Being raised with a family that was active in church and community events, I grew up in a culture of volunteering. From my youngest days as a cub scout and in the youth group of my church I have been taking part in helping out anyway that I could. My volunteer ‘career’ began as […]
We are mere days away from ownership of our new facility – while we are handling the paperwork, there is concurrent effort underway to design and schedule work needed to make the building usable for our food bank. We have a general contractor, but every bit of donated time, expertise or materials we can invite […]
The Christmas Child program allows parents to create a personal wish list of gifts that would bring the most joy to their children during the holiday season. The gift tag process allows parents (or children) to list three wants and three needs specific to that child’s interests, hobbies, and abilitites. An individual or group may […]
Much conversation has been going on recently about the cut backs in SNAP benefits, commonly called food stamps. Effective the first of this month, 1184 households in Poulsbo were affected by these changes. Hearing concerns expressed on both sides of this issue and reading the many commentaries, one realizes that there continues to be some […]
When entering town from Finn Hill, it’s hard to miss Liberty Bay Auto. Sitting on the right side, it’s cheery sign always shares great messages that make everyone smile. This past few weeks they used their sign space to capture the attention of all those passing to invite others to join them in their Hunger […]