Peace Pantry, Community Garden, and Community Closet
Hillsdale High School’s Peace Pantry
Our Peace Pantry has been serving Hillsdale families since May 2019, we began serving 25 Hillsdale and Bridge families and are currently serving 150 families weekly. We continue to partner with Second Harvest and Mi Rancho Supermarket. Your donation supports our ability to buy 150 bags of groceries each week from Mi Rancho Market in San Mateo to supplement what we receive from Second Harvest.
The Hillsdale High School Peace Pantry currently supports 150 Hillsdale and Bridge families with weekly groceries at our curbside pick-up. We rely on your generous donations to keep this program running.
If you have not had a chance to make a donation OR you wish to extend your recurring donation, please consider a small gift to support a family. $100/month allows us to partner with Second Harvest food bank and support a family with four food deliveries each month. That said a donation of any size is welcomed and appreciated! You can learn more about the program here.
$22 provides one family with a bag of groceries for a week
$100 provides one family with weekly groceries for one month
$500 provides one family with weekly groceries for an entire school semester
Any size donation is appreciated.
Our Community Garden
What better way to use a patch of vacant ground on campus than turn it into a productive community garden? Brett Stevenson, Assistant Principal of Hillsdale High School, and his team, broke ground on the long-awaited garden project in April 2022 and have since transformed the space beyond recognition.
The generosity of the Hillsdale community has been the driving force behind the project. Donations raised through Hillsdale's Peace Pantry have funded the initial building of the garden and its subsequent upkeep.
The main purpose of the garden is to provide additional produce for the Hillsdale Peace Pantry, our emergency food drive-thru that serves around 150 school families every week. Now we can add organic fruits and vegetables harvested from our very own garden to the food boxes.
Community Closet
The cost of living in San Mateo is incredibly high, a fact that impacts many of our Hillsdale families. In August 2023, we opened the Hillsdale Community Closet as an additional level of support to community members in need. The Closet offers seasonal clothing and essential items at no cost to eligible students and their families. What sets us apart is the generosity of our Hillsdale community members who, through their donations, become the essential to the Closet. It's a collaborative effort where compassion drives action, and every gently used or new item contributes to a cycle of support. Together, we are not just providing clothing and essentials; we are building a foundation of care and solidarity that resonates through every donated item!
Thank you to our Community Partners, without whom this program would not be possible. We are so grateful for your unwavering support and generosity!
Second Harvest and USDA Disclaimer
In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and American Sign Language) should contact the responsible State or local Agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice an TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 . To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online, at https://www.ascr.usda.gov/sites/default/files/USDA-OASCR%20P-ComplaintForm-0508-0002-508-11-28- 17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.