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Bin full of donated food items

Donate Food

With a donation of food, you are helping us stock our distribution center shelves with non-perishable staple groceries. Your support is crucial in keeping our shelves full and supporting our programs, as well as those of our 150 partner organizations. Your contribution helps us provide essential groceries to those in need.

How to Donate Food

There are a couple of ways to get food to the Redwood Empire Food Bank:

  1. Bring food donations directly to the Redwood Empire Food Bank at 3990 Brickway Blvd. in Santa Rosa (Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm), or
  2. Bring food donations to one of our many barrel sites. See below for locations.

Important note for perishable or weighed donations: Please deliver to our logistics parking lot at the rear of the building Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 3:30pm.

Young boy doing a food drive and holding up a sticker that says "i helped end hunger and so can you"
Bin full of donated food items

Our Most Needed Items

  • Canned Tuna
  • Canned Chicken
  • Peanut Butter
  • Rice
  • Pasta
  • Oats
  • Dry Beans
  • Low Sugar Cereal
Barrel Guidelines
  • No glass
  • No perishable items
  • No open items
  • No homemade items
  • No items past their “Use before” date

Did you know we accept perishable items at our distribution center?

Do you have a fruit tree in your yard that produces too much fruit for you to consume yourself? How about tomatoes or zucchinis? You can donate your homegrown items to the Redwood Empire Food Bank and benefit your neighbors facing hunger. Produce can come in bags or boxes for ease of transport and must be delivered directly to our logistics parking lot at the rear of the Redwood Empire Food Bank building (3990 Brickway Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA) Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 3:30pm.

For questions, please email fooddonations@refb.org.

Find a Barrel

Food donations can be dropped off at the Redwood Empire Food Bank at 3990 Brickway Blvd. in Santa Rosa, or at one of the barrel locations listed below.

Oliver’s Market:
  1. Cotati
    546 E Cotati Ave, Cotati, CA 94931
  2. Montecito
    560 Montecito Center, Santa Rosa, CA 95409
  3. Stony Point
    461 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
  4. Windsor
    9230 Old Redwood Hwy, Windsor, CA 95492
Whole Foods Market:
  1. Yulupa
    1181 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
  2. Petaluma
    621 E Washington St, Petaluma, CA 94952
  3. Sebastopol
    6910 McKinley St, Sebastopol, CA 95472
  4. Coddingtown
    390 Coddingtown Mall, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
  5. Sonoma
    201 W Napa St, Sonoma, CA 95476
Grocery Outlet:
  1. Santa Rosa
    1116 4th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Molsberry Market:
  1. Santa Rosa
    522 Larkfield Center, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Community Market:
  1. Sebastopol
    6762 Sebastopol Ave #100, Sebastopol, CA 95472
Exchange Bank:
  1. Cloverdale
    116 S. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA 95425
  2. Coddingtown
    1300 Guerneville Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
  3. Cotati
    590-A East Cotati Ave., Cotati, CA 94931
  4. Dutton
    400 Dutton Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95407
  5. Healdsburg
    1031 Vine St., Healdsburg, CA 95448
  6. Larkfield
    500 Larkfield Ctr., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
  7. Petaluma East
    453 N. McDowell Blvd., Ste. 10, Petaluma, CA 94954
  8. Petaluma Main
    2 E Washington St., Petaluma, CA 94952
  9. Reinking
    2416 Montgomery Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95405
  10. Rohnert Park
    6290 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park, CA 94928
  11. Santa Rosa Main
    545 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, CA 95401
  12. Sebastopol
    840 Gravenstein Hwy N., Sebastopol, CA 95472
  13. Sonoma
    435 W. Napa St., Sonoma, CA 95476
  14. St. Francis
    136 Calistoga Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409
  15. Stony Point
    499 Stony Point Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95401
  16. Windsor
    8700 Lakewood Dr., Windsor, CA 95492

For more information, please email info@refb.org.

Interested in Hosting a Recurring Barrel?

Hosting a barrel requires a minimum one-year commitment and weekly pickups, so please ensure you can fill it about 3/4 full each week. If that sounds like a challenge, don’t worry! You can also host a food collection bin as a great alternative. We welcome businesses, schools, and apartment complexes to join us in making a difference.

Thinking about food all the time

“Do you know what it’s like to think about food all the time? Now imagine my babies. They shouldn’t have to feel that pain in their tummy because their mom doesn’t have a job. There is no reason for any child to suffer from hunger. You and your team are helping stop that. If I could hug you I would. You and your team are amazing. Thank you, you are helping out more than you know.”
 
—Parent at a school site in Santa Rosa, CA

Mother and daughter, both food recipients, smiling
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