Concern for Neighbors Food Bank

IN ADDITION TO FOOD, WE HELPED HOUSEHOLDS PAY VITAL BILLS SUCH AS ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS, WATER, GARBAGE, HOUSING, RENT, MOTEL, TELEPHONE, AND MEDICAL/DENTAL. MOST CLIENTS RECEIVED $75 IN THIS FORM OF ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR. THE CLIENTS WERE ABLE TO REQUEST THIS HELP ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS. THIS DIRECT ASSISTANCE TOTALED $12,878.30. CLIENTS WERE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TWO BUS TICKETS PER WEEK TO ASSIST IN GETTING TO AND FROM THE FOOD BANK. THESE TICKETS WERE PURCHASED FROM COMMUNITY TRANSIT AND COST A TOTAL OF $4,910 FOR THE YEAR. *(AN ADDITIONAL $100 IN TICKETS WERE PURCHASED AND DONATED TO US TO DISTRIBUTE.)WE WERE ALSO A MIDDLE-MAN FOR THE SALVATION ARMY, DISPENSING VOUCHERS FOR NECESSARY BILLS, WHICH WERE IN TURN PAID TO THE VENDORS BY THE SALVATION ARMY.

A $250 DONATION WAS GIVEN TO CLOTHES FOR KIDS, AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED MANY OF OUR FAMILIES WITH CLOTHING AND SHOES.A $750 DONATION WAS GIVEN TO THE SOUTH SNOHOMISH COUNTY TOY SHOP, AN ORGANIZATION THAT ASSISTED MANY OF OUR CLIENTS WITH HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.GLUE STICKS VALUED AT $121.45 WERE DONATED TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCE FAIR, RUN BY THE EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HELPED MANY OF OUR CLIENTS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES.A $1,000 DONATION WAS GIVEN TO NORTHWEST HARVEST, A NON-PROFIT FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTOR OPERATING STATEWIDE IN WA.