Meet Our Members - Seattle Food Committee Van Tour Fourth Stop: Jewish Family Services Food Bank

The Seattle Food Committee hosted their annual van tour and conducted a tour for 60 attendees to visit 5 new food banks in the Seattle area. These visits provided an inspiring an insightful visit for all of those who participated.

Fourth stop: Jewish Family Services Food Bank
The Jewish Family Services Food Bank is located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.

By the numbers:

• 400 families/month (service is available 1x/month, with some exceptions)
• 33% of clients receive home delivery

Above: showing off the emergency preparedness packages provided through the Seattle Food Committee and sponsored by Seattle Public Utilities. Below: the 7 items in the emergency preparedness packages.

Did you know? The symbols above indicate that those foods are kosher!

Explaining how they just switched over to the Client Card FB database tracking system. The reasons for the switch:

1. Increased efficiency
2. Accuracy
3. Ease for reporting