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Seattle IT Services Company Gives a Holiday Present with Real Meaning"With the holiday season in full swing, businesses across Washington State are giving and receiving holiday gifts of chocolates, gourmet food, or some sort of interesting gadget. IntegrIT Network Solutions was no exception, up until a few years ago. We found ourselves deliberating over what to give our customers to show how much we appreciate them and their business." Read more... |
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We Broke Records Again in our Fiscal Year 2011It happened again. We were able to break records in our mission to end hunger! Last year, nearly 9,000 volunteers donated over 43,000 hours of their time--which is the equivalent of more than 20 full time employees. Thank you for truly giving us the support we need to get food out the door and into the hands of hungry people. Read more... |
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Food Lifeline is one of King County's 2011 Best Workplaces for Recycling & Waste Reduction King County’s Solid Waste Division (SWD) has named 89 local companies to its fifth annual “Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction” list, and introduced a new business honor roll for companies that have made the list for five years in a row. Food Lifeline was on the list this year! |
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Four members of Food Lifeline's agency network receive awards. Winners receive $5,000 grant from to advance hunger relief efforts. |
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Food Lifeline Becomes a Regence Community Partner Organization Food Lifeline is excited to announce a new partnership with Regence BlueShield in Washington. As an official Regence Community Partner Organization (CPO), Food Lifeline will receive support through a variety of means, including a donation of $200,000 over the next three years to help develop and implement a children’s feeding program... |
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Congress Passes Child Nutrition Reauthorization Congress just passed The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S.3307) which puts more meals on the table for hungry children! The bill now heads to President Obama for his signature which he is expected to do quickly. |
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Stop Cuts to Food Stamp Benefits Currently, Senate leadership is looking for new ways to pay for a federal jobs and program extenders bill, which would help continue extended unemployment insure and enhanced Medicaid funding. Though passing this jobs bill is important, the Senate has suggested cutting billions of dollars from future SNAP (food stamp) benefits in order to help finance the package. If the Senate does opt for these cuts, the cut in benefits is estimated to total $9.56 billion! |
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Food Lifeline, the largest hunger relief organization in Washington and local Feeding America member, announces President & CEO Linda Nageotte as the recipient of the highly-coveted, national award for Executive Director of the Year from Feeding America. This prestigious award honors the leader of a Feeding America network member, who has contributed an extraordinary effort to the network’s viability and momentum. This network includes more than 200 hunger relief organizations throughout the nation. |
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| Food Lifeline's Form 990 |
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| Fall 2011 Newsletter |
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