This is a fund raising competition among firms to raise money to combat hunger by supporting Food Lifeline. Food Lifeline channels surplus food from food producers and retailers to a network of distributors such as food banks, shelters, and meal programs. Some information from their website:
- Many of the people served by Food Lifeline are among the working poor.
62% of the households Food Lifeline serves count a job, social security, SSI, unemployment or disability as a main source of income.
- The profile of a hungry person in Western Washington continues to defy society’s assumptions.
Nearly 45% of the individuals using a food bank, meal program or shelter in Western Washington have some form of post-secondary education. Only 15% are actually homeless.
- 38% of the hungry people Food Lifeline serves are children.
- 13% of the hungry people Food Lifeline serves are seniors.
Please spread the word and consider participating in this effort to combat hunger in Western Washington. For more information please click here.
Also May 8th is Stamp Out Hunger food drive and you can leave food out for the mail person to pick up.