Opportunities to Support Food Programs and Organizations
ONE-TIME DONATION DROP-OFFS: Rising food prices combined with growing need means we need food donations more than ever! Please check our current needs list to see our highest priority items. We update this list regularly to reflect our largest inventory gaps on our most-requested food items. Bring your donations to our warehouse ONLY during scheduled days and times. Warehouse location: AtWork (930 7th Ave NW, Issaquah, WA 98027) Donation drop off dates/times:
Sat. 5/18, 9:30a – 12:00p
Thurs. 5/23, 1 – 3:30p
Sat. 6/08, 11a – 1p
Mon. 6/10, 1 – 3:30p
Thurs. 6/20, 1 – 3:30p
Mon. 6/24, 1 – 3:30p
We need grocery-size brown paper shopping bags with handles in good condition for shoppers in our market. Please drop these off at any of our upcoming donation drive events!
Grocery 2 Go Drivers Needed! IFCB is in need of driver volunteers for our home delivery program! Our Groceries to Go program is growing by 5-7 new families each month. We are in need of volunteers interested in picking up pre-packed groceries here at the food bank twice a month and delivering to local families who can't make it to the food bank. This is a great opportunity to directly assist neighbors in need. Time commitments vary, but typically requires about 2 hours every other week on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Interested? Email our volunteer coordinator, Tiffaney, to learn more!
Financial gifts for purchasing food and other supplies.
Online orders of items off our Emergency Needs List to be shipped to us directly from the vendor.
Online orders of items of Essentials for Unhoused Neighbors
Power Packs Plus: With the help and support of the Issaquah School District, Power Packs Plus boxes are now available in 15 elementary and high schools. Families can pick up our breakfast, lunch, and snack boxes on school materials distribution days. Our Power Packs Plus boxes cost us about $15 per box and we are now giving out more than 1000 boxes per month! If you would like to help ensure kids in our community are well-fueled and ready to learn each week, please consider making a gift today.
Translators Needed: We are searching for Mandarin, Spanish, Ukranian and Russian speaking volunteers to help translate during shopping weeks and break down a common barrier between the food bank and our clients. We also are in need of volunteers who are available to translate paper documents upon request. As we see significant growth in the clients we serve, we are also seeing a growth in the need for translators to help make shopping in our market an inclusive experience for all we serve. If you are interested in offering translation help, please email Tiffaney!
Issaquah Meals Program continues to provide a free hot meal daily, including holidays at the Issaquah Community Hall, 180 E. Sunset Way, next to the fire station.
Weekdays 5 to 6 p.m. The Issaquah Meals Program is looking for individual volunteers to help on nights that meal groups are not available. To volunteer or donate, email Griffin Cole or call 425-679-0342
Weekend Meals: Saturdays: 5:00pm - 6:00pm & Sundays: 4:00pm - 5:00pm To learn about current volunteer or donation opportunities, contact Marilyn Ottinger
Hopelink: URGENT NEED FOR FOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS.
Now that Hopelink Food Markets have reopened to serve clients, we need volunteers! Tasks include checking clients in and out, sorting and stocking food donations and organizing food markets as needed. Most opportunities occur Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., with limited evening opportunities beginning at 4:30 p.m. Must be able to lift at least 15 pounds. Volunteers are especially needed in Shoreline and Sno-Valley (Carnation). Learn More.
Friends of Youth meal donation
Thank you for wanting to support our Shelter with a meal donation. We appreciate your support! Details: Location: Friends of Youth, Shelter, 16101 NE 87th Street, Suite 110, Redmond WA 98052, on the South side of the building (same side as the Goodyear Auto business). Time: Drop off between 5 to 8:15 pm M-F and 5 to 6:30 pm Sat & Sun (when staff are able to receive donations) Contact number at the Shelter, cell phone: (425) 449-3868 Serving Amount: Meals should serve 15 - 25 hungry young adults. Important Notes: Please note all food must be prepackaged, purchased from a restaurant, or made in a commercial kitchen. We are not able to accept home cooked meal donations at this time. Due to COVID 19 restrictions volunteers are asked to just drop off food, and not serve at this time.
PorchLight (Congregations for the Homeless) Meal Program
We serve three meals a day, 365 days a year to approximately 100 men experiencing homelessness in our community. We welcome volunteers willing to donate meals for our shelter guests. CFH provides plates, napkins, and utensils. Extras, such as fruit, salad, beverages, and desserts, are more than welcome but not required. All food donations must be scheduled prior to drop off.
We serve lunch and dinner at two shelters – Helen’s Place and Sophia’s Place - serving 20-40 guests depending on location and time of day. Please prepare a complete meal (main hot dish, side dish, dessert, etc.) for the number of women selected. This will help us ensure that all women receive a full meal. Please read our guidelines document for suggestions on cooking for large groups.
Help stock our pantry with breakfast items this month! Shop our Amazon Wishlist to send items straight to us, or contact us about dropping off items in-person at our Donation Center. Wish List links and more info are available at sophiaway.org/shelter-needs. We are so grateful for your help filling our shelves with: - Apple Sauce (individual cups) - Boxes of cereals - Instant oatmeal (individual packets) - Granola bars - Nuts and trail mix - Coffee - Tea bags - Sugar packets - Carnation Breakfast Essentials High Protein Powder Drink Mix. Thank you for helping nourish women in your community who are experiencing homelessness!
Imagine Housing Grocery Rescue Volunteers
We're looking for volunteers to help with weekly grocery rescue and food delivery. What's available: Tuesdays 9am - 11am going from Redmond to Kirkland OR Friday 9am - 11am going from Redmond to Issaquah. We are happy to work out the frequency that is best for you! All you need is a car and the ability to lift 30lb boxes. Wanna team up with a friend, coworker, or family member? Please do! To sign up, visit imaginehousing.org/volunteer.
New Bethlehem Programs, Kirkland
Providing New Bethlehem Day Center, New Bethlehem Place and a Hotel Program, these programs urgently need meal donations! Please find flyer here Sign up here
Hopelink Harvest is the hub of Hopelink’s efforts to increase access to healthy food. Through partnerships with local farms, farmers markets, community gardens, and individual growers, the Hopelink Harvest program collects donations of surplus produce for distribution at Hopelink food banks. Together, we are growing a healthier community for everyone! We welcome new volunteers for the following positions: Gleaning Volunteer, Farmers Market Tabling, Cooking Demo Volunteer, Garden Volunteer, Donating Produce. Visit website for more information and to sign up!
Little Free Pantry: give what you can. take what you need.
Who We Are: We’re a group of Seattle-area community members working together to address food insecurity in our neighborhoods by placing small food pantries that can be accessed 24/7 to meet people’s short term needs for food and hygiene. We are an all volunteer run project and have raised nearly $6000 through crowdsourcing, returning 100% to the cost of new pantry builds. In the past six months, we have placed over 100 Little Free Pantries in Puget Sound-area neighborhoods in partnership with community members and groups to fill the gap in food security that social services, food security organizations, and local governments are not equipped to meet. We are looking for creative ways to expand our pantry network into other neighborhoods and forge new partnerships to ensure these pantries success.
Issaquah Sammamish Food Project Sharing Food. Building Community.
A Simple System That Really Works EVERY 2 MONTHS—on the second Saturday of every even month—our Neighborhood Coordinators pick up bags of healthy nonperishable food that neighbors have left outside their front doors. They leave empty green bags for next time, and take all the food to local Food Banks. It’s that easy!
Lifelong Chicken Soup Brigade: Volunteer Drivers Needed
Volunteer delivery drivers are the heart and soul of our food program, delivering thousands of bags of groceries and meals each year to our clients. Drivers deliver food to the homes of 8 clients once a week and routes generally take 60-90 minutes to complete. We have routes delivering to the Eastside on Thursdays with a pick-up window between 1 and 2pm. These run out of our Bellevue location
New Meal program: Check site for locations
Mobile Meal Alliance Fund a Truck, Feed a Community With assistance from the City of Bellevue, the Washington State Food Truck Association has partnered with Nourishing Networks, the Redmond-based non-profit organization, to provide a voucher meal food truck program.
matches people who are higher-risk during the COVID-19 pandemic or who just need an extra hand with local volunteers to provide help with errands like grocery delivery, prescription pick up, and more! If you need help, call (425) 522-2674