Ballard Food Bank
Food bank · Ballard ·
Food, hygiene, referrals, financial aid, home delivery
Food, hygiene, referrals, financial aid, home delivery
"Established in the late 1970s, the Ballard Food Bank has long fed area families and runs a financial program aimed at preventing evictions; it is building a new facility to open next fall to expand service and aims to reach 1,700 households per week by 2022, while still accepting donations at its current location." - Gabe Guarente
"I read that the Ballard Food Bank broke ground on a new, owned facility at 1400 N.W. Leary a few blocks from its current site; the 11,000-square-foot building—more than double the size of the current space—is expected to be finished by next fall and will allow the organization to expand into areas like Licton Springs and Bitter Lake and reach 1,700 households per week by 2022. That increased capacity is framed as crucial during the pandemic amid rising food insecurity and supply shortages, and the current location will remain open until the new spot opens." - Gabe Guarente
"I observed that the Ballard Food Bank has had to change its model for safety and supply reasons: recovering groceries has become challenging as everyone stocks pantries, so items like soups and chilis are harder to come by, and the operation moved from a grocery-store style food bank to a personal-shopper model and then to a pre-packed bag model, which meant neighbors received less food than they would normally select; to get more food out, the organization is also doing deliveries and drive-through distributions." - Gabe Guarente
"Receiving 80% of proceeds from the Guerilla Pizza Kitchen pay-what-you-will driveway service, the Ballard Food Bank is a primary beneficiary of this grassroots fundraising and meal distribution effort." - Gabe Guarente
"A Seattle food bank that typically feeds about 1,200 people per week (roughly 26% aged 55+) experienced a roughly 30% decrease in in-person shopping and moved from a grocery-store model to handing out pre-packed bags to preserve social distancing and make volunteers more comfortable. As some older volunteers step back, younger volunteers have been stepping up, but the organization faces additional strain from reduced grocery-recovery donations as the general public stocks up." - Virginia Gewin
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