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Emergency Feeding Program
June E-newsletter |
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GiveBIG on June 23rd!
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EFP is partnering with the Seattle Foundation to make your donations to the program go even farther as part of a massive local effort called GiveBIG!
Donations made to EFP on Thursday, June 23, 2011 will be matched by the Seattle Foundation and additional GiveBIG sponsors: the Seattle Sounders FC, the Seattle International Foundation, Puget Sound Energy, Safeco Insurance, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
Be part of the the single biggest day of giving in King County history and help feed your hungry neighbors by making a secure online donation to EFP through the Seattle Foundation's Giving Center. (Just click on the link above.)
Allow your generosity to have an even greater impact as we work to ensure that no one in our community is left hungry.
GiveBIG!
Please forward this email to everyone you know encouraging them to join you in supporting EFP on June 23rd.
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Volunteers from Boeing & Amazing Grace
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May's Volunteer Groups
In May, groups from the following organizations joined us in our Seattle warehouse to help pack emergency grocery bags:
- The Bush School
- Plymouth Congregational Church
- Aimco (Bellevue)
- Magnolia Presbyterian Church
- Mercer Island High School
In addition, the following faith communities purchased food and packed EFP bags on their own:
- Wedgwood Presbyterian Church (Seattle)
- St. Paul's United Church of Christ (Seattle)
- University Congregational Church (Seattle)
- Kirkland Congregational Church (Kirkland)
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Mercer Island)
- Eastgate Congregational Church (Bellevue)
And members of the Boeing Black Employees Association joined with folks from Amazing Grace Spiritual Center in a food drive held at four area Safeway stores on May 14th.
Their combined effort brought in an incredible 3,200 pounds of much-needed food.
Another food drive is being planned for July.
Our sincere thanks to everyone who lends a hand to help ensure that those who reach out to EFP will receive the nutrition they need and deserve.
If your group is interested in learning more about volunteering with EFP, please contact us at 206-329-0300 or info@emergencyfeeding.org.
We'd love to hear from you! |
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Funding Delay Slows May Deliveries
Your Help Urgently Needed! | |
In the Month of May, EFP delivered only 1,507 emergency grocery bags (or a total of 21,194 pounds) to our distribution partners countywide. This represents a marked decrease compared to the nearly 2,000 bags that EFP normally delivers each month.
Why? It was not because fewer of our hungry neighbors are reaching out to us. No. The problem is cash flow.
There has been an unaccountable delay in the disbursement of funds promised to
EFP by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. These are the funds that EFP had budgeted to help us maintain service this spring and summer when, historically, donations slow down while need remains high.
During this critical time, we are asking each of you to consider what you can do to help EFP continue to respond to the thousands of local households that reach out to us each month for helping keep food on the family table.
Join us for the June 23rd "GiveBIG" event (details above) or, if you are able, please give now by clicking below.
On behalf of all you are helping with your generous support, we sincerely thank you.
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Supporting the Emergency Feeding Program is easy!
Just click below and make a tax deductible donation through our secure website.
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 Voices in Seattle Unite! July 10th.
Join a galaxy of the best of Seattle's Jazz stars Sunday, July 10, 2011 as "Voices in Seattle Unite" to fight local hunger.
The music will kick off at 4:00 p.m. at Waid's Haitian Cuisine and Lounge (1212 East Jefferson St. in Seattle) and will feature performances from Elnah Jordan, Reggie Goings, Katie King, Oghale Agbro,Makini Magee & the Killer Bees, Lonnie Williams, Bernie Jacobs, Frank Clayto, Y'vonne Lewis, Beth Wolff, Eric Verlinde, Spoken Word by Alvin Horn, along with a host of other local talent.
No cover, but donations will be accepted to benefit the Emergency Feeding Program.
More information is available at www.emergencyfeeding.org or by calling EFP at (206) 329-0300.
Come feed your soul as you help feed your hungry neighbors! |
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Partnership Profile:
Yes We Can!
Did you know that Northwest Harvest, the LDS cannery and the South King County Food Coalition are working together to help can food for hungry children and families in Washington State? Northwest Harvest provides the food, the LDS cannery provides the equipment, cans, boxes and labels, you provide the labor, and food programs operating in South King County (like EFP) receive the canned product for distribution to those in need!
This May a group of EFP volunteers had the opportunity to help can corn. Besides being a fun learning experience, this effort resulted in a wealth of canned corn that can now go into EFP emergency food bags.
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EFP Executive Director Arthur Lee at the LDS Cannery |
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About Us
Our mission is to provide an emergency response to the nutritional needs of people in crisis hunger situations throughout King County. We are dedicated to alleviating hunger while providing individuals with resource counseling to help move them towards
greater independence.
P.O. Box 18877
Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-329-0300
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