The Berkeley Food Network offers fresh produce and non-perishable food to the families of BUSD students and staff, free of charge and without collecting information about individuals or households. (Each school reports the number of people getting food bags at their school each time. The Berkeley Food Network never receives any information about individuals.)
Prepacked bags delivered directly to the schools often include:
- apples
- oranges
- pears
- carrots
- potatoes
- onions
- cabbage
- zucchini
- greens
- rice
- beans
- pasta
- tuna
- canned tomato
To find out where to go to pick up a bag at your student’s school please find your school in this list:
BAM Elementary School
Coordinator: LEARNS Program Specialist Edward Hill
Phone: (510) 883-6155
Email: edwardhilljr@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: On the table next to the stage in the Multi-Purpose Room near the LEARNS After School Program office
Berkeley High School
Coordinator: Bilingual Home School Liaison Patricia Stewart / Leticia Amezcua, Parent Resource Center
Phone: Patricia Stewart (510) 644-6949 / Leticia Amezcua (510) 644-4814
Email: patriciastewart@berkeley.net / leticiaamezcua@berkeley.net
Special Signup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Location Description: Main Office on Allston Way (and an on-site pantry during lunch and 1/2 of 4th period for students every 1st and 3rd Friday)
Cragmont Elementary School
Coordinator: LEARNS Program Specialist Veronika Huntsberry
Phone: (510) 644-4892
Email: veronikahuntsberry@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Tables at the end of the hall next to the LEARNS After School Program office in Room 220
School Busing Note: Coming soon: families of students bused to Longfellow will be able to pick their bags up there. Please let Veronika Huntsberry know if you would like food (1 bag for every 3-4 people) delivered to Longfellow for your family.
Emerson Elementary School
Coordinator: Site Program Specialist for Family Engagement & Equity Lily Howell
Phone: (510) 295-7791
Email: lilyhowell@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Front hallway tables
Franklin Preschool
Coordinator: Early Childhood Education Principal Maria Carriedo
Phone: (510) 644-4533
Email: mariacarriedo@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Just outside the classrooms
Hopkins Preschool
Coordinator: Early Childhood Education Principal Maria Carriedo
Phone: (510) 644-4533
Email: mariacarriedo@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Just outside Rooms 1 & 2 and Rooms 10 & 11
Jefferson Elementary School
Coordinator: Site Program Specialist for Family Engagement & Equity Lily Howell
Phone: (510) 295-7791
Email: lilyhowell@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: Let Lily know if your family would like a bag or drop by the main office to see if an extra bag is available.
Location Description: Main office
John Muir Elementary School
Coordinator: BEARS Coordinator Jontanika Battle
Phone: (510) 883-6141
Email: jontanikabattle@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Auditorium
School Busing Note: Families of students bused to Malcolm X can pick their bags up there. Bags are brought out to the curb near the bus stop and otherwise stored either in Malcolm X's BEARS After School Program space, which is just off Ellis Street near the bus stop, or in Jocelyn Foreman's office in the Family Room 105A.
King Child Development Center
Location Description: Inside main gate
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Coordinator: Principal Josh Reed
Phone: (510) 364-5307
Email: joshreed@berkeley.net
King Middle School
Coordinator: Sixth Grade Counselor CC Miksza
Phone: (510) 644-6102
Email: ccmiksza@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: You can contact CC Miksza to let her know your family would like to pick up food (1 bag for every 3-4 people in your family), or just show up to claim an available bag.
Location Description: LEARNS After School Program in Room S-1, on the left just before the baseball field if you go through the gates at Rose & Edith
Longfellow Middle School
Coordinator: Head Counselor Rosina Keren
Phone: (510) 644-6077
Email: rosinakeren@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Garden
Malcolm X Elementary School
Coordinator: BEARS Coordinator Deevya Vaughn & LEARNS Program Specialist Kathleen Russell
Phone: Deevya Vaughn: (510) 644-8697 / Kathy Russell: (510) 883-6149
Email: deevyavaughn@berkeley.net / kathleenrussell@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Hallway outside Room 1
Oxford Elementary School
Coordinator: Site Program Specialist for Family Engagement & Equity Carol Perez
Phone: (510) 644-6300
Email: carolynperez@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Table in the breezeway entrance (cafeteria in rain)
School Busing Note: Coming soon: families of students bused to Longfellow will be able to pick their bags up there. Please let Carol Perez know if you would like food (1 bag for every 3-4 people) delivered to Longfellow for your family.
Rosa Parks Elementary School
Coordinator: Lifelong Medical Psychosocial Program Manager Shoshana Rosenberg
Phone: (510) 883-5230
Email: shoshanarosenberg@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: Cafeteria
Sylvia Mendez Elementary School
Coordinator: LEARNS Program Specialist Brazil McIntyre / Site Program Specialist for Family Engagement & Equity Laura Rivas
Phone: Brazil McIntyre: (510) 883-5244 / Laura Rivas (510) 684-4111
Email: brazilmcintyre@berkeley.net / laurarivas@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: Please fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/FridayFoodPantry. Or contact Brazil McIntyre or Laura Rivas to let them know your family would like to pick up food (1 bag for every 3-4 people in your family). They will not share student, staff, or family names or personal information with the Berkeley Food Network.
Location Description: LEARNS After School Program @ the Russell Street entrance (hallway), 3pm-6pm
Thousand Oaks Elementary School
Coordinator: Site Program Specialist for Family Engagement & Equity Laura Rivas
Phone: (510) 684-4111
Email: laurarivas@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: Show up to get a bag of food. To reserve food for your family, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/TEs4y8NM7HEYsrW88. Or contact Laura Rivas to let her know your family would like to pick up food (1 bag for every 3-4 people in your family). She will not share student, staff, or family names or personal information with the Berkeley Food Network.
Location Description: In the cafeteria/multipurpose room, at the entrance near the LEARNS After School Program sign-out tables
Washington Elementary School
Coordinator: Site Program Specialist for Family Engagement & Equity Carol Perez
Phone: (510) 849-7396
Email: carolynperez@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: LEARNS lower playground tables and BEARS in Room 17 (in the basement)
Willard Middle School
Coordinator: LEARNS Program Specialist Kemal Stewart
Phone: (510) 644-6557
Email: kemalstewart@berkeley.net
Special Pickup Instruction: The bags are heavy! Bring your own bags to split up the load.
Special Signup Instruction: There are no signup instructions. Show up to get a bag of food.
Location Description: LEARNS After School Program in Room A34, with a couple of bags available in the main office, as well
You can get fresh meat, eggs, or dairy and select your own food at the Berkeley Food Network pantry open on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month, 2 -– 3:30 pm, in the South Berkeley Senior Center parking lot (on Ellis at Ashby).
Coming soon: more pantries open more hours at more locations, including the Berkeley Technical Academy at 2701 Martin Luther King Jr Way!
This effort relies on the work of many volunteers –- from the schools, the Berkeley Food Network, and the wider community! Please join our fun, friendly, and hard-working crew!
And while you’re here, please take a moment to donate a few dollars to the effort:
DONATE TO THE SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAM
Thank you to our partners:
Alameda County Community Food Bank
Berkeley Unified School District
More questions about the Public Schools Pantry? Email: schoolspantry@berkeleyfoodnetwork.org