Food Lifeline - Working to Feed Hungry People in Western Washington

Food Lifeline Calendar of Events

Featured Events:

Sep. 18, 2008	RSVP for Bag Hunger 2008 Today! Food Lifeline's annual Bag Hunger Luncheon and Auction is quickly approaching! The event will take place on Thursday, September 18, 2008, from 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm at the Grand Hyatt Seattle. This year's guest speaker will be local restaurateur, celebrity chef, and Food Lifeline Board Member, Tom Douglas, who will be joined by emcee, Elisa Jaffe of KOMO TV News. Food Lifeline's Ending Hunger Award winners will also be announced throughout the course of the luncheon. If you are interested in attending this year's luncheon as a guest, table captain or sponsor, please send an email to Carla Englander, give her a call at (206) 545-6600, ext. 227, or complete our online RSVP form.

Jun. 1, 2008 - Aug. 31, 2008	Support Food Lifeline, and Support Local Craft Beer! Every day during the months of June, July, and August Full Sail Brewery will donate a portion of the proceeds from each case of beer sold at participating Western Washington grocery stores to Food Lifeline, the Western Washington member of America's Second Harvest, the Nation's Food Bank Network. In the months of June and July, Full Sail will donate $1.00 per case sold at participating Western Washington Albertsons stores. In the months of July and August, Full Sail will donate $0.50 per case sold at participating Western Washington QFC stores. Each dollar donated will provide five meals to hungry children in Western Washington. This is the third year that Full Sail is offering this promotion through Albertson's grocery stores in the Northwest, and the fourth year Full Sail has partnered with QFC to support Food Lifeline's efforts to end hunger in Western Washington.

Aug. 1, 2008 - Sep. 30, 2008	Click for Fried Chicken You click, you give! To celebrate the return of CMT's Friday night hit show, Country Fried Home Videos, CMT One Country and Tyson are donating fried chicken to America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network on your behalf. For every person that logs on to CMTOneCountry.com and clicks on the "donation box," CMT One Country and Tyson will donate 1 lb. of fried chicken to America's Second Harvest, which will then be distributed to member food banks such as Food Lifeline.

Other Events:

	Edmonds Winery Promotion Edmonds Winery's newly released 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot benefits hungry people in Western Washington. $2.50 will be donated to Food Lifeline for every bottle sold! Click here for more info.

	Food Lifeline is an Albertsons Community Partner If you shop at Albertsons with your Preferred Savings Card be sure to link your card to Food Lifeline! Simply go to www.albertsons.com and click on "In the Community" and "Community Partners". Link your card to Food Lifeline using our Community Partner ID Number: 49001014290, then shop as usual! Food Lifeline will receive a check from Albertsons to support the children we serve at Western Washington food banks.

	The Pampered Chef Customers have the opportunity to round up their orders to the nearest dollar or more to help feed hungry families. This year a beautiful, heart-shaped, copper-plated trivet has been introduced. $2 from each trivet sold in our area will benefit Food Lifeline. For more information or to host a party, go to the Pampered Chef web site.

Event Results:

Jul. 31, 2008	Food Frenzy Breaks Records Again! A tremendous thank you to all the Food Frenzy participants for your outstanding support of Food Frenzy this year! Together you raised over $238,000, enough to provide 1.2 million meals for hungry children. The nutritious food you collected and your tremendous outpouring of volunteer support mean thousands more meals will reach hungry families this summer. Congratulations to the top organizations in each category, and remember that the real winners are the hungry kids you're feeding through your generosity and hard work. Special thanks to Title Sponsor Wells Fargo Bank; Challenging Firms Grant Thornton LLP; The Nathanson Group PLLC; and Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara, LLP; and the outstanding 2008 Food Frenzy Committee. Overall Awards Law Firms 1st Place: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 2nd Place: Heller Ehrman LLP 3rd Place: The Nathanson Group PLLC Accounting Firms 1st Place: Bader Martin, P.S. 2nd Place: Grant Thornton LLP 3rd Place: BDO Seidman LLP Public Sector Legal Organizations 1st Place: King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office 2nd Place: Federal Public Defender's Office 3rd Place: Washington State Attorney General's Office Architecture/Design Firms 1st Place: The Miller\|Hull Partnership 2nd Place: SRG Partnership Inc. Per Capita Awards Accounting Firms 1st Place: BDO Seidman LLP 2nd Place: Bader Martin, P.S. 3rd Place: Brantley Janson Yost & Ellison Law Firms 1st Place: The Nathanson Group PLLC 2nd Place: Aoki Sakamoto Grant LLP 3rd Place: Marten Law Group PLLC Public Sector Legal Organizations 1st Place: Lake Forest Park Municipal Court 2nd Place: Federal Public Defender's Office 3rd Place: Bellevue City Attorney's Office Architecture/Design Firms 1st Place: The Miller\|Hull Partnership 2nd Place: SRG Partnership Inc. 100% Employee Participation BDO Seidman LLP Bellevue City Attorney's Office Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, PS Benson & McLaughlin Bishop, White & Marshall Brantley Janson Yost & Ellison Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP Heller Ehrman LLP Johnson & Shute, P.S. Keller Rohrback LLP Lake Forest Park Municipal Court LeGros Buchanan & Paul Marten Law Group PLLC McCullough Hill, P.S. Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Sloan Bobrick & Kesling, P.S. Speckman Law Group, PLLC SRG Partnership Inc. Stafford Frey Cooper Stanislaw Ashbaugh Summit Law Group Sweeney Conrad, P.S. Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara, LLP Washington State Bar Association

Sep. 26, 2007	10th Anniversary Bag Hunger a Success A tremendous thank you to Moneytree, Inc., The Boeing Company, and Safeco Insurance for their sponsorship of the 10th Anniversary Bag Hunger Luncheon and Auction! With their support and the generosity of the luncheon attendees, Food Lifeline raised over $120,000! Bidding for the seven auction items was fast and furious, raising $6,500 to help feed hungry children in Western Washington. Among the items guests had the opportunity to bid on were a barrel filled with bottles of wine donated by the Food Lifeline Board of Directors, three weekend getaways, a quilt created for the event by the Boeing In Stitches Quilt Club, and two pairs of Seattle Seahawks tickets! The traditional Bag Hunger Commemorative Plates made way for a new tradition: note cards featuring the hopes and dreams of children served by some of the 300 food banks, meal programs and shelters that Food Lifeline provides food. If you are interested in purchasing a set of these limited edition note cards or one of the few remaining commemorative plates, please send an email to Events@FLL.org

Aug. 1, 2007	Food Frenzy Breaks All Records! A tremendous thank you to all the Food Frenzy participants for your outstanding support of Food Frenzy this year! Together you raised over $200,000, enough to provide 1.2 million meals for hungry children for hungry children. The nutritious food you collected and your tremendous outpouring of volunteer support at Food Lifeline's warehouse mean thousands more meals will reach hungry families this summer. Congratulations to the top organizations in each category, and remember that the real winners are the hungry kids you're feeding through your generosity and hard work.