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Early February brought significant snowfall to Yakima on Food Distribution day! That didn't stop the volunteers from making sure the donated foods were sorted, organized and given out to the community! What great, dedicated volunteers we have :)

Food Bank Volunteers wore fun hats of their choice recently on Distribution day. The warm camaraderie of volunteers makes volunteering at the Yakima Rotary Food bank a lot of fun!

Dear Friend of the Yakima Rotary Food Bank, Most of us have never known hunger beyond the mild pangs we experience waiting for our holiday meal. Many of the people we see at our food bank every week are not only hungry in the moment but also don’t know when they’ll have a next meal, let alone a holiday feast. At the Yakima Rotary Food Bank we provide food to over 700 families every Friday. Some wait several hours to receive meat, vegetables, fruit, cereal grains, bread and dairy products enough to feed their family for the following week. Some

Award Winning Produce In 2022, we received a two-year, $500,000 “We Feed Washington” grant from the Washington Department of Agriculture. With these funds, we’ve not only been able to provide even more fresh, wholesome food to our community, we’ve been able to support local food producers with direct purchases from Yakima valley-based businesses such as Yakima Nation Farms, Dagdagan Farms & Produce, and Heirloom Cattle Ranch.