families. Hillsdale believes strongly in rallying our community to support our families, so we opened our Peace Pantry in May of 2019 serving just over 25 families through a small Pantry stocked with donated items and goods purchased with donated funds. Since then, the need has grown significantly, and we are now serving nearly 150 families.
HHS Peace Pantry partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank (SHFB) in January 2020, and they provide us with 600 boxes of food (three boxes per family) every week that include fruits/vegetables, non-perishable food, eggs, dairy, and meat. Thanks to our community support and donations we purchase a bag of groceries and essential items through our partnership with Mi Rancho Market to supplement what we receive from SHFB. Lastly, our friends at Transfiguration Church and their dedicated baking team provide families with homemade baked bread, cookies, and desserts every Friday.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to our Peace Pantry so we can continue to offer support through our Hillsdale Peace Pantry, Community Closet, and Community Garden.
Tax-deductible donations can be made through Empowerment Through Action, a 501c3. If your employer does matching gifts, you can double your impact.
For $50 a month you can support a Hillsdale family with groceries and essential items from Mi Rancho Market every other week.
A pledge of $600 will support a family for the next twelve months.
A donation of any amount will directly support a Hillsdale family experiencing food insecurity.
Any size donation is appreciated.
Second Harvest and USDA Disclaimer
In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and American Sign Language) should contact the responsible State or local Agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice an TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 . To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online, at https://www.ascr.usda.gov/sites/default/files/USDA-OASCR%20P-ComplaintForm-0508-0002-508-11-28- 17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.