Covello in the Community

The Covello Group has been involved with the Food Bank of Contra Costa County and Solano for the past few years. Employees volunteer their time and resources quarterly. The Food Bank was founded in 1975 by people who saw the need for a central clearinghouse for food donations. Back then, the Food Bank had two employees, one truck, and a trailer for storing food. The driver would pick up day old bread from Safeway and return it to the trailer, where people from area churches would pick it up and distribute it from their food pantries at church. Later the organization became certified by the America's Second Harvest Food Bank Network. In 1995 the Solano Food Bank merged with the Contra Costa Food Bank it became the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. The Food Bank of Contra Costa County and Solano serves over 82,000 people every month, and distributes about 8 million pounds a year, enough food for 6.4 million meals!