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Children’s Alliance 
Contact: Paola Maranam, Executive Director
2017 E Spruce St
Seattle WA 98122
Phone: 206-324-0340
Toll Free: 800-854-KIDS
Email: paola [at] childrensalliance.org
Web: http://www.childrensalliance.org
The Children’s Alliance is a coalition of organizations joined in a united effort to promote the health and well being of all children in Washington state. Hunger and nutrition are among their primary concerns.
Emergency Food Network
3318 92nd St S
Lakewood, WA 98499
Phone: 253-584-1040
Email: emergency-food-network [at] msn.com
Web: http://www.efoodnet.org
The Emergency Food Network distributes food to more than 70 food banks, hot meal sites, and shelters in Pierce County. The Network preserves food through its Cannery Project and has an 8 acre organic farm called Mother Earth Farm where volunteers grow, glean, gather, transport, sort and pack 100,000 pounds of fresh produce for low-income children and families in their community.
Food Lifeline
Contact: Linda Nageotte, President & CEO
1702 NE 150th St
Shoreline, WA 98155
Phone: 206-545-6600
Email: lindan [at] fll.org
Web: http://www.foodlifeline.org
Utilizing a variety of innovative programs, Food Lifeline distributes 18.5 million pounds of surplus food each year to more than 630,000 people through a network of 253 emergency feeding programs in Western Washington.
Food Resource Network Federation
PO Box 2903
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206-223-1774
Email: frnf [at] scn.org
Web: http://www.scn.org/frnf
This Seattle-based federation links five major food banks, a home delivery food service, and community gardens. In addition to responding to emergency needs, one of the Federation’s goals is to empower people to become self-sufficient. Member organizations provide infant foods and supplies, gardening instruction and seeds, foods for special dietary needs, instruction on food preparation, and referrals for those needing additional services.
Hopelink
PO Box 3577
Redmond WA 98073-3577
Phone: 425-485-6521
Email: hopelink [at] hope-link.org
Web: http://www.hope-link.org/programs/food.htm
Hopelink assists families become self-sufficient through a wide variety of programs, including housing, transportation, literacy and child development. Hopelink’s food program distributes to six food banks.
Interbay
Contact: Deb Rock
2501-73 15th Ave W
Seattle
Phone: 206-234-2861
Email: interbayfoodbank [at] hotmail.com
Web: http://pugetsoundschoolgardens.org/interbay/index.php
The Interbay
Lettuce Link
Contact: Michelle B. Benetua, Program Manager
1501 N 45th St
Seattle,
Phone:
Email: michelleb [at] solid-ground.org
Web: http://solid-ground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Lettuce/Pages/default.aspx
Lettuce Link helps low-income families access fresh produce by providing free seeds, plant starts and gardening information, by growing and donating over 12,000 pounds of organic produce each year, by encouraging and assisting community gardeners grow and donate fresh produce, and by offering a free nutrition and gardening education program to children in the South Park neighborhood. Lettuce Link is a program of Solid Ground (see listing below).
Northwest Harvest
Shelley Rotondo, Executive Director
PO Box 12272
Seattle WA 98102
Phone: 206-625-0755
Email: info [at] northwestharvest.org
Web: http://www.northwestharvest.org
Northwest Harvest supplies 16 million pounds of food per year to over 300 food banks and meal programs across the state through warehouses in King, Grays Harbor, Stevens, and Yakima counties. In an average month, these programs provide approximately one-half million services to people in need. More than half of those served are children and the elderly.
Rotary First Harvest
Contact: David Bobanick
PO Box 94117
Seattle, WA 98124
Phone: 206-236-0408
Email: david [at] firstharvest.org
Web: http://www.firstharvest.org
Since 1982, Rotary First Harvest has gathered nearly 120 million pounds of produce from farmers, packers and processors for food bank groups in Washington state and other areas in the Western US.
Solid Ground
Contact: Trish Twomey, Food Resources
1501 N 45th St
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-694-6757
Email: trisht [at] solid-ground.org
Web: http://www.solid-ground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Resources/Pages/default.aspx
Solid Ground (formerly the Fremont Public Association) provides for a wide variety of community needs through a diverse array of food programs for adults and children served by 27 food banks. Operation Fontline offers free cooking classes, taught by volunteer chefs and nutritionists, to low-income individuals and their families. Solid Ground helps people learn to garden and encourage local gardeners to donate to the food bank system through Lettuce Link (see listing above). See also the listing for Marra Farm in the Urban Agriculture section.
Washington Food Coalition
Contact: Tracy Wilking, Executive Director
PO Box 95752
Seattle, WA 98145
Phone: 206-729-0501
Toll Free: 877-729-0501
Email: tracy [at] wafoodcoalition.org
Web: http://www.wafoodcoalition.org
The Washington Food Coalition serves as the collective voice of food banks, meal programs, distribution systems, and anti-hunger advocates in the state of Washington. WFC actively educates and networks with organizations that strive to alleviate hunger throughout our state. In the summer of 2007 the Washington Food Coalition published a major report on challenges facing the emergency food system. For the full report see:
A Fork in the Road: Emergency Food Assistance in the State of Washington
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty
http://www.markwinne.com
Community Food Security Coalition
http://www.foodsecurity.org/aboutcfsc.html
Community Kitchen - King County Steps to Health
www.metrokc.gov/health/steps/HARVC
Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger
http://www.helpstophunger.org/economic_cost_of_hunger.asp
Emergency Food Programs - Seattle/King County
https://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/emergencyservices/emergencyfood.htm
Foodlink - Pike Place Market
http://www.foodlinkseattle.org
Food Security in the United States - USDA
www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodSecurity
Seattle Hunger Map
www.hungermaps.org/seattle
Washington Food Banks - Map
http://cted.wa.gov/maps
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