Alameda Point Collaborative, Inc.

We had an incredible response to this fundraiser, thank you so much to the compassionate and generous Alameda community! We increased our goal to $40,500 and will continue raising funds through the end of January. If we reach our new goal, we will be able to fund hot and healthy meals through mid-August, working with a total of 31 restaurants. 


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The City of Alameda is launching Feed Alameda, a new campaign that expands on the faith-based Dine and Connect Program by feeding the most vulnerable members of our community while supporting local restaurants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Starting January 20, 2021, the program will pay local restaurants to provide 90 meals per week to Alameda’s homeless individuals, women and children at Midway Shelter, residents of the FEMA trailers, and those who use the safe overnight parking areas at Alameda Point.

City funding will underwrite the first 11 weeks of meals and a GoFundMe will allow the community to extend this program through the difficult months ahead (our goal to raise $27,000 will provide hot meals through June). Sponsors to date include the Alameda Rotary, Alameda Police Officers Association, Alameda Chamber of Commerce, and Alameda Firefighter’s Local 689. Many thanks to the Alameda Point Collaborative for being the fiscal sponsor of Feed Alameda. All donations are tax deductible.  

“COVID-19 has been especially hard on our most vulnerable community members and our restaurants, so we modeled this program on the National Restaurant Association’s ‘Let Restaurants Do the Cooking’ campaign that I learned about on a conference call with other U.S. Mayors,” stated Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft. “Please be as generous as you can! Your donations will go directly to purchase hot meals that are delivered to people in need.”

Thanks to the incredible community support we received, we've been feeding Alamedans for a few weeks (see www.alamedaca.gov/feedalameda)! This new fundraiser expands the program so we can feed more Alamedans for longer -- hopefully through the fall! Please help us spread the word!! 


Feed Alameda pays restaurants, who have been among the hardest hit during the pandemic, to make hot and healthy meals for our unsheltered residents. After receiving more than $46,000 from a community GoFundMe and additional sponsorships from Alameda Rotary, Alameda Police Officers Association, Alameda Chamber of Commerce, and Alameda Firefighter's Local 689, the program is paying local restaurants to provide 90 meals per week to Alameda’s unsheltered individuals, women and children at Midway Shelter, residents of the FEMA trailers, and those who use the safe overnight parking areas at Alameda Point. Many thanks to the Alameda Point Collaborative for being the fiscal sponsor of Feed Alameda and to everyone who donated!! This new effort to Feed More Alamedans increases the number of meals each week and extends the program through the fall. We can do this Alameda!!