The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank continues to flourish with outstanding support from our community. We lead the effort to feed, educate and advocate to end hunger in the Snoqualmie Valley.

2015 Highlights

Neighbors served: A total of 14,305 household visits in 2015, an increase of 17 percent over 2014. Individual visits, 33,907, increased 10 percent;

Food donations: Over 621,540 pounds of food from partner agencies Food Lifeline, Northwest Harvest and the federal commodities program, plus grocery rescue, food drives and private donations;

Senior-only shopping: New in May, a shopping day to give our senior population an opportunity to shop at a slower pace, use shopping carts and receive additional help if needed;

Summer kids meal program: 10,733 breakfasts, lunches and snacks provided to 1,197 youth during the 10-week program, which was expanded in partnership with the Snoqualmie Valley YMCA and the King County Library System;

School supplies and shoes: Valley youth received 280 backpacks with supplies and 235 pairs of new school shoes;

Eastside Baby Corner: partnership: Beyond providing baby food, formula and diapers a volunteer meets with clients on child needs such as car seats, cribs and clothing.

Outside resources: Each week reps from social service agencies help clients with housing, healthcare, childcare and other resources. In May, we became the host site for families using W.I.C.

Resource office: The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank is a certified partner agency with Washington Connection, so we can directly assist people with their Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) needs and provide referrals for other services;

Events: Community wide participation; see the full list on our website, www.snoqualmievalleyfoodbank.org; and

Volunteer support: 18,364 volunteer hours for 2015, equivalent to 9.5 full-time employees. The gift of time and talent allows the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank to be the best it can be.

There is so much to share about our organization; visit our website and like us on Facebook to see our community in action.

We enjoy partnering with the many businesses, churches, organizations, schools and community members who allow us to provide the services that we do. We recognize the importance of making connections and providing opportunities to engage all facets of our community in order to sustain the health of our community as a whole.

We are grateful for your contribution to our success and we hope that you will continue to support our effort to maintain a healthy vibrant community that we live in.

Heidi Dukich, Executive Director,

Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank