Queen Anne Helpline?received a $1,000?grant from Hunger Is to fight?childhood hunger earlier this month.
QA Helpline was nominated by the managers of the Queen Anne Safeway store, and the grant was made possible by their customers who contributed generously during a month-long in-store fundraiser?last spring.? Queen Anne Helpline, in partnership with Ballard Food Bank and Queen Anne Presbyterian Church, runs the Weekend Food for Kids program, providing a bag of food each Friday to students who are at risk of hunger when they don?t have access to school meals. Currently serving five public schools in Queen Anne and Magnolia, the program gave out?1,000 bags of food?in 2013.
Hunger Is, the joint charitable program of The Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, raised more than $4.6 million to eradicate childhood hunger from shoppers throughout 1,300 Safeway family of stores across the U.S., as well as online contributions. Through local grants, Hunger Is allowed the local stores to identify an organization to receive the grant to help make a difference in their own community. The Hunger Is grant will go towards feeding children in the local community living in households that struggle to provide sufficient and healthy meals. Studies have shown that Weekend Food programs can improve a child?s attention span during school, helping them learn, participate and compete alongside their peers.
?It?s a great honor to receive this Hunger Is grant and the recognition of the Queen Anne Safeway managers for our work,? said Lisa Moore, Queen Anne Helpline Executive Director. ?Making sure the children in our community have the necessities to succeed is so important and this grant will make a difference. We thank everyone who paused in their shopping routine to feed their families to think about the children in need in our community.?
To learn more about Weekend Food for Kids or?to make a donation?click here.