Donor News

Thank you to Macy's for a $3,000 grant to Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa! Macy's, Inc. supports thousands of nonprofit organizations annually because they believe giving back is the right thing to do. It's a long-standing tradition and one that they are very proud of. Their employees also believe in giving back. Employees donated more than 122,000 hours of their personal time to community service.

For the last several months Loaves and Fishes has been picking up beautiful, delicious cupcakes from Kara’s Cupcakes located at 1388 North Main in Walnut Creek. Every Monday we pick up the cupcakes and deliver them to our dining rooms in Martinez, Bay Point, Antioch, Oakley and Pittsburg. It is a special treat for our clients to get such yummy desserts. We are serving more and more children in our dining rooms and these cupcakes delight them.

It’s harvest time at the Diablo Valley College garden and due to the generosity of horticulture teacher Karen Talbot, Loaves and Fishes has been receiving fresh herbs, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and corn this summer. The DVC garden is run by students and volunteers who plant, prune and harvest the herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables all year long. Loaves and Fishes is grateful to Karen and to her students for all the wonderful fresh produce to add to our salads and serve to our clients so we can provide a balanced, healthy meal each day.

August is traditionally the time to harvest and enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables. That tradition is alive and well at Loaves & Fishes. Every August Vincent J. Granberg of Rose Lane Farms on Bethel Island arrives with a load of vine ripened heirloom tomatoes for the kitchen. Vincent has been delivering tomatoes to Loaves & Fishes for over 3 years.  His farm grown heirloom tomatoes are a site to behold; bold colors and shapes. These yellow, green and red tomatoes will be diced, sliced and cooked into an aromatic tomato sauce that will be used in a variety of hearty dishes.  Given the large quantity of tomatoes, James Porter, our head cook, will prepared gallons upon gallons of fresh tomato sauce to be frozen and used over the next several months.  The harvest of today will keep on giving into the months ahead. Thank you Vincent and everyone at Rose Lane Farms!!