In need of food in Chico? Here is a list of food pantries and distribution sites. Safe Space opens to unhoused people from noon to 4 p.m. every weekday, providing food, clothing and a place to charge phones. A calendar for upcoming food distributions by North State Food Bank and its partners can be found on its website.
An elderly woman using two prosthetic legs entered a room at Chico’s Faith Tabernacle Church with the help of two walking sticks and a volunteer. She filled out a form, indicating her family size, and then received an allotment of packaged and canned food.