West Seattle Food Bank & Community Resource Center

While hunger brings people into the West Seattle Food Bank, food is not their only need. Food Bank clients also need jobs, training, medical care, personal support and permanent solutions.

"More and more our neighbors need help making ends meet. With a permanent home for the food bank and its partners, our services will be more reliable and effective. That's why so many in West Seattle are working to make this dream come true."
- Pastor Ron Marshall, First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, West Seattle Helpline Board Member

From crisis to stability
The new West Seattle Food Bank & Community Resource Center will offer hope along with resources to build self-esteem and personal security, while reconnecting families to support networks.

As the hub of a community of social services, the Food Bank and its partners will encourage and assist clients as they take an active role in their journey towards empowerment and self-sufficiency.

• A permanent home for a food bank that serves more than 11,000 people each year
• An accessible design that ensures dignity, privacy, safety and efficiency
• Space for organizations that help clients move past crisis to stability
• Permanently affordable apartments for 34 families

Location: 35th Ave SW & SW Morgan Street
Construction begins July 2005

"Unless our neighbors are properly housed and fed, we cannot call ourselves a community."
- Barbara Courtney, ArtistTrust