What do a Santa Clarita chiropractor and a few friends in New Jersey, Arizona, and Florida have in common? They’re helping put food on Santa Clarita families’ tables. For several years, Dr. Thomas Polucki has turned his Santa Clarita chiropractic office into a collection point for his annual food drive benefiting SCV Grocery. Patients and neighbors drop off groceries and ...

Santa Clarita Grocery Food Bank, Santa Clarita’s premier food bank, has been awarded a grant from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation in recognition of its ongoing partnership with Sprouts Farmers Market and their shared commitment to supporting families facing food insecurity. Through this multi-year partnership, Sprouts has helped Santa Clarita Grocery Food Bank provide nutritious food and essential resources to ...

Next month, Santa Clarita Grocery is set to partner up with Chick-fil-A in a give-back fundraiser to support the nonprofit. On Thursday, July 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., both Santa Clarita Chick-fil-A locations are scheduled to participate in the first-ever Santa Clarita Grocery Community Day fundraiser. To support this fundraiser, customers should be sure to mention Santa Clarita ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry unexpectedly closed on Monday, due to staff going on strike. On Jan. 1, 2026, the current Board of Directors, a group of dedicated professional and community leaders, each accomplished in their own respective fields, commenced their 2026 term and began requesting certain information and the inspection of certain corporate records in the fulfillment of ...

The Rotary Club of Santa Clarita donated turkeys and chickens to Santa Clarita Grocery Monday evening, giving those in need a Thanksgiving Dinner. Monday morning, the Rotary Club of Santa Clarita purchased poultry that was delivered to Santa Clarita Grocery. “I get to be here today with our friends in the community that are feeding those less fortunate than most ...

A five-time competitor on “American Ninja Warrior” and a dedicated volunteer at Santa Clarita Grocery has donated $5,000 worth of backup generators to the food non-profit.  In the wake of recent wildfires that have left many local families struggling, Westley Silvestri, a realtor in Valencia, has partnered with Yoshino to donate over $5,000 worth of backup generators to SC Grocery, ...

After providing Thanksgiving dinners for over 170 families, Santa Clarita Grocery (SCG) extends an invitation to the community to give back on Giving Tuesday. Last week, the “all-volunteer” grocery program organized a Thanksgiving meal distribution event delivering 175 “complete” meals to local Santa Clarita families.  “This collective endeavor was a shining example of the power of community, not just providing ...

Local nonprofit Santa Clarita Grocery has been named California Senate District 21’s Nonprofit of the Year. In celebration of California Nonprofits Day at the State Capitol, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, recognized Bradley Grose and Santa Clarita Grocery as Senate District 21’s Nonprofit of the Year. “The dedication and care Bradley and his team have for families experiencing food insecurity, ...

Non-profit Santa Clarita Grocery received a donation of non-perishable food from local business owners this week. Mapuana Mergel donated over several dozen pounds of nonperishable foods, gathered through a partnership with the Santa Clarita Coalition and doTERRA Wellness Lifestyle, to Santa Clarita Grocery, all of which is set to go to local families in need.  Merger noted that she appreciated ...

On Thursday morning, the volunteers of Santa Clarita Grocery were greeted with the sight of hundreds of bags of pretzels donated at the front of their warehouse door.  The unusual donation filled the back of a truck and was donated to the non-profit in Santa Clarita on Thursday morning after director Bradley Grose received a call from residents and former ...