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Volunteering & Charitable Events
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If you are looking for a way to use your love of food and cooking to help others and give back to the community, here are some great ways to get started. This page will include both ways to volunteer your time and ways to enjoy special events that benefit charitable causes.
You can also help out at your local P-Patch. Most “maintain a garden plot dedicated to growing fresh organic produce for those in need [and] donate 7-10 tons of produce to area food banks.” There are other events and one-time work parties for those who can’t make a regular commitment.
Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle helps “distribute the abundance of fresh local produce from residential fruit trees and vegetable gardens.” Some volunteer needs include: scouting trees, checking fruit, delivering to food banks, administrative and organizational needs, Edible Garden Tour/Fair planning and more. Summertime is harvest time so contact them soon for upcoming volunteer orientations!
City Fruitalso offers fruit harvest or general support volunteering opportunities.
Food Lifeline (Also through Food Lifeline, for food pros, there is the Seattle Table “program designed to rescue unused, but wholesome prepared food from food service providers such as restaurants, hotels, caterers, and corporate cafeterias.”)
Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Food Bank is "one of the most-used food banks in King County, distributing more than 126,000 pounds of food per month to over 6,000 households. It is also the only food bank in Washington that regularly distributes foods for Asian and Pacific Islander diets." You can sort and distribute food and/or work on the annual Walk for Rice event.
Senior Services “is the most comprehensive non-profit agency serving older adults and their loved ones in Washington State.” Their volunteer needs include delivering Meals on Wheels, and Kitchen and Dining Assistants or Registrar for their Community Dining Sites.
FREE PSA Space also available to food-related non-profits and charitable organizations. Click here for more info!
Seattle Charitable & Volunteering Events
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Marra Farms Video
Here's a quick video on Marra Farms, "the largest provider of organic produce for Seattle's food banks" and one of the many places you can volunteer here in town.
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