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| "Pantry Party" |
Pantry Packs now helping more kids than ever. Looking for space the size of a 3-car garage, 24/7.
Redmond, WA, March 5, 2018
– Have an empty spot in your building? Want to make an impact in your local
community? Consider a partnership with Pantry Packs, the all-volunteer program
that delivers weekend food to over 850 students in the Lake Washington School
District. This dynamic and powerful program is seeking a space—warehouse or
other—to store food and host group packing events in the Kirkland/Redmond area. Community members should email leads to pantrypacks@lwsf.org.
Pantry Packs serves students from preschool through high school who have been identified by school personnel as "food-insecure" which means they are likely to not have enough food to eat over the weekend. Volunteers gather, purchase, and store kid-friendly, non perishable food. Once a month, upwards of fifty volunteers gather perishable volunteers gather and assemble this food into individual food packs at assembly-line-style "packing parties." These assembled packs are delivered directly to schools, where they are handed out discreetly by school personnel so that each identified student can take food home every Friday
Pantry Packs serves students from preschool through high school who have been identified by school personnel as "food-insecure" which means they are likely to not have enough food to eat over the weekend. Volunteers gather, purchase, and store kid-friendly, non perishable food. Once a month, upwards of fifty volunteers gather perishable volunteers gather and assemble this food into individual food packs at assembly-line-style "packing parties." These assembled packs are delivered directly to schools, where they are handed out discreetly by school personnel so that each identified student can take food home every Friday
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| Over 800 pantry packs are prepared and delivered every week to over 40 LWSD schools |
BOUNDARIES: safe and secure location within LWSD boundaries, preferably within Kirkland or Redmond.
SIZE: 1,000 ft2 minimum for storage and pack assembly -- sized a little larger than a 3-car garage.
ACCESS: no stairs; must be easy for private vehicles to drive close to door and pick up packs; must have access for large bulk food deliveries on pallets.
PARKING: spaces for 50+ monthly volunteer packers; spaces for regular weekly volunteers.
HYGIENE AND SAFETY: able to store packaged food; free from pest or moisture issues; restroom access.
While Pantry Packs currently operates out of Hopelink’s Kirkland warehouse. Currently Pantry Packs delivers food packs to over 800 students every week. Leadership Team member Marlene Vacknitz pinpoints the problem:
While Pantry Packs currently operates out of Hopelink’s Kirkland warehouse. Currently Pantry Packs delivers food packs to over 800 students every week. Leadership Team member Marlene Vacknitz pinpoints the problem:
“Many LWSD students benefit from receiving a weekly
Pantry Pack and our numbers keep growing. Space is needed now, as we have
already maxed out our storage—we simply can’t fit any more food in our current
location. We must find a new space soon, as we want to provide for the
increasing need in our area and not have to turn away a hungry student because
of space. Our goal is to provide a Pantry Pack to any LWSD child that
needs food so they don’t go hungry over the weekend.”
For more information about Pantry Packs, visit www.lwsf.org/pantrypacks.
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