A growing number of neighbors are finding it hard to make ends meet. Inflation continues to linger, driving up prices on essential items like chicken and rice, which both increased by 37% from 2019 - 2024, and eggs, which have seen an increase of 163%.

Every year more than 18,500 neighbors join us to access food and support services. Join us, investing in our mission to end hunger in South Seattle. Last year alone, we:

Distributed $13,000 to 36 neighbors to keep them housed through our Helpline
Connected 350 neighbors to our social service partners
Saw 900 families join us for in-person shopping weekly
Made weekly grocery deliveries to 500 households for neighbors who are disabled, immunocompromised, or face other barriers to accessing in-person services
Provided weekly food deliveries to 500 students through our backpack program
Served 15,000 ready-to-eat meals through our SPARK To-Go Lunch program

Our work towards food justice is built on this foundation, one laid with trust and community care, knowing that we are only as healthy as the most vulnerable among us. We’re gifted with daily reminders of how our diversity enriches our lives when one neighbor helps translate for another, unlocking new relationships; when a local gardener stops by with fresh bok choy and herbs, or when guests, volunteers, and staff gather over a meal, swapping stories and connecting over shared passions. At our food bank, nestled in one of the most diverse zip codes in the state with many immigrant and refugee neighbors, offering choices in the foods we provide is important so that our neighbors can nourish their sense of identity and culture through food.

Join us this year to fund food access for all, to protect the safe community space we’ve created for all of our neighbors regardless of housing status, income, zip code, gender identity, or immigration status.

Fund Food Access for All

By RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK

Fund Food Access for All

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