Food Lifeline is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger in Western Washington. Food Lifeline makes every penny count, and 94% of the food they receive from local, state and national contributors is donated.
Working to End Hunger
Last year, Food Lifeline secured more than 31 million pounds of food – the equivalent of more than 24 million meals – to feed hungry people throughout Western Washington. Food Lifeline provides food to over 686,000 people through their network of nearly 300 emergency feeding programs including food banks, hot meal programs and shelters. 96 cents of every dollar they receive goes directly toward feeding these hungry people.
Innovative Solutions
Food Lifeline provides a creative link between foo
d sources and hungry people. They encourage the food industry to donate unmarketable but usable food it wou
ld otherwise discard, and collect millions of pounds of food each year as a result. Local restaurants and caterers contribute prepared food through their award-winning Seattle's Table program, and fresh produce is collected from wholesalers and retailers through their Produce for the People program. Local grocery retailers also donate a variety of nutritious products like meat, dairy, fresh produce and baked goods through our Grocery Rescue program.
Help for Your Community
Food Lifeline is also the designated agency for distribution of state and federal food commodities in King County, an affiliate of Feeding America, and is one of the United Way of King County's partner agencies.
Images from Food Lifeline's Shoreline warehouse:
A big thanks to Rebecca Van Maren, Hunger Fellow and Kelsey Beck, Public Policy Manager, for a great tour of Food Lifeline's Shoreline warehouse where they receive, sort and re-package food to food the hungry of Western Washington!
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