6th Annual Plant Sale Coming May 3rd

How You Can Help

In preparation for our upcoming Sixth Annual Plant Sale on May 3rd, we ask that you keep the food bank in mind if you are able to donate any garden/yard related items such as potting soil, pots, plants (indoor or outdoor), gardening tools and accessories, yard art items or gardening books. If you have any questions regarding donating items to help contribute to the success of this fundraiser, please contact Kathy Baker at 253-332-7583.

While guests were waiting to shop, a volunteer overheard a conversation between two guests. One mentioned saving a seat for her friend, explaining that she had met her best friend at the food bank a couple of years ago. Since then, they have become close and now regularly spend time together outside the food bank as well—a friendship that brings her much joy.

Many lasting friendships are made at the food bank—among guests and volunteers. There is something about service, about working together to ensure that all are served, that everyone in our community has access to healthy nutritional food for their family that truly brightens the spirit.

February by the Numbers

Total households served: 995

Total household members: 2,227

New families: 34

Kids' books distributed: 145

Number of volunteer hours logged: 1,034

Maya Angelou once said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

At the Ocean Shores Food Bank our volunteers make sure that every guest feels welcomed and valued. They get repaid in smiles and the feeling that they have made a lasting impression on those who reach out to us for help keeping nutritious food on the family table.

Everyone—volunteers, donors, and the guests themselves—come together each week to make our food bank a place of camaraderie, mutual assistance, and hope.

However you choose to contribute, you are the ones that make this happen. And for that, we are truly grateful.