The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank experienced an amazing first year. We received outstanding support from our community to help create a solid foundation for a food secure system that serves Snoqualmie Valley residents, struggling to make ends meet.

2014 highlights include:

• People served: A total of 11,712 households were served in 2014. The last quarter of 2014 we served an average of 300 households each week;
• Food donations: Over 450,000 pounds of food donated by Food Lifeline and Northwest Harvest, the federal commodities program, grocery rescue, food drives and private donor;
• Summer meal program: 12,807 breakfasts, lunches and snacks were provided to 1,529 youth during the 11-week program;
• School supplies and shoes: 300 backpack and supplies and 275 pairs of new school shoes given to Valley youth;
• Eastside Baby Corner Liaison: New program in October, met specific needs for 25 children. In addition, Eastside Baby Corner provided 15,119 diapers, 480 jars of baby food and 206 cans of formula to Valley babies in 2014;
• Outside resources: Each week representatives from agencies such as Within Reach and Sound Mental Health help clients at the food bank with housing, healthcare, childcare and other resources.
• Resource office: The food bank is certified as a partner agency with Washington Connection, which means we can directly assist people with their Department of Social and Health Services needs, as well as provide resources for other services.
• Communitywide participation, from food drives to golf tournaments; visit www.snoqualmievalleyfoodbank.org for full list;
• Volunteer Support: 17,181 volunteer hours for 2014. The gift of time and talent is what allows the food bank to be the best it can be. We love our volunteers.

There is so much to share about our organization that I invite you to visit our website and like us on Facebook so you can see our community in action at work.

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