Food Lifeline a Partner in Fighting Hunger

Food Lifeline is a special non-profit that we all need to know more about!

Once a week our volunteer drivers head to Seattle to pick up pallets of free food from Food Lifeline.

1.  On an average we give out 53,800 pounds of food a month.  Last year we received over 60,000 pounds of free food from Food Lifeline.

2.  We have been a member agency of Food Lifeline  for the last seven years.

3.  Food Lifeline not only provides us with food, they also provide training at their yearly conference. They are a voice that gets heard, working on legislative issues both at the federal and state level.

Food Lifeline has a video presentation with their President and CEO Linda Nageotte; the video tells the story of Food Lifeline.

A Food Lifeline event that benefits you as well as our clients.

Do you like shopping at the Gap, Banana Republic or Old Navy? Of course you do and you can take advantage of the Gap “Give & Get” Campaign!

From March 17th-March 20th, use this 30% off coupon at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores (including premium outlet stores), and Gap Inc. will donate 5% of the purchase proceeds to 1 of 6 charities. Be sure to choose Feeding America as your “charity” because Food Lifeline will receive 50% of all funds raised from stores located in Western Washington.

Enjoy a great deal and benefit Food Lifeline at the same time! Download and print this coupon or download it to your smartphone and present it to your cashier.

Here is the footprint of the Food Lifeline.

A couple of stories from the Food Lifeline:

•   A little boy in south King County who was found alone in the parking lot of his apartment complex told his landlord that his mother had simply left him behind.  When asked what he had been eating, the little boy showed his landlord the backpack full of food his local food bank had provided.

•   Two parents still raising their younger children welcomed both their adult daughters and all of their children back home.  There wasn’t enough room in the house for everyone, so the daughters and their children pitched tents in the backyard.  At least that way they were together, and they had access to electricity and plumbing.  Thank goodness for their neighborhood food bank whose staff and volunteers served this household of more than 20 people in need.

Volunteering and the Joy of Giving:

You know what makes me proud? You’ll notice that the Food Lifeline had almost 8000 volunteers that gave of over 39,000 hours to be of help. The totals in 2010, for Good Cheer, were 32,721 volunteer hours WOW!!!

Keep giving!

Good Cheer