Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Senior Center dinner is on for Friday after being postponed for snow

Wednesday, February 17, 2021


Delayed a week due to the snow, the monthly Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center Dinner is this Friday, February 19, 2021 from 4-5:30pm.

These are earlier hours so we can serve in daylight.

Looking for one or two volunteers to serve and work in the kitchen on Friday. Kitchen work requires a current food handlers permit. Contact Maryn at marynw@aol.com if interested.



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POSTPONED: Senior Center drive thu dinner postponed to Friday, Feb 19

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Weather delay to Feb 19

POSTPONED: 

Because of the weather, the Senior Center 2nd Friday Drive-Thru dinner is postponed to Friday, February 19, 2021.


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POSTPONED: Gourmet To Go at the Senior Center Friday

Monday, February 8, 2021

POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 19: because of the weather, the usual 2nd Friday dinner is postponed to the next Friday, February 19, 2021


Join us at the Shoreline Senior Center Friday 
February 12, 2021 from 4-5:30pm for our monthly dinner 

Note the earlier hours (before dark).

This is a drive through and pick up event.

$10 ($5 Kids) includes Penne with Bolognese Meat Sauce, 
Caesar Salad and Garlic Bread.

It will be on a first come, first serve basis and 
we will only be accepting Cash or Checks.

18560 1st Ave NE - entrance on NE 185th



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Free take-away meals from Hunger Intervention Program

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Free Take-away Meals available from Hunger Intervention Program Monday - Wednesday - Friday from 11:30am-12:30pm at Spartan Rec Center 202 NE 185th St.

Contact Hunger Intervention Program for more info. 206-538-6567.



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Free Weekly Meal Box program open to all children

Saturday, January 16, 2021

L-R Launita Salvage and Tsutae Marcinkowski prepare meal boxes for that week's distribution
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools


Families of any youth 18 and younger can order pick up meal boxes full of healthy meals for their children

Thanks to changes made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to the pandemic and school closures, Shoreline Public Schools has been able to offer free meals to youth through a weekly meal box program.

The program is open through the end of the school year and participants do not need to be enrolled in Shoreline Schools to receive free meals. In fact, all children 18 and younger are eligible.

Meal box orders are to be placed by families on Monday-Wednesday each week. They are then available for pick up on Wednesday of the following week at a number of locations throughout the district. Ordering information is available at http://bit.ly/MealBoxOrder

Each meal box contains a week's worth of healthy and nutritious meals
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools



Each meal box, which families place orders for each week, contain a week's worth of breakfasts and lunches. Staff are intentional about planning and preparing the meals that are easy to warm up in microwaves. Each meal is well-balanced and meets or exceeds USDA nutrition guidelines.

Susie Piper-Sack prepares breakfast sandwiches to go in meal boxes
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

“Students can’t learn if they’re hungry and youth need healthy meals to support proper growth and development,” said Food and Nutrition Services Director Jessica Finger. "This is a great program to support those needs… we hope people will continue to take advantage of it.”

Finger notes that they’ve had great participation so far. From September through December, they have made and distributed more than 142,000 meals.

Learn more and place an order at: http://bit.ly/MealBoxOrder



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You don’t need to cook Friday night

Thursday, January 14, 2021


Come join us at the Shoreline Senior Center Friday January 15, 2021 from 5-6:30pm for our first in a series of monthly dinners.

This is a drive through and pick up event. $10, cash or check only, includes chili with cheese, cornbread and salad.

We will be having social distancing procedures in place. It will be on a first come, first serve basis and we will only be accepting Cash or Checks.

18560 1st Ave NE - entrance on NE 185th.

If you missed buying the 2021 calendar - it will be on sale there for $6.



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The Little Free Pantry Angels

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Every pantry is different but most - not all - have shelves and doors

It started out last April. Two friends were talking about their concerns about hungry children and families in the Shoreline School District.
 
One of them, Kim Clasen, is a fifth grade teacher at Lake Forest Park Elementary and the other, Barb Swan, has spent the last 35 years doing annual food drives for Northwest Harvest and local food banks. 

They understood the stress of families facing food insecurity, and realized the coronavirus pandemic was throwing many persons who had never before needed food assistance into the precarious balance of how to feed themselves and their families.
 
Kim, who grew up in Lake Forest Park, had heard that many of the local “Little Free Libraries” were being converted into “Little Free Pantries;” roadside cupboards where people could discreetly “Take What They Need, Leave What They Can.”

She started driving the area and found several, all of which needed filling. So Barb and Kim sent an email out to their network of friends, collected some donations of money and food, and set about filling up those pantries.

Within a matter of weeks they had a routine: Barb started collecting funds and shopping, and Kim drove the delivery route. Through word of mouth, social media and a blog post, their friends began sending Venmo donations and dropping off checks and canned food. 

Kim's van, ready for the weekly delivery run

Barb sources the best deals on hygiene and food staples. Some friends donated their government stimulus checks, some generous souls donate a bit each month, others have heard through friends and sent money for this quiet cause.

To date they have purchased and stocked over $13,000 worth of hygiene items and food staples to the Little Free Pantries throughout the Shoreline School District.

What started as a simple gift of helping local families one time has snowballed into nine months of sourcing, shopping, and delivery. 

After seeing a need for a pantry in the northern part of Lake Forest Park, the women coerced Barb’s husband into building a new pantry with materials donated by a local contractor and found a generous family to install the pantry in front of their home.

Barb logs each donation and purchase into a notebook, and has learned to source the best prices on the things they note have highest turnover in the pantries. Every week she purchases cases of peanut butter, jam, ready-to-eat meals like chili, ravioli, refried beans or hearty soup, shelf stable milk, breads, canned fruits, tuna, canned chicken, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, feminine hygiene, baby wipes, hand and dish soap. 

She sometimes receives pretty strange looks when she is loading 24 packs of maxi pads into her cart, but she has become accustomed to masking up and heading out to load up her SUV with goods every week.

After she stocks up, they transfer everything into Kim’s bright red van and over the course of the week Kim makes the rounds to the now twenty-two Little Free Pantries in the area. Sometimes the pantries are in desperate need of restocking, other times community members have filled them. 

There have been occasions where Kim has seen moms in cars with children waiting for her to drive away so they can discreetly take a few things for a meal. The two have found that our community at large has been generous to the little pantries in the area, but they note that nearly every time Kim restocks, the basic necessities and hygiene items which she delivered previously have been “shopped.” 

Simple things like shampoo and toothpaste can make all the difference to a person trying to find a job or get through a day -- and oftentimes those items are not available through community food banks.

Their intent is simple; keep their community fed and as healthy as possible in these trying times. It is an endeavor that has kept them busy through the pandemic, and grateful each day for those with generous hearts supporting their quiet undertaking.

To donate to Barb and Kim’s Angel Pantry program contact Barb at barbswmo2@comcast.net or Kim at kim@theclasens.com



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Call Out to Seniors and all Community for the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Senior Center building on NE 185th
Photo by Jon Ann Cruver
By Donna Hawkey

Theresa LaCroix wants all seniors to know that the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center is “operating at full speed and has been since the pandemic.” 

Some seniors are not aware of the array of class offerings online, the food service deliveries and pick-ups, and medical help available at the center because they do not own devices such as a computer, iPad, or smartphone. 

Ms. LaCroix, Executive Director of the Shoreline-LFP Senior Center, needs the community to help in getting the word out. Speedy solutions are in development because seniors need support now more than ever. Social isolation can create or exacerbate many health problems.

The center is “fervently” searching for a grant to purchase loaner tablets and has contracted a local business to train seniors one-on-one, says Ms. LaCroix. Tech-Train will provide the training via telephone, Zoom, or in person at the center using Covid safety protocols. 

King County is working on creating Hotspots. These are locations where free internet will be accessible while sitting in a car so that low-income seniors do not have to incur expensive internet home hook-up and service charges, as reported by Ms. LaCroix.

Many seniors who own technology devices are accessing classes and services and are enjoying this healthy addition to isolated lives. There are numerous classes offered for Shoreline and Lake Forest Park residents, and even social coffee times are online via Zoom and easy to access.

Various and many mental and physical medical health appointments are scheduling, including Foot Care. 

The regular in-house lunch program has become the TO GO Community Dining Program, with meals delivered to the individual homes of seniors Monday-Friday. They can also be picked up at the center after registering in the program. The Meals on Wheels Program, which consists of frozen meals delivered once a week to homes, has seen a large uptick in demand as well.

Vouchers for a full uncooked ham dinner over the December holidays are available through a partnership with Maverick Gaming. To inquire about this offer, please contact National Guardsman Sergeant Suthern, who is assigned to distribute the vouchers. You can reach him at the center’s phone number 206-365-1536.

One disabled senior with no family wrote to Ms. LaCroix that she feels the senior center saved her life because dedicated volunteers brought food to her home during the pandemic.

But too many seniors are still not hearing about these offerings. Ms. LaCroix and the center’s staff miss their regular participants and are concerned about their health and their family members. In-person community connections at the center had previously been a time to learn what was going on in their lives. The staff feels a need to hear from their seniors, so they are doing everything they can to reach out now.

And Herculean efforts and results are taking place behind all this “transition from a traditional channel to an in-home delivery service,” as described recently by King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski. 

Councilmember Dembowski spoke at the NUHSA (North Urban Human Services Association) annual awards ceremony. Ms. LaCroix was nominated in their “Human Services Champion” category. 

Theresa LaCroix, Senior Center
Executive Director
NUHSA Board President, Heidi Shepherd, made the following remarks at the ceremony on December 8th:

“Theresa has gone above and beyond during the pandemic to adapt programs and services so that seniors are still cared for.   
"Between March and October, she coordinated home delivery of more than 11,000 hot cooked meals; provided 1,045 grocery bags to low-income senior households; spent over 340 hours providing Wellness Calls to check on members; and provided over 345 hours to Resource Management, assisting seniors through personal challenges created by COVID-19. 
"She fundraised throughout with creative drive-through dinners and desserts, and help multiple food drives.

As a nomination noted, “Theresa is a great inspiration… She is totally committed to making sure that seniors don’t go hungry and that they are not forgotten.”

Ms. LaCroix describes seniors as being required now to develop a “second language – a digital one… It’s a time of adapting.” It appears that Ms. LaCroix, staff, and volunteers have been adapting well to this pandemic crisis, but sometimes technology lets you down.

A let-down happened on December 1st during the annual “Giving Tuesday” fundraising for nonprofits. The senior center website could not process donations during two major ‘shutdowns’ experienced by Mobile Cause, so essential contributions were not received during that timeframe. Ms. LaCroix is a problem solver, and instead of sighing, she is naming every Tuesday in December - GIVING Tuesday!

Everyone must remember that the center still must pay all their bills and staff salaries, and new issues crop up. For example, Ms. LaCroix explains the following in her December newsletter:

“As all of our industrial kitchen appliances are 30 years old and we were placing heavier use on them daily. 
"November saw the break-down of several appliances: garbage disposal, refrigerator, coffee maker, steamer and 3-door freezer. After servicing the commercial dishwasher, we learned that should it break-down, replacement parts are not available any longer in the nation. 
"We were able to replace the damaged appliances through a VSHSL grant, King County, in the amount of $35,000 and are walking on pins and needles in hopes the dishwasher continues to operate through 2021.”

Giving Tuesday extended for the Senior Center!

She shares with us, that at this point, the Shoreline-LFP Senior Center still has no guaranteed funding to continue its mission throughout 2021. Membership and community support is critical to its future. 

So please GIVE as BIG as you can.

  • Call in a donation to 206-365-1536 for credit/debit card donation
  • Mail a check to Shoreline-LFP Senior Center,18560 1st Ave NE Bldg. G Shoreline, WA 98155
  • Make a donation on our website here. https://shorelinelfpseniorcenter.org/
  • Tell a friend about the center, what they’re doing, and how they can help. Word of mouth is a big assistance in reaching isolated seniors, especially during challenging times. 

Check out the remarkable life services Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center has done for and with the community! https://shorelinelfpseniorcenter.org/



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Thanks to The Cinnamon Bears

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The Cinnamon Bears
Photo courtesy Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center

Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center thanks the Cinnamon Bears who baked and served buns and cocoa at Saturday’s fundraiser, November 21, 2020.

And thank you to all who supported the event with your purchases and donations.

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Sound Bites Delivers organic produce, restaurant favorites and a commitment to community

Monday, November 9, 2020

Part of the Veggie Lovers box

10% off the first order for Shoreline Area News readers with code: SHORELINESB

From local, organic winter squash to the Pacific Northwest’s best seafood and chowders, Sound Bites Delivers provides healthy and reliable at-home dining options

This fall, Sound Bites Delivers offers local, healthy, and unique food options for delivery to doorsteps across King, Snohomish and Pierce counties.

Delmonicos

From autumn harvest organic produce, grown in Cedar Grove compost, to free-range turkeys in time for Thanksgiving, Sound Bites Delivers provides safe, contactless path to enjoying the region’s bounty, from a local farm in Redmond to fan favorites from local chefs, in the comfort of home.


Featuring fan favorites from the region’s iconic and treasured local restaurants, unique to Sound Bites Delivers, most offerings are professionally vacuum sealed and frozen and come with cooking instructions from the chefs, allowing customers to cook on their own schedule and bring a local dining experience to the safety of their home. Proprietary seasonings are also being offered to guarantee that familiar, in-restaurant flavor.

Wild Alaska salmon burgers
“Sound Bites Delivers launched in 2020 in an effort to continue to serve our customers in a unique way and to partner with the restaurants that we have been doing business with for decades,” said Stephan Banchero III, president of Sound Bites Delivers and Cedar Grove. 
“This unique model allows people to order fresh produce, delivered the same day it’s picked and also frozen food items that they can prepare immediately or save for another evening. 
"With cooking instructions included and restaurant seasonings available, customers are sure to have a special, well prepared meal whether they are a novice or experienced chef.” 

Offerings are updated weekly and currently include:

Wild Alaska salmon
"Thanks to Sound Bites Delivers and all the community support we have received, we can keep the fish flying in Seattle,” said Ryan Reese, co-owner of Pike Place Fish Market. 
“Local delivery has always been a logistical challenge for our small family business. Can't make it to the Market? Let Sound Bites Delivers bring it to you!" 

Dukes

As Thanksgiving approaches, Sound Bites Delivers is offering Mary’s free range, non-GMO turkeys and a special Thanksgiving produce box, available for pre-order.

Sound Bites Delivers offers a grocery cart style shopping portal where customers can order fresh produce, frozen meat and seafood, coffee and bakery items for doorstep delivery around Puget Sound. Proprietary seasonings are available and preparation instructions are included.

Sound Bites Delivers strives to provide fresh, local and unique foods safely to homes around the Sound through strong partnerships with local restaurants. 

To find out more, visit: www.soundbitesdelivers.com



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Drive-thru spaghetti dinner at the Senior Center Friday

Sunday, October 25, 2020


Are you looking for a new event on your Trick or Treat route this year?
 
Come join us at the Shoreline Senior Center Friday October 30, 2020 from 5-6:30pm for our First Annual Trick or Treat Spaghetti Dinner. 

This is a drive through and pick up event. $10, cash or check only, includes spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread. 

All kids will get a Trick or Treat Bag of candy. We are hoping that everyone wears their costumes, especially the kids and maybe we can snap some photos for our website and Facebook page. 

We will be having social distancing procedures in place.. It will be on a first come, first serve basis and we will only be accepting Cash or Checks.

18560 1st Ave NE - entrance on NE 185th



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Hunger Intervention Project offers free to-go meals for kids and adults

Sunday, October 18, 2020

File photo of HIP volunteers giving to-go meals in Lake Cty.
Photo courtesy HIP


Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) is offering to-go meals with drive through or walk-up at Spartan Recreation Center (202 NE 185th St, Shoreline, drive back to the rear door) from 11:30am - 12:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  

Meals for kids AND adults. No sign-ups necessary – just drop by! 

Contact info@hungerintervention.org or 206-538-6567 with any questions. 

Schedule:
  • Monday - lunches and a pack of four breakfast meals
  • Wednesday – two meals
  • Friday - one meal and weekend food pack (includes 6 meals)


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Drive thru spaghetti dinner at Senior Center Oct 30

Friday, October 16, 2020

From the Senior Center

Thank you to the supporters of our first Virtual Wellness Walk. We did decide to extend the time you can complete your walks and send in your photos to October 25, 2020. This is due to the inclement weather early in the week.



Now it’s on to the next event – our Trick or Treat Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, October 30 from 5-6:30 pm. 

For $10.00, Cash or Check only, you get spaghetti, salad and garlic bread. All kids will get a Halloween Trick or Treat Bag of candy. 

We are hoping that everyone wears their costumes, especially the kids, and maybe we can snap some photos for our website and Facebook page.

This is a drive through the parking lot event at the Shoreline Senior Center 18560-1st NE, Shoreline 98155 with social distancing procedures in place. It will be on a first come, first serve basis and we will only be accepting Cash or Checks.



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Briarcrest Neighborhood Association and Patty Pan Cooperative fed shut-in neighbors this summer

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Jean Hilde and Sarah Kaye made the deliveries
Photo courtesy BNA


Between May 4 and July 13, 2020 the Briarcrest Neighborhood Association partnered with Patty Pan Cooperative and delivered over 500 free, healthy meals to more than 50 of our neighbors who were sheltering in their homes from the coronavirus pandemic.

Devra in the kitchen
Photo courtesy BNA


Once each week, Devra Gartenstein cooked up creative one-dish meals in the Patty Pan kitchen which were then delivered by BNA officers Sarah Kaye and Jean Hilde. 

Recipients included low-income senior and disabled residents of King County Housing Authority's Paramount House located in South Briarcrest.

For years, Patty Pan's tamale and quesadilla tent has been a welcome destination at local farmers markets.

During the pandemic, Patty Pan is now focusing on home delivery of local products through their New Day grocery home-delivery co-op.

You can place weekly orders online here: https://shop.rethinkinggroceries.coop/



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Shoreline Central Market says "Let us shop for you!"

Sunday, September 27, 2020



Order groceries online and we’ll shop for you! Pick them up curbside without getting out of your car, or have them delivered to your home.

Early in the pandemic we heard from many of you that you want to shop our markets but were wary of going into a store. So we fast-tracked our online ordering project and are up and running! 

You can now shop our markets from home and choose curbside pickup or delivery. And best of all, our own food-loving personal shoppers do your shopping for you with the same care they take in selecting food for their own families.

Here’s how it works in a nutshell:

ORDER ONLINE

Click the “Order Online” link above to get to our online store.
  • Select your nearest market from the “My Store” tab.
  • Set up an account (or shop first and create your account at checkout).
  • Shop by selecting items to place in your online shopping cart.
  • Select delivery or curbside pickup and choose a time from the openings available.
  • Enter your credit or debit card information and complete your order.
  • Receive your groceries at your specified delivery or pickup time!

More information HERE

Just off Aurora at 15505 Westminster Way N, Shoreline 98133206-363-9226

Temporary Hours: 7am - 10pm



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Shoreline Schools: Meal box ordering window extended to Monday-Wednesday

Monday, September 21, 2020


Shoreline Schools Food and Nutrition Services has announced that the student meal box ordering window has been extended to Monday through Wednesday each week, for pick up on the following Wednesday.

Orders can now be placed anytime Monday-Wednesday. The deadline to submit an order is midnight each Wednesday.

The Shorewood pick-up site has been rerouted so that the entrance will be on 175th Street.



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Elks drive-thru dinner Saturday features Center Cut Pork Chop

Friday, September 11, 2020

Dinner line at the Shoreline Elks
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Elks Drive-Thru Center Cut Pork Chop dinner on Saturday 9/12. This dinner will benefit the Elks Therapy Program for Children. The Emblem Club will be offering desserts, too.

Center Cut Pork Chop dinner $15 (includes potatoes and veggies)

Dessert 1 for $3 or 2 for $5

First come first serve. Cash/Check only. No RSVPs.
We start serving at 5:00pm, and stop when we run out of dinners! Get there early!

As a special thanks -- We thank those that participated in our June 6th Drive-Thru dinner -- with your help we raised $850 for the North Helpline Food Bank!




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USDA now allows school districts to feed all students

Saturday, September 5, 2020

The food and nutrition department of Shoreline Schools is happy to announce that the USDA is now allowing school districts to resume FREE meal service for all students on a temporary basis.

We will continue to utilize the electronic pre-order system to ensure we produce enough meal boxes and order enough milk. Meal box orders should be placed each Wednesday for pick-up the following Wednesday.

You will find that the online order form has been simplified, so only one order needs to be placed for all children in your household ages 1-18. The order form will be open each Wednesday. For more information about meal boxes and to find the order link, click HERE.

For assistance in filling out the order form or if you do not have internet access, call the Meal Order Hotline at 206-393-4103. Calls will be responded to on Wednesdays from 7:30am to 3:30pm.

Please continue to submit meal benefit applications if you think you qualify. It will be important to have approvals in place for when we are required to resume the normal program and charge for meals according to your student’s meal benefit status (free/reduced/paid). Also, students may be eligible for other assistance based on meal benefit approval.

As with everything COVID related, these plans are fluid and could change. Please check the website regularly for the most up-to-date information.



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United Way hiring part-time workers to help end hunger in the community

Friday, September 4, 2020


Want to help end hunger in your community? 

Join United Way of King County's Part-Time COVID-19 HungerCorps Team and work to address food insecurity caused by the pandemic.

Program Overview
COVID-19 HungerCorps Member (Part-Time)
9/28/2020 - 3/26/2021 - 18 hours per week
Deadline: 9/10/2020 (Apply ASAP – spots are filling fast)

As a HungerCorps member, you will connect families with critical food resources – including school meals, food banks, and public benefits programs like SNAP and WIC – with a particular focus on low-income communities of color. You will be assigned to a food bank or nonprofit organization, where you’ll use your skills and experience to support critical anti-hunger work. Alongside a cohort of 25 other HungerCorps members, you will prepare and serve meals, pack boxes of food, engage with community members, and conduct grassroots community outreach to get the word out about available resources.

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Families may be eligible for food benefits while schools are closed - deadline to apply Sept 11

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Due to COVID-19 school closures, families may be eligible to get help with food benefits while schools are closed. 

These food benefits are called Pandemic EBT Emergency School Meals Program or P-EBT.

The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction announced that the deadline to apply has been extended to Friday, September 11 at 5:00pm. Apply online at WashingtonConnection.org or by calling DSHS at 877–501–2233 (translation available)

Who can get P-EBT?
  • Any family with a child in grades K-12 who is eligible for free or reduced-price school meals — including children who go to a school where meals are free for all students.
  • P-EBT is for all students regardless of citizenship or immigration status. The only requirement is a child must be eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.

More information HERE

If your family is not eligible, find resources to feed children 18 and under by texting the word FOOD to 877-877.



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