The mission of Northwest Harvest is to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger.
Your Weekly Action Alert:
Thank House Members for Voting Down Farm Bill with Harmful SNAP Provisions!
Federal Level:
The House voted down a Farm Bill that cut SNAP by nearly $21 billion with a vote of 195 yeas to 234 nays. Read more
Take Action: Please join us in thanking Washington's Congressional Members Who Protected SNAP!
Our heartfelt thanks go out to the five members of Washington's Congressional delegation who voted down this Farm Bill to protect SNAP and to all of you for your responses to our calls to action. Your voices made a huge difference in defeating this terrible bill that would have had long-term, devastating consequences for all of us. Advocacy works so please keep up the great work!
We need to contact our elected officials to thank them for good work just as much as we need to contact them to express our concerns. Please do the following:
If you live or work in one of the following districts, please call or email the member of Congress for that district and thank them for standing up for hungry families by voting against H.R. 1947:
District 1: Rep. Suzan DelBene
District 6: Rep. Derek Kilmer
District 7: Rep. Jim McDermott
District 9: Rep. Adam Smith
District 10: Rep. Denny Heck
Find your U.S. Representative and links to their contact information here:http://www.house.gov
2. Send us your thank you message and include a brief explanation in 1-2 sentences about how their vote to protect SNAP helps your clients or someone you know. We'll compile these messages into a thank you message that will also reinforce the need to keep protecting SNAP in future Farm Bill legislation and budget appropriations. Please email your messages toChristina no later than Tuesday, June 25. Take Action
State Level:
With each day that passes without a budget agreement, we come closer to risking a government shutdown. Read more
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