Ridgecrest Neighborhood and Cafe Aroma conduct successful food drive for HopeLink

Just some of the donations from the
Ridgecrest Food Drive
Photo by Patty Hale

By Patty Hale

The Ridgecrest Neighborhood used a creative partnership with Cafe Aroma to collect non-perishable food donations for HopeLink during November and December.

Cafe Aroma, a locally owned neighborhood coffee shop (and more) has a wonderful staff and a drive-up window which made dropping off donations for the Food Drive a breeze.  Folks didn't even have to get out of their car.

Café Aroma at NE 165th and 5th NE was the drop off site
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Getting out the word about the Food Drive in every way possible was integral to a successful event.

Ridgecrest posted information about the event on bulletin boards, email, Facebook, websites and in the windows of local neighborhood businesses - all done in the hopes of not only generating donations, but also educating residents about the existence of a Shoreline based Food Bank - HOPELINK at 15809 Westminster Way N in the lower Sears parking lot.

The Ridgecrest Neighborhood Association would like to thank all those who participated.  And, is proud to announce that the 2013 Food Drive ended with a total of $214.85 in cash and 556 lbs of non-perishable food.