Hopelink Food Bank supplies are low

By Leslie Brooks, Center Manager, Hopelink Shoreline/Lake Forest Park

In February 2010, the Hopelink food bank in Shoreline served 379 families with over 23,000 pounds of food. Our current supply of food is less than 5,000 pounds which will last approximately one week. Please consider donating food or holding a food drive in support of Hopelink. The most needed items are canned fruit and vegetables, soup, beans, rice, pasta, peanut butter, tuna and oatmeal.

Since 1971, Hopelink has helped low income families, senior citizens and people with disabilities to meet the everyday challenges of life, as well as make plans and take steps for changing their lives for the better. Hopelink helps residents in north and east King County meet a variety of needs, from housing, food and transportation to appointments, to help paying their energy bills and building job skills.

Hopelink is a nonprofit organization supported by private donations, grants and public funding. With a talented staff of 250 and a dedicated volunteer corps of nearly 2,000, Hopelink touches the lives of 50,000 people every year through emergency service centers in Shoreline, Carnation, Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland, eight housing facilities and county-wide transportation services (DART bus service and transportation to medical appointments for Medicaid DSHS clients).

In Shoreline, Hopelink provides food bank, energy assistance, rent assistance, adult education and family development. We rely on the hard work of volunteers to help us in our food bank, talk time classes, and tutoring. 

If you need help or want to help, call the Shoreline Hopelink 206-440-7300. Food donations can be brought to the facility at 15809 Westminster Way N, Shoreline, WA‎ 98133 in the lower level of the Aurora Square (Sears) Shopping Center, next to Marshall's.