Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino (FARSB) is proud to be part of Enterprise Mobility’s Fill Your Tank® Program, which is helping to end hunger by supporting local food banks. This incredible $50,000 from Feeding America, a key partner of the Fill Your Tank program, will provide resources critical to supporting the organization’s Nourish Now program that provides emergency, supplemental food box deliveries to homebound seniors, and individuals in the Inland Empire (IE).
“Many older adults face difficult choices between basic needs like food, housing, and medication,” said Joanna Solorio, Interim Chief Executive Officer at FARSB. “Programs like Nourish Now ensure homebound seniors can receive nutritious food delivered directly to their door, helping them stay healthy and independent,” Solorio continued.
Nearly 7 million seniors age 60 and older—1 in 11 seniors—were food insecure in 2022, an increase of approximately 25% from 2021, consistent with USDA reports of rising food insecurity across most populations. Nourish Now was established in 2020 to provide seniors and homebound individuals with food deliveries during the stay-at-home mandate, but has continued as the need remained.
Through this program, the local food bank can continue to provide emergency, supplemental food box deliveries to those without access to transportation or who are homebound due to physical illness or disability.
As part of the Fill Your Tank program, the Enterprise Mobility Foundation has committed $30M through 2030 to Feeding America. This funding will support critical hunger-relief resources for senior neighbors in need through programs like Nourish Now.
For more information about FARSB’s hunger-relief efforts, please visit www.FeedingIE.org
About Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino
Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino (FARSB) is leading the fight against hunger in the Inland Empire by providing food access, emergency relief, education, and advocacy to families in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. FARSB opened in 1980 as Survive Food Bank in response to the increasing concern about the dual problems of hunger and food waste in the Inland Empire. Today, FARSB is the primary food source for nearly 250 local nonprofit organizations, distributing over 3.1 million pounds of food monthly to emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, high-need elementary schools, senior centers, after-school programs, and more. With the help of these community partners, they make up the largest hunger-relief organization serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, ultimately making food security a reality for
About Enterprise Mobility
Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions including car rental, fleet management, flexible vehicle hire, carsharing, vanpooling, truck rental, luxury rental, retail car sales and vehicle subscription, as well as other transportation technology services and solutions, to make travel easier and more convenient for customers. Enterprise Mobility, inclusive of its subsidiaries and franchisees, and affiliate, Enterprise Fleet Management, manage a diverse fleet of more than 2.4 million vehicles through an integrated network of over 9,500 fully staffed neighborhood and airport rental locations in more than 90 countries and territories. Privately held by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise Mobility manages the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo brands.
About Feeding America
Feeding America is committed to an America where no one is hungry. We support tens of millions of people who experience food insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive as part of a nationwide network of food banks, statewide food bank associations, food pantries and meal programs. We also invest in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food security and work to address factors that impact food security, such as health, cost of living, and employment.
We partner with people experiencing food insecurity, policymakers, organizations, and supporters, united with them in a movement to end hunger. Visit www.FeedingAmerica.org to learn more.