Lourdes Becker spent six hours last Sunday with a very cold hose in her hand, washing the mud off 1,400 pounds of donated squash. Her efforts will add to the stocks of food available to those in need of food assistance in the Edmonds area.
A team of volunteers drove up to a farm near Snohomish where a portion of a field had been set aside to provide food banks an opportunity to harvest squash and pumpkins.
This month, Edmonds Art Walk (AWE) is teaming up with the Edmonds Food Bank to help fight hunger in our area. “We are excited to partner with our local food bank. With hundreds of people exposed to the community through AWE each month, we wanted to use our platform to give back. We want to make donating food easy for the community.” said AWE board member Beth Sanger, who owns Ombu Salon and Spa.
Every Tuesday morning, a small army of volunteers converges on the Edmonds Methodist Church to fight the ongoing war on hunger in our community.
From about 5:30 in the morning into the late afternoon when the last volunteer shuts the door, over 60 individuals will take time out of their schedules to contribute to the effort.
Last week the Edmonds Food Bank served 383 families which included over 200 infants and toddlers.
As a result of federal reductions in funding for “food stamps” or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) families in Washington state will see an additional cut in assistance for the months of November and December. The State of Washington will pick up the slack left by Federal reductions by January, but the short fall is anticipated to strain the local food banks even more as we come into the holiday season.
What can you do?
Between now and Nov. 22, bring non-perishable food items to participating Art Walk businesses!
Third Thursday Art Walk is Nov. 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. this month. Art Walk businesses are encouraging participants to bring their donations with them when they visit for the art walk:
Ombu Salon and Spa
Edmonds Vision Center
Comstock Jewelers
Rick Steves’ Europe Inc.
The Papery
Coldwell Banker Bain
Rogue
Aria Studio Gallery
Gallery North
Edmonds Frame Design
House Wares
Zinc Art + Interiors
Edmonds Conference Center
Cole Gallery
ArtSpot
Reread Books
Dragonfire
Christopher Framing and Gallery
Cline Jewelers
Arista
Cest la Vie
Edmonds Bookshop
Rebeka’s Boutique
— Submitted by Olivia Yates on behalf of Art Walk Edmonds
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