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The Second Harvest Food Bank announced it has awarded the Monta Loma neighborhood of Mountain View with a Blue Diamond honor for its outstanding fundraising efforts. Since 2008, the neighborhood association has organized a series of holiday progressive dinners to raise money for the food bank’s regional chapter.
Second Harvest recognized this work with its highest level of merit.
According to a press release from the Monta Loma Neighborhood Association, the dinners began that December during the holiday season. The purpose of the original dinner, which would “progress” from home to home for each of three courses, was to unite neighbors new and old, as well as to help those who need it. In addition to providing a dish to share at the dinner, each attendee would donate $25 to Second Harvest.
“It became wildly popular,” said Pat Jordan, chairperson of the dinner planning committee. “People loved the sense of community, seeing each other’s houses and enjoying good cheer.”
Most years, a local corporation or foundation would match the funds raised, doubling the neighbors’ contribution.
In 2012, Monta Loma organized their first summer progressive dinner in addition to the annual December dinner. Including that year’s donor matches, last year the neighborhood raised a total of $3,000.
