Excited to be part of this week's PNW Climate Week! Aaron Czyzewski, our Director of Advocacy & Public Policy, will be a panelist for the "Driving Change in Food Sustainability" discussion tomorrow. About 1/3 of human-caused carbon emissions are linked to food. Gage Mitchel (from Modern Species) and Jaxie Friedman (from Atomo Coffee) will moderate this discussion with other local PNW organizations working to create a more circular & sustainable food system. They will dig into key challenges, solutions and levers for change within our food system. Wednesday, July 10 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Georgetown Steam Plant Seattle, Washington 🌎 More info and to register: https://lu.ma/gppga6xg. #pnwclimateweek #foodsustaibability #foodwaste #climatechange #foodlifeline #foodjustice
Food Lifeline
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Seattle, WA 3,478 followers
Hunger Doesn't Have To Happen
About us
Feeding people facing hunger today and solving hunger for tomorrow. Every year, nearly 40% of our country's food ends up in landfills while millions of people go hungry. Food Lifeline rescues and redistributes healthy, nutritious food to people in need. We receive millions of pounds of surplus food from farmers, manufacturers, grocery stores, restaurants, and retailers every year. Our Hunger Solution Center, completed in 2016, has 190,000 square feet of space to hold this rescued food before volunteers sort and repack it. Food Lifeline then delivers it to more than 350 food banks, shelters, and meal programs throughout Western Washington - providing 280,000 meals every to our most vulnerable community members. At the same time, we are working to solve hunger for future by advocating for change and partnering with other organizations and agencies dedicated to ending hunger. The Hunger Solution Center is a hub for innovation and partnership that allows our community to join the movement to end hunger. We convene people at all levels to mobilize efforts that address hunger and other measures of poverty. It is easy and effective to donate your food, funds, voice, or time towards ending hunger. Visit FoodLifeline.org and find out how you can get involved.
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http://www.foodlifeline.org
External link for Food Lifeline
- Industry
- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, WA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1979
- Specialties
- Solving Hunger Logisitcs, Supporting the Food Industry, Hunger Relief, Volunteer Opportunities, Human Service, and Partnering with the Healthcare Industry
Locations
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Primary
815 S 96th St
Seattle, WA 98108, US
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Employees at Food Lifeline
Updates
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Great News! There is a new permanent, nationwide Summer EBT program—also known as SUN Bucks—to help families ensure their school-aged children have access to nutritious meals when they are not in school. ☀️ SUN Bucks is separate from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and provides $120 in food benefits to each eligible child. Learn more about this new program here: dshs.wa.gov/sunbucks The USDA estimates that in Washington state, this program will benefit 507,000 children. Senator Patty Murray played a crucial role in making this program permanent as the longtime sponsor of the Stop Child Summer Hunger Act. This new program was also supported by the efforts of school districts, hunger relief and community organizations, and community members, who saw the need to ensure children receive nutritious food, even when the school bell rings for the last time. We continue to advocate for policy proposals and community-led solutions to solve summer hunger.
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Huge thanks to Fred Meyer and Quality Food Center for their incredible support in our mission to end hunger! Go Ms!! #EndHunger #zerohungerzerowaste #Kroger #FoodLifeline #SeattleMariners
Fred Meyer and Quality Food Center are proud to support the great work of Food Lifeline in feeding the people of western Washington. So fun to celebrate our partnership at the Mariners Game last night! Go Ms! #kroger #zerohungerzerowaste #feedthehumanspirit #SeattleMariners
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Save the Date! 📅 Our annual celebration and fundraiser Dress Down Hunger is October 19th! We are excited to welcome you to our warehouse for a night of food, games, and fun! 🎉 Subscribers to our email list will get a special discount code for tickets so make sure to sign up today to get access to our early bird pricing! https://lnkd.in/gPDAwKWy
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Join the amazing Jen Mueller for a festive evening of food, drinks and BINGO to raise money to support our work here at Food Lifeline! 🎉 June 27 5:30-9:30 at the Axis Event Space in Seattle. Purchase tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gY3f7RX8 Read the 425 Business article about Jen's idea for the Birthday Bash here: https://lnkd.in/gZmqnN_x
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Heading into a sunny weekend on some good news - The Universal Free School Meals movement is growing! As one of our advocacy priorities, we worked with other hunger advocates to expand access to free school meals in Washington this legislative session, and will continue to push for universal free school meals. From the NYT article: “In total, more than 21 million American children now attend schools that offer free meals to all — a tenfold increase from 2010. “Schools did not want to go back to charging some kids,” said Crystal FitzSimons, the director of child nutrition programs and policy at the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center. “They saw the huge benefits of providing free meals to all students: supporting families, supporting kids, changing the culture of the cafeteria.” Interested in this work? You can join our advocacy list to help win policy proposals - like universal free school meals - that alleviate poverty and hunger: https://lnkd.in/grnRk_ta
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Interested in joining our team? We are currently hiring for several positions. Work on the front lines to get food to people facing hunger today, while building a movement to end hunger for tomorrow. See the full listings and apply on our careers page: https://lnkd.in/g4KfJYFv
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Nominations are due June 14 for the Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) 2024 Prizes for Innovation! The Prizes identify and highlight innovative food and nutrition work that offers promising, upstream models and replicable, scalable solutions that significantly advance health equity in communities throughout the U.S. H2HC will award two $100,000 prizes, and winners will be introduced at the H2HC Fall Summit in Boston. To learn more or submit a nomination visit: bit.ly/H2HCPrizes24.
H2HC is now accepting nominations for its 2024 Prizes for Innovation. The Prizes identify and highlight innovative food and nutrition work that offers promising, upstream models and replicable, scalable solutions that significantly advance health equity in communities throughout the U.S. H2HC will award two $100,000 prizes, and Prize winners will be introduced at the H2HC Fall Summit on November 21 in Boston. To learn more and submit a nomination, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eAMhY23Z.
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📢 Our May 2024 Issue of #QuickBites Stamp Out Hunger, Farm Bill Update, National Older Americans Month - Check out our May Quick Bites!
Quick Bites - May 2024
Food Lifeline on LinkedIn
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Is your company or organization looking for a fun way to give back this summer? Put together a team and join us for Food Frenzy in July! 😎 Food Frenzy is a creative competition to help feed kids facing hunger when schools close for the summer. For two action-packed weeks, July 12-26, businesses host food drives, volunteer at the Hunger Solution Center, and host fundraisers that benefit Food Lifeline. Last year, 67 teams collected enough food and raised enough money to provide 2.4 million meals for kids and families experiencing hunger. Learn more about how it works in this video: https://lnkd.in/gYDevQMU Thank you to Sound Community Bank for returning as our Presenting Sponsor, and to all our sponsors: State Farm, Greystar Apartments, Cushing Terrell, Seed IP Law Group, Fox Rothschild, Summit Law Group, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Symetra, JPC Architects, PitchBook, and Hoffman Construction Company. For more info and to register a team go to: https://lnkd.in/gUyepFV Join the fun this summer and help ensure all kids have the foods they need to learn, grow, and thrive!
Welcome To Food Frenzy
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