Building a Movement

At Food Lifeline, we are building a Movement to End Hunger. We know that to significantly reduce food insecurity rates in western Washington, we must mobilize our communities to demand changes to the laws and systems perpetuating hunger. We do this through advocacy efforts to shape local, state, and federal policy, by partnering with organizations that are addressing other causes of poverty, and through engagement and bundling food assistance with other community-based programs and services.

You can make a difference: Get involved and help eliminate hunger.

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Recent Wins

We provided immediate access to nutritious and culturally relevant foods for 1,703,228 neighbors facing hunger in FY 2024 through our partner network.
We invested $700,000 in 16 Community Food Sovereignty Programs in FY 2024.
16,559 dedicated volunteers provided 53,409 hours of service in FY 2024.
We worked with other hunger advocates to pass and fund a new summer EBT program—“Sun Bucks”—that will give Washington families who qualify for EBT an additional $120 in benefits this summer from the Department of Agriculture and the State of Washington.
We worked with other hunger advocates to pass HB 2301 to encourage food donation as part of a package of provisions addressing wasted food reduction and composting. The bill pledges $1.6M of Climate Commitment Act funding for a program to help offset harvesting and transportation costs when Washington growers donate unsold produce into hunger relief. It also calls for the Department of Ecology’s Washington Center for Sustainable Food Management to convene a stakeholder workgroup to recommend statewide best practices for food donation that happens through partnerships between food banks & food pantries and grocers & retailers.

Our movement is stronger with you. There are so many ways to get involved in ending hunger in our communities.

Volunteer

Set up a group volunteer session at Food Lifeline or your local food bank.(And make sure you check to see if your company offers volunteer grants!)

Consider becoming a regular volunteer as a member of the Production Corps or managing Shop the Dock.

Volunteer at the source: Help with a harvest at the Food Bank Farm, which delivers hundreds of thousands of pounds of field-fresh produce to local food banks every year

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Advocate

Sign up for our advocacy team and help us win policy proposals that end the root causes of hunger.

Write an Op Ed for your local paper in support of policies that will alleviate hunger, such as a strong Farm Bill (which includes SNAP), Universal Free School lunch, or a wealth tax.

Stay informed on critical hunger-related issues by choosing some food justice publications and organizations to follow this year on social media, such as FRAC, Civil Eats, or one of our Community Food Sovereignty Fund Grant Partners.

Raise awareness on the issue of food insecurity in Western Washington by following and sharing our posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and by subscribing to our monthly newsletter.

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Donate

Consider making a monthly gift to Food Lifeline. Recurring donations allow us to make key investments in ending the root causes of hunger.

Host an online food drive for your work/school/organization.

Encourage your employer to partner with us, either as a corporate partner, or as an advocacy partner .

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