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Aug. 23 - Sept. 6, 2010 |
Whole Foods Westlake: Help end hunger with $10
Whole Foods Westlake will offer guests the opportunity to help end hunger by purchasing a grocery bag of food for $10 for Food Lifeline. So while you're shopping for food for your family, you can help a family in need by making a donation. There will also be a barrel onsite for donations of canned food. |
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Aug. 24 , 2010 |
Seattle Restaurant Week: Community Food Drive and Fundraiser
Seattle Restaurant Week is ramping up for the Oct 17-28 celebration by holding a community food drive and fundraiser for Food Lifeline on Aug. 24, 10 to 11 a.m. With over 120 restaurants participating in Seattle Restaurant Week, chefs will gather to celebrate the county-wide promotion at Olympic Sculpture Park and collect non-perishable food and monetary donations for Food Lifeline. The public is invited to attend this free event, mingle with up to 124 chefs of local restaurants and donate to Food Lifeline. For every piece of non-perishable food and for every $1 donated, the donor will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win $1,000 worth of gift certificates to Seattle Restaurant Week restaurants. |
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Sept. 23, 2010 |
2010 Bag Hunger Luncheon: "The Economy in Focus: Forecasting Hunger & Hope"
Mark your calendars for an event you don’t want to miss: the 13th Annual Bag Hunger Luncheon at the Grand Hyatt Seattle. Enjoy lunch and hear an engaging program on the links between economic trends and hunger in our region, including expert commentary from Sheila Zedlewski of the Urban Institute. You'll also experience our Ending Hunger Awards presentation. More information... |
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A Checking Account with Great Perks
Food Lifeline is able to continue feeding hungry people throughout Western Washington because of your generous support and the help of such organizations as the Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union (SMCU). One of the perks of opening a “Feel Good Checking” account at SMCU is 80 free meals - 80 meals for hungry people! If you’re thinking of switching banks or opening a new account, keep in mind “Feel Good Checking” with SMCU. SMCU donates $20 to Food Lifeline for each account opened, which is enough to provide food for 80 meals. Pass the word along to others who might be interested. |
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Challenge for Change
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Edmonds Winery Promotion
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Food Lifeline is an Albertsons Community Partner
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The Pampered Chef
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Check out how our national organization, Feeding America, is helping Food Lifeline feed hungry people! ARM & HAMMERBe on the lookout for select ARM & HAMMER products with the Feeding America name and logo. These products are a part of ARM & HAMMER’s Drive to Fight Hunger campaign, asking people to participate in helping them raise money and food for Feeding America’s network of food distribution organizations like us here at Food Lifeline.
STOUFFER's®When you’re in the mood for buying a quick meal, why not donate one to someone who needs it at the same time? STOUFFER’S Dinner Club program allows you to collect Dinner Club points for each STOUFFER’S® single-serve meal you buy. You can use these points to bid on fun items, or donate them to Feeding America (one point equals one meal) to distribute to places like Food Lifeline. You can’t bid on items until after November, but when you donate your points, you will receive a reusable grocery tote as a thank you!
The Cheesecake FactoryThe Cheesecake Factory is taking action to end hunger with us. Visit any location and try the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake. It is delicious and for every slice you buy, 25 cents will be donated to Feeding America and Food Lifeline. Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too! Find a location near you. |
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Jul. 29, 2010 |
Food Frenzy Breaks Records Feeding Hungry Children!
Food Frenzy 2010 broke records yet again, with nearly 100 organizations competing to feed hungry kids. Food Lifeline extends our sincerest thanks to all the Food Frenzy participants for your outstanding support of this award-winning event. Together you raised more than $327,000, enough to provide 1.3 million meals for hungry children. The 14,000 pounds of nutritious food you collected and your tremendous outpouring of volunteer support (over 2,700 hours) mean thousands more meals will reach hungry families this summer. It’s not too late to support Food Frenzy - click here to donate and help hungry children this summer. And now it’s time to congratulate the winners! Overall Awards
Per Capita Awards
100% Employee Participation
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July 16-18 2010 |
Taking a "Bite" Out of Hunger
By visiting The Alley and the Beringer Wine Tasting and Great Steak Challenge event, we raised nearly $25,000, which is enough for 100,000 meals for hungry people. We had the help of more than 60 volunteers throughout the weekend, and we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you also to SOLO® for donating 7,500 compostable dinner plates and to Sand Point Grill and Dragonfish Asian Café for donating their entrée item. |
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July 16-18 2010 |
Building Support for Food Lifeline with CanStruction
For the five local design-build teams competing in the Comcast Bite of Seattle Canstruction® Challenge, the wait is over! Canstruction® is a competition between design and architecture firms to build unique structures using only canned goods. The teams competing were Mahlum, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), HDR Engineering, Inc., AECOM, and TetraTech; and they all helped end hunger, one can at a time. A total of 11,049 pounds of canned food and $559.31 was donated to Food Lifeline, which equates to over 8,400 meals for hungry people in local communities. The winners of the awards are:
Peaches & Cream and Tilth Tower structures The winners of Best Meal, Best Use of Labels, and Structural Ingenuity will go on to compete in the International Canstruction® competition. |
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Feb. 19 2010 |
The Falls Come to Life 2010
Our auction was a success as well, as Auctioneer Tim Leahy inspired bidders to take home amazing items including a getaway to the San Juan Islands, specially designed experiences with each chef in attendance at the event, and a Trip of a Lifetime to Bali, Africa or Italy. Emcee Mark Wright lead guests through five delicious courses and University Food Bank’s Director, Joe Gruber, shared heartfelt experiences from the front lines of hunger relief. Thank you to our fabulous chefs: Brian McCracken, Dana Tough, Jack Strong, Jason Stratton, John Howie and Kerry Sear who prepared uniquely delicious and enticing courses. Special thanks to the Salish Lodge & Spa for generously hosting this event to benefit Food Lifeline; we appreciate our strong partnership since 2007 and look forward to next year’s event! Photo: Drew and Teresa Bliss, Guests at The Falls Come to Life Credit: MORGAN KEULER FOR TEAM PHOTOGENIC ©2010 |
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Nov. 18 2009 |
Problem Solver's Food Drive in Memory of Brendan Foster
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Sept. 17, 2009 |
Bag Hunger Luncheon 2009
More than $110,000 was raised to provide more than 550,000 meals toward ending hunger and fulfilling dreams for children in Western Washington at Food Lifeline’s 12th Annual Bag Hunger Luncheon on September 17th. Nearly 300 guests joined us for a moving program highlighted by keynote speaker James Whitfield, former regional Director for Region 10 for the Health and Human Services Department. Mr. Whitfield spoke about the reality that we all are “hungry” for something and yet for some children, their actual hunger prevents them from achieving great things. Food Lifeline presented five Ending Hunger Awards to honor those individuals and donors who have gone above and beyond their traditional role to support Food Lifeline’s mission to end hunger. Award winners:
Emcees Tom Douglas and Thierry Rautureau kept the event lively, and Food Lifeline President & CEO Linda Nageotte’s heartfelt comments culminated in an unveiling of Food Lifeline’s new logo. Thank you to Title Sponsor Moneytree, Inc. and to Contributing Sponsor The Boeing Company for making this compelling event possible. We also offer tremendous thanks to all our table sponsors, table captains and committee members. |