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Source: The Latest Kate

What are the stories of the farmers, volunteers and recipients who are part of EastWest Food Rescue?

“Not one particular story, but thousands. The faces of people when they receive their bags of produce and bite into an apple - haven't even seen fresh fruits for months now. The tears we see when people who are forgotten and often worried about asking for help actually get their bags filled with potatoes and onions.

The single mom who came to get food for her neighborhood and had to sit down on a pile of pallets as she started sobbing when she realized we will fill her car to the brim and she will have food to take home to her kids too.

The quiet ask last Friday when our convoy unloaded at Toppen*sh - can you come again next week?

The distanced hug motions people give us as each truck pulls out fully loaded from the farm.... the $165 dollars raised in small bills in Port Orchard because they are so happy they can get food there too and they want to give back. The Seatac community where 15,000 pounds of food was shared out in less than 3 hours last week.

The convoy drivers, who brave distance, the Cascade roads, rain, wind, thunder and hot sun each week to get the produce to us. And the farmers who grew all this food with care and have to somehow make ends meet so they can plant more food for the coming season. Thousands of stories.”

~Zsofia Pasztor

Food is Free Project Tacoma is one of many vital groups in the chain we share for getting rescued food to families in hardship. We just found out that the Tacoma Weekly ran an article about them. Our Farmer Frog was able to give them 30 tons of potatoes and onions to distribute to Pierce and Thurston County residents. Check out the linked article!



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