Edmonds Food Bank partners joins LEVL and Edmonds Waterfront Center for Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19, 2025

EDMONDS, WA — Edmonds Food Bank announced today that it will join Lift Every Voice Legacy (LEVL) and the Edmonds Waterfront Center as a partner for the 2025 Juneteenth at the Beach on Thursday, June 19, 2025 from 11am to 2pm at the Edmonds Waterfront Center. All are invited to attend the festivities.

This year’s celebration will feature live performances, a children’s book reading, a screening of the acclaimed film Hidden Figures, and free food for attendees. As part of the event’s commitment to community care, a food drive benefiting the Edmonds Food Bank will also be held.

“We’re honored to be part of a celebration that brings people together and uplifts the voices and values that make our community stronger,” said Casey Davis, Executive Director of the Edmonds Food Bank.

"Partnering with LEVL and Edmonds Waterfront Center for Juneteenth feels like a natural fit for us. 

"LEVL’s Beloved Community vision of building communities free of hatred, injustice, and poverty, along with the Edmonds Waterfront Center’s community of culture and inclusivity, and providing low-cost meals for seniors combating food insecurity, aligns with the food justice work we do every day,” Davis continued.

The Edmonds Waterfront Center will kick off the Juneteenth food drive on June 2, collecting items throughout the day of the event. Community members are encouraged to contribute the food bank’s most-needed items, which include:

• Baking products (oil, flour, sugar)
• Side dishes (mac and cheese, couscous)
• Dry Soups (ramen)
• Cereal
• Fruit (canned or dry)

Juneteenth at the Beach invites the entire community to come together in celebration, reflection, and shared commitment to justice and belonging.

Juneteenth – also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day – is a portmanteau of June 19 and marks the day when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 and informed the last enslaved outpost of African Americans in the Confederate South that they were no longer under bondage.

3/3/2025 correction: Juneteenth is on Thursday, not Wednesday