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Food from the Bar

Each spring The Bar Association of San Francisco and the legal community partners with the San Francisco Food Bank to fight hunger through the Food from the Bar campaign.

The Food from the Bar campaign contributes to the San Francisco Food Bank providing 29 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy protein, nutritious dairy products and other groceries to San Franciscans in need. This food helps feed more than 124,000 low-income individuals, seniors and working poor families living in every neighborhood of San Francisco.

This year, the campaign ran from April 21- May 16. 77 law firms and corporate offices raised $366,957; 20,631 pounds of food; and contributed 849 volunteer shifts.

Levels of achievement awards were made to those firms with the highest contributions of money, food, and volunteer service (based on a point system).

The biggest contributor this year was Platinum Partner Fremont Group, with 54,250 service points.

Platinum Partners (firms with over 12,000 points)

Farella Braun + Martel LLP Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Fremont Group Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Hanson Bridgett LLP Shartsis Friese LLP
Keker & Van Nest LLP Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP.

Gold Partners (firms with over 6,000 service points)

Baker & McKenzie Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Bingham McCutchen LLP McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
California Public Utilities Commission O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Fenwick & West LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Jones, Clifford, Johnson & Johnson LLP Stein & Lubin LLP

Silver Partners (firms with over 2,000 service points)

Allen Matkins Morrison & Foerster
Altshuler Berzon LLP Perkins Coie LLP
Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant, Miller Ropes & Gray LLP
Cox, Castle & Nicholson Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Foley & Lardner LLP Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Gap Inc. Legal Department Winston & Strawn LLP
Heller Ehrman LLP  

 


"Lawyers and law firms in San Francisco  can  do more than advocate for justice and equality.   By supporting Food from the Bar, you can  provide a collective voice for ending hunger in San Francisco.  The only way we can make sure  all San Francisco low-income individuals, seniors and working poor families  get the food they need to stay healthy is if leaders such as you participate in this wonderful event. "

Betsy McDaniel, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Chair, Food from the Bar 2008


Did you know...

With every $1 donated, the Food Bank can distribute $9 worth of food.

Get involved. Contact us today.

Contact

Director:
Jayne Salinger
Phone:
Email:
(415) 982-1600
jsalinger@sfbar.org