Meet Our Members - Valley Food Bank

Valley Food Bank is a program of the Spokane Valley Partners organization. This food bank has been operating for nearly 30 years. In 1987 it was officially organized, and it merged with Spokane Valley Partners in 1995.

Recently the food bank completed their brand new food warehouse extension. They can now keep all their food under one roof.
Their new forklift weighs the food as it comes in saving tons of lifting and time. Deliveries are out of the parking lot, alongside the building and under cover. The walk-in cooler allows them to give out over ten times the perishable fruits and vegetables compared to years past. The extra disbursement space has really reduced the operational stress and smoothed out the customer flow, further allowing for intake of up to three families at a time. Everything is on one level saving time and volunteer energy.
The stainless steel, four shelf, carts have proven very popular when it comes to disbursing food, re-filling shelves and storing food in either the freezer or the cooler. The only problem there is that they need about twice as many as they have. They also are looking forward to the time when they can afford to sprinkler the building (for fire safety), that will then allow them to utilize the top shelf of the pallet racks, a code requirement that they will need to meet in the future.

Currently, the Valley Food Bank serves about 1000 households per month with volunteers bringing in 1200 hours per month!