FOOD LIFELINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Apr. 15, 2010 |
A World of Thanks
We think a warehouse is the perfect spot for a picnic! That’s why we are having our annual “A World of Thanks” event as a “Picnic in the Warehouse” on Thursday, April 15th from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in our newest warehouse, just south of downtown. We hope you’ll join us for this free open house event and celebration of the contributions of you, our supporters, neighbors and friends, to feed hungry people in Western Washington. Come explore Food Lifeline’s newest warehouse, just south of downtown, where millions of pounds of food come in and go out each year to feed hungry families.
WHEN: Thursday, April 15th, 2010
WHERE: Food Lifeline's Seattle Distribution Center (4011 6th Ave. South, Seattle 98108) WHAT: “A World of Thanks: Picnic in the Warehouse” Join us for an OPEN HOUSE & CELEBRATION of the contributions of our supporters, neighbors and friends to feed hungry people in Western Washington.
COST: FREE! Warm, outside clothing strongly recommended. RSVP online by April 6th via email.
DIRECTIONS TO OUR SEATTLE DISTRIBUTION CENTER Traveling South on I-5:
Traveling North on I-5:
Questions? Contact Rachel via email or by calling 206-545-6600 ext. 3624. |
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May 8, 2010 |
Save the Date to Stamp Out Hunger
Keep your eye out for those familiar, blue plastic bags to arrive in your mailbox! The 18th Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive with the National Association of Letter Carriers is May 8th. Letter Carriers nationwide will distribute bags for customers to fill with food. On May 8, food is collected from mailboxes and sorted for distribution to local food banks. Last year, the Letter Carriers from Branch 79 helped us collect nearly 895,000 pounds of food. Let’s break this record and reach 1 million pounds! |
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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, that is! If you’re thinking of switching banks or opening a new account, keep in mind “Feel Good Checking” with SMCU, because they give you the chance to raise money for Food Lifeline while getting one of the best checking accounts around. SMCU donates $20 to Food Lifeline for each account opened, and this is enough money to provide food for 80 meals. As the demand in our member food banks continues to increase, this is one way you can help us meet that need and get food to the hungry people in our communities who need it most. When the time comes to open a new checking account, be sure to think of Food Lifeline and SMCU, and pass the word along to others who might be interested. Visit https://www.smcu.com/accounts/feel-good.html for more information. |
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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!
KRAFT Macaroni & Cheese: click to donate food to your local food bank:Visit www.ShareALittleComfort.com to donate a box of “The Cheesiest” Macaroni and Cheese to Feeding America and Food Lifeline.
The Cheesecake FactoryThe Cheesecake Factory is taking action to end hunger with us. Visit any location and try the Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake. It is delicious and for every slice you buy from now through July 2010, 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.
Buy Snickers, help othersSNICKERS® Brand, which has always satisfied hunger, is teaming up with Feeding America, the national hunger relief organization of which Food Lifeline is a member, to 'Bar Hunger.' As part of the 'Bar Hunger' campaign, SNICKERS will donate the equivalent of at least three million meals to Feeding America in 2009, and a portion of these meals will be passed down to Food Lifeline locally. More importantly, SNICKERS plans to educate and inspire Americans to help through special branding and educational information on its SNICKERS packaging, dedicated national advertising, www.facebook.com/snickers, as well as a series of events throughout the year. You can support Feeding America and Food Lifeline by:
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Feb. 19 2010 |
The Falls Come to Life 2010
Thank you to all who attended The Falls Come to Life 2010 at the Salish Lodge & Spa on February 19th. It was an engaging evening, and our generous guests helped us raise more than $24,000 in support of Food Lifeline, the equivalent of nearly 100,000 meals for hungry people in Western Washington! In addition, Food Lifeline and the Salish Lodge & Spa received some great publicity, raising awareness about hunger and about the Salish Lodge’s caring spirit in our community. 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! |
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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. |
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Jul. 31, 2009 |
Food Frenzy Celebrates its 20th Year by Breaking Records Once Again!
In honor of Food Frenzy's 20th anniversary, the event truly outdid itself once again. Breaking records on all fronts this year, the number of participants jumped to a whopping 107 from 69 last year! Food Lifeline wants to extend a hearty thank you to all the Food Frenzy participants for your outstanding support of Food Frenzy this year. Together you raised nearly $280,000, enough to provide 1.4 million meals for hungry children. The 10,000 pounds of nutritious food you collected and your tremendous outpouring of volunteer support (over 2,500 hours) mean thousands more meals will reach hungry families this summer.
Accounting Firms
3rd Place: Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc. 3rd Place: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC 3rd Place: The Miller|Hull Partnership, LLP
3rd Place: Washington State Bar Association Aoki Sakamoto Grant LLP Baylis Architects Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S. Benson & McLaughlin, P.S. Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S. Brantley Janson Yost & Ellison Carol Bailey & Associates Clothier & Head, P.S. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Danielson Harrigan Leyh & Tollefson, LLP Graham & Dunn PC Hanson Baker Ludlow Drumheller P.S. Johnson & Shute, P.S. K&L Gates LLP Karr Tuttle Campbell Lake Forest Park Municipal Court Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin PLLC Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C. Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Quantum Consulting Engineers Reed McClure Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC Skellenger Bender, P.S. Stafford Frey Cooper Stanislaw Ashbaugh SvR Design Company Sweeney Conrad, P.S. Swenson Say Fagét Tarragon LLC The Miller|Hull Partnership, LLP The Nathanson Group PLLC The Portico Group Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara Wechsler Becker, LLP
2009 Food Frenzy Participants AHBL, Inc. Aoki Sakamoto Grant LLP Ater Wynne LLP Bader Martin, P.S. Bassetti Architects Baylis Architects BDO Seidman, LLP Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S. Benson & McLaughlin, P.S. Berntson Porter & Company, PLLC Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S. BNBuilders, Inc. Brantley Janson Yost & Ellison Carol Bailey & Associates Clark Nuber P.S. Clothier & Head, P.S. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Cozen O'Connor Danielson Harrigan Leyh & Tollefson, LLP Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Degenkolb Engineers DLA Piper Dorsey & Whitney LLP EDAW | AECOM Federal Public Defender's Office Foster Pepper PLLC Garvey Schubert Barer Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP GordonDerr LLP Graham & Dunn PC Grant Thornton LLP Hanson Baker Ludlow Drumheller P.S. Helsell Fetterman LLP Howard S. Wright Constructors, LP Interface Engineering, Inc. Johns Monroe Mitsunaga PLLC Johnson & Shute, P.S. Johnson, Graffe, Keay, Moniz & Wick, LLP JPC Architects, PLLC K&L Gates LLP Karr Tuttle Campbell KBA, Inc. Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc. King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office Lake Forest Park Municipal Court Lane Powell PC Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC Lee Smart, P.S., Inc. LeGros Buchanan & Paul LMN Architects Lockhart|Suver, LLC Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc. Mahlum Marten Law Group PLLC McKay Chadwell, PLLC McKinstry McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, PLLC Miller Hayashi Architects LLC Miller Nash LLP Mithun, Inc. Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin PLLC Mortenson Construction Newman & Newman, Attorneys at Law, LLP Office of the Attorney General Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C. Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP PAE Consulting Engineers, Inc. Peterson Russell Kelly PLLC Peterson Sullivan LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers Prolumina Quantum Consulting Engineers Reed McClure Riddell Williams P.S. Roth Hill Engineering Partners, LLC Ryan Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Sebris Busto James Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC Skellenger Bender, P.S. Speckman Law Group PLLC SRG Partnership Inc. Stafford Frey Cooper Stanislaw Ashbaugh Stokes Lawrence, P.S. Sullivan Conard Architects Summit Law Group SvR Design Company Sweeney Conrad, P.S. Swenson Say Fagét Tarragon LLC The Glosten Associates The Miller|Hull Partnership, LLP The Nathanson Group PLLC The Portico Group Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara Voldal Wartelle & Co., PS Washington State Bar Association Wechsler Becker, LLP Weinstein A|U Architects + Urban Designers LLC Williams Kastner Wolfstone, Panchot & Bloch, P.S., Inc. WSP Flack + Kurtz |
| Jul. 19, 2009
| We Took a "Bite" out of Hunger
Crowds of people, good food, and hundreds of Food Lifeline supporters at the Bite of Seattle® -- what could be better? The Alley, hosted by Tom Douglas sponsored by Painted Hills Natural Beef was a huge success. Visitors to The Alley enjoyed delectable tastes from top local chefs while also helping their neighbors in need through Food Lifeline. The Alley raised more than $28,000 in net proceeds for Food Lifeline, and we had 69 volunteers stationed at donation boxes around the Seattle Center to help reach this amount. Thank you to all who visited The Alley at the Bite of Seattle®, and to our wonderful volunteers who shared their weekend with us. |
You helped Brenden Foster's wish of feeding those in need come to fruition once again this year! With your support, we raised $23,825 and nearly 13,000 pounds during the Problem Solver's Food Drive in Memory of Brenden Foster. This is enough to provide 105,456 meals for hungry people in local communities. If you were unable to make it out to any of the Fred Meyer locations where the food drive was held, you can still