Thelma Starr

Thelma Starr Eligibility Service Technician III, Social Services Agency Thelma serves as the volunteer Family Resource Coordinator for her church, which means she organizes a monthly food giveaway for residents in need in Oakland. “We help a couple of hundred people...

Stone Soup Food Drive 2019

2019 The Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted Vision 2026 to set the course for the next decade that anticipates community challenges and maximizes our ability to meet residents’ needs in a rapidly changing world. This year, employees from a record 19 County...

Stone Soup Food Drive 2017

2017 In it’s fifth year, a record 16 County departments participated in our Stone Soup Food Drive and Design Competition, raising more than $11,000 in cash and 20,000 pounds of food for the Alameda County Food...

Stone Soup Food Drive 2016

2016 An outpouring of compassion and creativity helped Alameda County’s 2016 Stone Soup Holiday Food Drive and Design Competition achieve unprecedented success in raising employee donations to the Alameda County Community Food Bank. County employees donated more than...

Stone Soup Food Drive 2015

2015 A surge of compassion and creativity helped Alameda County’s Third Annual Stone Soup competition reach unprecedented success in raising employee donations to the County’s annual Holiday Food Drive in support of Alameda County Community Food Bank. County employees...