2024 beneficiary: berry good food

100% of the net proceeds from the 2024 Scoop San Diego Ice Cream Festival will be donated to Berry Good Food.

Berry Good Food supports a local and regenerative food system in San Diego and Baja California. We empower our community by building bridges between farmers, chefs, scientists, and citizens to challenge the industrial food system while advocating for access to healthy food for all.

The 2024 Scoop San Diego Ice Cream Festival will feature Berry Good Land, a space that features a series of educational and interactive stations designed to encourage people to think about how they can contribute to food sustainability in their communities.

2023 beneficiary: SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK

During the 2023 Scoop San Diego Ice Cream Festival, $40,000 was raised for our community partner, San Diego Food Bank.

Together, we managed to raise funds that will provide over 80,000 meals and support the San Diego Food Bank’s crucial programs, ensuring that families in our community have access to free and nutritious food.

The San Diego Food Bank and its North County Food Bank chapter comprise the largest hunger-relief organization in San Diego County. Last year, the Food Bank distributed 44 million pounds of food, and the Food Bank serves, on average, 400,000 people per month in communities throughout San Diego County.

2022 beneficiary: alpha project

During the 2022 Scoop San Diego Ice Cream Festival, $25,000 was raised for our community partner, Alpha Project for the Homeless.

The net proceeds will help the Alpha Project fund through multiple programs including:

– Emergency shelter, meals, and wraparound services to over 450 men and women daily
– Alpha Square
– The Lofts for Veterans
– Affordable Housing: Over 900 units provided for very low-income families and seniors
– Housing First Programs/Rapid Re-Housing Programs
– Casa Raphael
– Outreach services for homeless men, women, and runaway youth
– The Food Program provides over 200,000 hot dinners annually as well as offers food pantries at Alpha Square, The Lofts, and Luther Tower
– Job Training offering supportive employment to homeless individuals through Take Back the Streets (TBS) and Wheels of Change

Alpha Project is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) human services organization that serves over 4,000 men, women, and children each day. Services offered include affordable housing, residential substance abuse treatment, supportive housing for people with special needs, basic and emergency services for the homeless, transportation assistance, mental health counseling, employment training, preparation and placement, emergency shelter, HIV/AIDS, education, outreach and prevention, and community services.

2021 beneficiary: feeding san diego

During the 2021 drive-thru Ice Cream Festival, $16,000 was raised for Feeding San Diego and attendees donated more than 2,000 pounds of food.

Founded in 2007, Feeding San Diego is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. Providing more than 31.2 million meals every year, Feeding San Diego is the leading hunger-relief and hunger rescue organization in San Diego County.

2020 beneficiary: home start

Home Start— a private non-profit agency dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect and other adverse outcomes for lower-income families throughout San Diego County.

$5,000 in funds were raised during the 2020 festival and used to provide vital behavioral health services to children in need of healing from trauma and abuse, as well as essential supplies and services for victims of domestic violence who are trying to rebuild their lives.

2019 beneficiary: Monarch School

In the first year of Scoop San Diego’s Ice Cream festival over 4,000 people attended and raised $20,000 for the Monarch School in Barrio Logan.

The mission of the Monarch School is to educate students impacted by homelessness. The Monarch School Project nurtures resilience in unhoused youth and their families. They empower students to influence their own growth in the areas of academic success and social emotional learning. They reinforce the existing strength of families so that students can thrive in school and in life.