Join Us Sunday, February 12, 2012 as We Celebrate 35 Years of Service
Join us Sunday February 12, 2012, as we celebrate 35 years of service to our community and rededicate ourselves to our ongoing mission of helping to ensure that no one in our community goes hungry.
Festivities will include a gourmet meal created by Chef Jemil Johnson (with choice of entrée), fabulous desserts crafted by local bakers and food artisans, recognition of some of the volunteers and supporters without whom the program would not have reached this milestone, and both a silent and live auction featuring everything from gift baskets suitable for your valentine to trips to exotic locales.
This is a semi-formal event.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
4:30PM-7:00PM
Bloedel Hall
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Seattle, Washington 98102
Dinner and No-Host Bar
Semi-Formal Attire
Tickets $50 Per Person
Host Angela King, Q13 Fox News
Entertainment Paul Davis, "The Crooner"
Auctioneer Larry Snyder
Chef Jemil Johnson
Please join us!
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Holiday Reflections
This December we had our first Holiday Open House. Folks from all over the Seattle area gathered for cookies and conversation and see for themselves how EFP works to provide local households with the balanced nutrition they need and deserve.
Many groups and individuals worked tirelessly - holding food drives and joining us in our warehouse to pack food bags - all helping to brighten the holidays for so many local households.
We were incredibly honored when KEXP radio (90.3 FM) choose EFP as their December nonprofit of the month. Through repeat radio spots KEXP called attention to the continuing problem of local hunger as well as spotlighting EFP's unique method of service. The proceeds of their annual "Shake the Shack" food drive (over 800 pounds of food) went to households served by EFP and they even held a benefit concert on our behalf at Ballard's Sunset Tavern.
We salute KEXP's commitment to this community and thank them for all they do to help feed our hungry neighbors.
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Share the Dream
Our annual Share the Dream concert, a celebration of the life and enduring legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., took place January 15th. Despite the snowfall that turned so many Seattle area streets into snarled messes, the turn out for the event was pretty good. More importantly, the performances by members of both the Total Experience Gospel Choir and the Black Nativity Choir stirred our souls with inspiration. Also braving the heavy snow, Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large shared a reflection that called on us to let our lights shine even when darkness threatens.
It was an occasion to remember that no matter how far we've come, the dream of equality remains but a dream as long so many remain left out of the promise of prosperity and opportunity upon which our country was founded. As Dr. King put it, "All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."
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