As we wind down community distributions of emergency food brought about by the pandemic at North Seattle Community College and Rainier Beach Community Center, we want to thank all our...
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When the state first shutdown over a year ago, our team at Food Lifeline found ourselves at the forefront of an unprecedented crises. The number of food insecure individuals in Washington doubled to 1.6 million. We needed to adapt not only to meet record demand, but to ensure we could sustain our efforts in the years ahead, as we forge the long path to recovery. Our emergency response brought into focus the disparities communities face and the disproportionate impact of hunger on Black, Indigenous populations, migrant and communities of color. We will lean heavily into these learnings as we focus our energy and future investments to better serve western Washington while prioritizing efforts toward systemic change in the root causes of hunger, including poverty, racial inequity, and social injustice. Read more in our latest Covid-19 Emergency Response Report.
