Today advocates for food bank funding delivered this letter to budget writers in the Washington State Legislature asking for an additional $1 million for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP) this year. Signed by more than 170 organizations and 350 individuals from throughout Washington State, this letter follows similar letters of bipartisan support from legislators last week.
Food Lifeline would like to thank Senator Brian Hatfield and Representative Brian Blake for crafting letters of bipartisan support for the important work of food banks. These two letters were signed by the 45 legislators below and outline the record need facing food banks throughout our state and the importance of these additional funds this year – adding $1 million could leverage up to 3 million additional meals in the next year!
Did your legislators sign on? Find out who they are and thank them or let them know how important these funds are to you!
Washington State Senate:
Read the full letter of support here.
Senator Brian Hatfield 19th Legislative District |
Senator Adam Kline 37th Legislative District |
Senator David Frockt 46th Legislative District |
Senator Karen Fraser 22nd Legislative District |
Senator Annette Cleveland 49th Legislative District |
Senator Steve Conway 29th Legislative District |
Senator Bob Hasegawa 11th Legislative District |
Senator Bruce Dammeier 25th Legislative District |
Senator Jeannie Darneille 27th Legislative District |
Senator Steve Hobbs 44th Legislative District |
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles 36th Legislative District |
Senator John McCoy 38th Legislative District |
Senator Mark Mullet 5th Legislative District |
Senator Marko Liias 21st Legislative District |
Washington State House of Representatives:
Read the full letter of support here.
Representative Brian Blake 19th Legislative District |
Representative Luis Moscoso 1st Legislative District |
Representative Derek Stanford 1st Legislative District |
Representative Marcus Riccelli 3rd Legislative District |
Representative Steve Bergquist 11th Legislative District |
Representative Matt Manweller 13th Legislative District |
Representative Dean Takko 19th Legislative District |
Representative Sam Hunt 22nd Legislative District |
Representative Christ Reykdal 22nd Legislative District |
Representative Sherry Appleton 23rd Legislative District |
Representative Steve Tharinger 24th Legislative District |
Representative Larry Seaquist 26th Legislative District |
Representative Tami Green 28th Legislative District |
Representative Steve Kirby 29th Legislative District |
Representative David Sawyer 29th Legislative District |
Representative Linda Kochmar 30th Legislative District |
Representative Cindy Ryu 32nd Legislative District |
Representative Tina Orwall 33rd Legislative District |
Representative Gael Tarleton 36th Legislative District |
Representative Eileen Cody 34th Legislative District |
Representative Joe Fitzgibbon 34th Legislative District |
Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos 37th Legislative District |
Representative Eric Pettigrew 37th Legislative District |
Representative Hans Dunshee 44th Legislative District |
Representative Larry Springer 45th Legislative District |
Representative Jessyn Farrell 46th Legislative District |
Representative Cyrus Habib 48th Legislative District |
Representative June Robinson 38th Legislative District |
Representative Brady Walkinshaw 43rd Legislative District |
Representative Roger Goodman 45th Legislative District |
Representative Monica Stonier 17th Legislative District |
Representative Wylie 49th Legislative District |
Representative Gregerson 33rd Legislative District |
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