Fight Hunger with Washington Food Coalition this April

Alan Shawn Feinstein, founder of the Feinstein Foundation

For the past 17 years, the Feinstein Foundation has given away $1 million a year to hunger-relief agencies throughout the country participating in its Million Dollar Challenge. This year, will you consider a special gift to the Washington Food Coalition to forward our vision of a hunger-free Washington?

For every donation we receive in April, the Feinstein Foundation will stretch the value of your gift. Attached is a letter from Alan Feinstein, which explains how this challenge works and why the fight against hunger matters.

Last month, we were excited to announce a major victory for all of us - the legislator passing the Supplemental Operating Budget, which included an additional $800,000 for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP). In recent years, limited state funding for food banks has failed to keep up with the rising number of clients turning to them to make ends meet. During the 2014 Legislative Session, our coalition championed the legislative request for additional funding for the EFAP program to better serve hungry Washingtonians, and we got it!

We are so proud of the work our coalition every day, but this remarkable occasion reiterated for us the importance of a unified voice for a strong emergency food system. We are 300+ food banks, emergency meal providers, distribution centers, social services agencies and growers, striving to find practical solutions to common challenges in our everyday work. Consider a gift to Washington Food Coalition today to equip, educate and empower everyone working to end hunger in our state. In the fight against hunger, we still need help.

Warm Regards,

Sariga Santhosh,

Development Assistant