Washington Food Coalition News

This just in from Washington State Grange News

Pierce the Elk calls for Granges to donate to 

their local food banks

National Grange Herd member Willy the Sheep has challenged each state Grange to choose a fundraiser or charity recipient for all their Granges to give to this year. Washington State Grange herd member Pierce the Elk has taken the lead for his Granges and decided on a worthy recipient for our membership’s charity recipient.

Pierce’s challenge for the Washington State Grange and all community, Pomona and Junior Granges for 2014 is to give to their local food bank. Pierce encourages every Grange to consider giving in one or all of three ways to their local food bank:

     

     1. Contribute financially.

     2. Grow and/or glean and donate fresh produce.

     3. Volunteer time.

Keep track of the money your Grange donates, the pounds of fresh produce your Grange donates and the volunteer hours your Grange donates in 2014 to your local food bank. Keep track on a quarterly basis and send Pierce the Elk an email with your donation numbers to pierce@grange.org. We’ll post the quarterly totals in the Grange News.

Another idea would be to initiate a food drive for the food bank. Or challenge another Grange or another Pomona to see who can collect more food or volunteer more time. Pierce challenges every Grange to make it a goal to actively participate in this challenge in all four quarters of the year. Involve neighbors, co-workers and non-members. Have fun!

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