Pantry Director

Dharma Galang was Pantry Director from 2017 until 2023. She has moved on and we will miss her, she did a great job of leading us through the COVID pandemic!

Alex Aguirre and Walker Bockley
Pantry Managers

Alex serves as Operations Manager and Walker works with him also works as Volunteer Coordinator; with the Pantry Director, they both operate the pantry on a day by day basis. You can often see them serving the pantry's visitors as warmly and efficiently as possible.

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Our Incredible Volunteers!

The Berkeley Food Pantry began when Dorothy Noble, a member of Berkeley Friends Church, felt called to help food insecure Berkeley families and built a network of volunteers to help her run a food pantry from her home.

On October 6, 1969, the Berkeley Food Pantry began operating in the ground floor of the Friends Church with 13 regular volunteers managing the entire operation. Today, the Berkeley Food Pantry is run by over 100 volunteers and three staff members. The pantry is heavily dependent on volunteers and is always in need of volunteers.

Go to our Get Involved page to learn how you can become a part of our team.