Carrie Johnson, The Rancho Cordova Community Food Locker Executive Director

On today's episode of the Rancho Cordova Podcast, we speak with The Rancho Cordova Community Food Locker Executive Director, Carrie Johnson. 

 

RCFL was founded in 1987 by a group of concerned citizens in Rancho Cordova who saw a real need for a local food locker. The group, headed by Walter Little and John Healey, included private citizens and representatives from the community's churches and civic organizations.  It set a goal to develop a "community-based" food locker -- not a small project! Help from a number of people and many donations were needed. Over 300 interested people attended the informational meeting and more than 150 people volunteered to help. Generous people with great ideas pitched in to make RCFL a reality. St. John Vianney Church offered a 12' x 60' trailer, a walk-in refrigeration unit, and use of the Church's property. Our box truck was donated and is maintained by the Cordova Kiwanis Club. Other donors and supporters too numerous to list here were also instrumental in RCFL's establishment and successful operation. 

On April 1, 1987, RCFL began operations and has served the community continuously ever since.  In the first year, over 1,500 individuals per month received emergency food supplies.  Staffed by dedicated volunteers and, with the help and donations from caring citizens and organizations in the local area, RCFL now provides food assistance to about 5,000 hungry people each month. As stocks permit, RCFL tries to provide each family with a 3-day emergency supply of food.  All this would have been impossible without our many selfless volunteers and generous donors. 

 

Volunteers are always needed, welcomed, and greatly appreciated! RCFL is a non-profit organization and, as such, is covered under the "Good Samaritan Act."  Those interested in volunteering should call RCFL at the number shown below. Many of the Rancho Cordova area's churches, civic organizations, businesses, and private citizens financially support the Food Locker. Funds are used not only for food and administration but also for essential supplies (e.g., baby food and diapers) and maintenance of the facilities. Every donation is very much appreciated, and critically important to helping the hungry within our local area.  Receipts for donations are provided.  Please consider a contribution to this extremely worthwhile community service organization.  

 

For additional information, please call RCFL's General Manager, Carrie Johnson, at (916) 364-8973. 

 

https://www.ranchocordovafoodlocker.org/