SEATTLE — More than 60 volunteers are celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service by helping at Washington’s largest hunger-relief agency, Food Lifeline.
The participants include community volunteers and corporate volunteer teams from Seattle-based construction company Sellen and consulting firm Milliman.
The volunteers will spend time sorting and packing food at Food Lifeline’s 130,000-square-foot warehouse in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood that will be delivered to more than 300 food banks across Western Washington.
“This is such an important time for our friends and neighbors to step up and volunteer. During the COVID-19 crisis, the need for emergency food has nearly doubled”, says Food Lifeline president and CEO, Linda Nageotte. “To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King while helping support those experiencing hunger right now makes it even more special.”
In past years, the event had more than 200 volunteers, but due to social distancing and safety requirements during COVID-19, the number of volunteers needed to be reduced.
Food Lifeline gets supplies to food banks through its own distribution programs and in partnership with 300 food banks, shelters, and meal programs. Its system allows the equivalent of 134,000 meals daily to reach people who don’t have enough to eat.
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