by Alane | Dec 1, 2013 | News
Susan Herriott and her husband, Jon, lived on a food-stamp budget for the month of November to understand what it is like for clients at the North Kitsap Fishline, where they volunteer. It took a month of hoarding and giving up favorite foods to have enough to serve...
by Alane | Nov 29, 2013 | News
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...
by Alane | Nov 26, 2013 | News
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...
by Alane | Nov 24, 2013 | News
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...
by Alane | Nov 15, 2013 | News
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...
