Food Lifeline - Working to Feed Hungry People in Western Washington

Food Lifeline News and Issues

RECENT NEWS:
Purchase "Recipes from the Heart" to Support Food Lifeline Recipes From the Heart, a cookbook created created by US Foodservice and America's Second Harvest, features more than 350 family-favorites from the kitchens of US Foodservice...

Farm Bill Passes! After over a year and a half of deliberations and the hard work of advocates here at Food Lifeline and across the nation, the federal Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007...

What Did You Do With Your Economic Stimulus Payment? We had a lot of feedback from how people felt about the recent $300-$1,200 payment from the federal government, and even received many donations from people in our community who...

2008 Agency Excellence Award Winners On March 24, 2008 the Shoreline Conference Center was abuzz with excitement and energy as Linda Nageotte, Food Lifeline President and CEO, addressed the more than 200 member agency...

State Legislative Session Wrap-up Washington's 2008 legislative session has come to an end! The House and Senate passed a final budget, and it now awaits the Governor's signature. In a tough budget year, lawmakers...


VOLUNTEERS:
Sign Up for Family Volunteer Day! Bring your family together to volunteer in support of feeding other families in Western Washington. Volunteers are needed to help sort, label, and repackage food in our Shoreline warehouse...

Community Volunteer Night! Join Food Lifeline on the first, second and last Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. for Community Volunteer Night! Volunteers can help hungry people in their communities by...

Summer Volunteer Opportunities! Help Food Lifeline feed hungry people in our community during the summer months, a time of year when food availability is low, yet the need is high. Join our volunteer team and...

Warehouse Assistant With an average of 400 volunteers sorting food in our warehouse each month, Warehouse Assistants are needed to help with set-up and supervision of volunteer groups. Work with...

Volunteer Receptionist Help Food Lifeline help the public when they turn to us for information. As a Volunteer Receptionist you will be answering a multi-line telephone system and greeting visitors...

Be a Food Rescue Assistant! Do you like to get started early in the morning? If so, this is the volunteer position for you! Ride along with our truck drivers (shifts start between 4:00 and 7:00am) and help...


NEWSLETTERS:
Food Lifeline's Form 990 Food Lifeline is a private nonprofit, but we hold ourselves accountable to our volunteers, our donors, and the public. We are proud to deliver 95% of every donation right back...

Spring 2008 Newsletter The Spring 2008 issue of Food Lifeline's Network News hit mailboxes in early May 2008. If you didn't receive a copy, you can see it here.

2007 Accountability Report Food Lifeline is a private nonprofit, but we hold ourselves accountable to our volunteers, our donors, and the public. We are proud to deliver 95% of every donation right back...

Profiles in Ending Hunger: The Many Faces of Ben Morris When you watch Ben Morris, Volunteer Operations Coordinator extraordinaire, in action you will immediately notice his amazing sense of rapport with every single volunteer that...

Profiles in Ending Hunger: Food Lifeline's Product Recovery Center Hank Nguyen and Sam Butay, the maestros behind the magic of Food Lifeline's Product Recovery Center (PRC), are safety and quality control experts that, together, have been running...


WINTER STORM RESPONSE UPDATES:
Lewis County Food Bank Coalition Agency Spotlight In early December, Western Washington was hit by a torrential storm that left several counties severely flooded and in desperate need of emergency assistance. Lewis County experienced...

Stories from the Storm Zone - Jill Watson Jill Watson, Food Lifeline's Agency Services Manager, has a mission: to ensure that each and every food bank...

Disaster Relief Update for Agencies As the last two weeks have gone by, the severity of the winter storm on December 3rd is becoming clearer. Kitsap, Lewis, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Thurston and Mason Counties have...

Food Lifeline Activates National Food Donor Network After the water receded in the wake of Southwestern Washington's severe flooding and wind storms, Food Lifeline jumped into action, immediately activating its extensive national...

Food Lifeline Supporting Storm and Flood-Impacted Agencies Food Lifeline's effort to support our network of storm and flood-impacted agencies is national in scope and...