OC’s Largest Pantry Serves 2.4 Million Pounds of Food Amid Pandemic

A Saddleback Church volunteer works in 100-degree heat loading donated groceries into a vehicle at a pop-up food donation site at Savanna High School in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 18, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Saddleback Church operates what has become Orange County’s largest food resource for people in need, rising from among the top 10 facilities to become No. 1 amid the pandemic.

Since the start of the pandemic, Saddleback volunteers have distributed more than 2.4 million pounds of food at more than 300 grocery distribution events throughout Orange County; the church has also served locations in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.