Second Harvest of Silicon Valley has discontinued distributing food to residents in Los Gatos after being asked to stop by the Los Gatos United Methodist Church, a spokesperson for the food pantry told the Los Gatan.
“Los Gatos United Methodist Church recently notified Second Harvest that, due to organizational changes, it would no longer be able to host the free grocery distribution at its site,” Diane Baker Hayward, director of communications for Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, wrote in a Jan. 30 email, noting it had been operated in collaboration with Live Oak Senior Nutrition and Service Center.
“Second Harvest is in conversations with another organization in the area who has expressed strong interest in taking over both the grocery rescue program from the church and continuing the food distribution efforts to serve the area’s senior community, while remaining open to serving all individuals in need.”…