
Valley Feeding Project - Help REBUILD from fire
Video of the destruction: https://vimeo.com/580957877
Contact info:
Julie Walsh - [phone redacted]
[email redacted]
On Wednesday, July 28th around 10:30 PM a fire broke out at the Valley Feeding Project warehouse. It is a total loss. We are devastated.
Valley Feeding Project is a non profit that partners with the community to provide free and discounted food to those in need. We partner with many local non-profits and organizations to feed Kern County's most vulnerable and hungry populations. We also provide food to low income seniors and people relying on food stamps.
Valley Feeding has been able to donate millions of pounds of food to churches and other organizations providing free food those in need and the homeless. To pay for the expenses of running the food ministry warehouse, we collect a small shared maintenance fee for some of the food items.
Immediate needs:
**Warehouse Space to receive and store pallets of dry goods
**Refrigeration space
**Dry/cool storage place
**A place in downtown (ideally) Bakersfield to have a retail space.
Some of the major items we lost include:
6,000 sq ft warehouse space we were renting
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of food will need to be replaced
Commercial freezers and refrigerators
(3) Walk in freezer and refrigeration units
Over 20 refrigerators and freezers
2 forklifts
2 pallet jacks
4 sliding glass true refrigerators
5 big white Ice chests
Cash register
Laptops
Security systems
30 pallet racks
Tools , large tool chest
Large swamp cooler
Extension ladder
Kayak
Big screen tv
Washer + Dryer
All donations will help us rebuild!