SPRING | 2025
hope.
The
CALL Primrose
Quarterly
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March
Many Facing Food Insecurity
With San Mateo County ranked as the fifth “richest” county nationwide by U.S. News and World, it can be difficult to grasp that an estimated 1 in 6 residents in our area experience some level of food insecurity. Grocery prices in the Bay Area have increased 30% since the pandemic according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and fuel and utility costs rose by nearly 50% regionally during the same period. When one factors in the increasing number of seniors living on a fixed income, the many folks in our community working at minimum wage jobs, and the ever-present high cost of housing for everyone, it is not surprising that the number we serve each month at CALL Primrose continues to rise. Your support is needed now, more than ever, to keep up with this steady rise in the number of those facing hunger and food insecurity within our community.
Thank You for Your Holiday Support!
Due to the generous outpouring of financial support from our community, CALL Primrose was able purchase enough poultry to see that every household that came to us in November was provided with all of the necessary components for a full holiday meal. Thank you for helping to make the holidays brighter for more than 550 local families!
brunch
for hope.
a Benefit for CALL Primrose.
Our wonderful local donors joined together in October at CAROLANDS for the 2024 “Brunch for Hope” event to support our mission — be on the lookout for our 2025 fundraising events!
The CALL Primrose Board is always looking for new members committed to our mission! To learn more, please contact either of us below.
Madalyn Friedman | mlfmrktng@gmail.com OR Patti Black | pattib@advancedtalent.com
Your Help Goes a Long Way
$2500 provides 62 children with lunch for the entire eight weeks of summer when school is not in session
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$2500 provides twenty families (of four) with groceries for a month (meat/protein, produce, dairy, bread and staple items)
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$1000 provides 25 children with lunch for the entire eight weeks of summer when school is not in session
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$1000 provides eight families (of four) with groceries for a month (meat/protein, produce, dairy, bread and staple items)
Your tax-deductible donation will help ensure that local kids will have enough to eat into the new year.