Food Lifeline - Working to Feed Hungry People in Western Washington

Food Lifeline Press Releases

2008
Jul. 29, 2008	The Seattle Foundation Grants Food Lifeline $75,000 As the cost of food and fuel reaches record highs, a grant from The Seattle Foundation could not have come at a better time for Food Lifeline, Washington's largest hunger relief...

Jun. 1, 2008	QFC Brings Hope to the Table with Food, Funds QFC has named Food Lifeline its Charity of the Month for June, and seeks to highlight the increased need of hungry people in Western Washington due to skyrocketing food and gas...

May 30, 2008	Local Brewing Company Offers to Feed Hungry Children Every day during the months of June and July, Full Sail Brewery will donate $1.00 per case of beer sold in all Albertsons stores to Food Lifeline, the western Washington affiliate...

May 19, 2008	Highest Results From One-Day Food Drive in Six Years The 16th Annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive held on May 10th, 2008 has brought in 762,170 pounds of food to Food Lifeline from postal customers in King County and the other...

Apr. 14, 2008	Food Lifeline is One of Eleven Charities to Receive Donations as a Result of Winning Lottery Ticket Food Lifeline received a $10,000 donation this morning from Fred Meyer as a result of a winning Lottery ticket. Eleven donations, totaling $90,000, were made to charities which...

Mar. 11, 2008	Northwest Egg Producers Part of 12 Million Egg Giveaway Egg farmers of the Pacific Northwest are giving the Easter Bunny a run for his money this year. Through a national effort by America's egg farmers, more than 12 million eggs...

Mar. 11, 2008	Food Lifeline Receives Grant to Fight Child Hunger Food Lifeline announced today that it has received $34,021 to combat child hunger in Western Washington. The grant will be used to secure additional food which will be distrubted...

Mar. 10, 2008	Egg Donation to Arrive at Food Lifeline Who:Food Lifeline, United Egg Producers and 6 Pacific Northwest Egg Farmers What:Via six semi-trucks, 22,860 dozen donated eggs will be delivered...


2007
Dec. 6, 2007	NORTHWEST FLOODS LEAVE FOOD BANKS DRY SEATTLE - Food Lifeline, the largest hunger relief organization in Washington, is asking the community for food and monetary donations to help those impacted by the Pacific...

Nov. 9, 2007	THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A FREE LUNCH Once again Chef John Howie and SPORT Restaurant & Bar will prove there is such a thing as a free lunch. On Tuesday, November 13, 2007, business people who present...

Jan. 8, 2007	Gift Insures a Happy New Year for Hungry Families Floods, wind, snow and power outages have impacted many people in Western Washington in recent weeks. And while many can ride out the financial storm after suffering losses, there...


2006
Dec. 18, 2006	Keeping Food Flowing When the Power Is Out Thanks to Mother Nature, more than one million people in Western Washington can now empathize with what it is like to go without. For most, they know there is "light" at the...

Jul. 1, 2006	Food Frenzy Breaks Million Dollar Mark for Hungry People - Folks were feeling the heat the last two weeks of July - and it wasn't because the thermometer was breaking records, either. The scorcher was Food Lifeline's annual Food Frenzy...

Feb. 22, 2006	Food Lifeline Hunger in America 2006 Press Release Seattle, Wa.- Think people standing in line at a food bank are unemployed, un-educated or homeless? Think again. 62% of the hungry people who use Western Washington food banks...


2005
Nov. 1, 2005	National Report Shows Washington State's Hunger Rate Increasing Shoreline --- A report issued today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the rate of hunger and food insecurity in Washington State to be increasing. In the report...

Sep. 10, 2005	HURRICANE DISASTER NEWS RELEASE In an effort to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, Food Lifeline, the Western Washington affiliate of America's Second Harvest, is sending staff to the established emergency centers...

Sep. 6, 2005	OPRAH'S ANGEL NETWORK DONATES $1 MILLION TO AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST NETWORK PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA As relief and recovery efforts in the Gulf region continue, America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network continues to distribute food, water and grocery products...