When Jana Lissiak, Polack Food Bank Manager, looked at the 2013 city-wide food bank usage numbers she did a double-take, checked her math and then connected with colleagues in the food bank network to confirm her interpretation of the data. Years after the official end of the Great Recession, food banks across Seattle continue to…
Food for a Cure
Did you know that one in five Polack Food Bank clients report living with diabetes or pre-diabetes? Being food insecure – the technical term for not being able to afford the food your family needs – means that you are at higher risk for diet-related illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity. As part of…
Gleaning for Good
Benjamina Menashe, along with her husband Jacob and their four kids – Shlomit (15), Albert (13), Eliana (10) and Shoshana (7) – started volunteering with the Farmers Market Gleaning program last summer. At the time, Albert was looking for a Bar Mtizvah project. The family wanted to find a project they could do together, so…
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