Empty Bowls 2012 Send to Friend
By: ann - 2/1/2012
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Empty Bowls 2012 was a huge success - surpassing last years attendees and donations. All told 1,150 people came out during lunch and dinner, raising over $18,000 to be split between the White Center and Highline Food Banks. We'd like to thank everyone that came to eat soup, all the restaurants that donated soup, so many volunteers that served and cleaned and the Moshier Potters for creating beautiful bowls. Click here to see a video we created during Empty Bowls 2012. Looking forward to next year!
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Empty Bowls: Friday, January 27 Send to Friend
By: ann - 1/23/2012
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 Get ready for soup on Friday at the Burien Community Center to benefit WCFB and the Highline Food Bank. Potters from the Moshier Community Art Center have prepared over 1,000 bowls - and every year is a sell-out. Suggested donations: $15 for adults and $10 for children. ALl information is available by clicking here: Empty Bowls 2012.
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Couponing Tips from Two Frugal Chicks Send to Friend
By: ann - 1/23/2012
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 Saturday was a busy day at WCFB - not only was it our first day open after several snow closures but we also offered our first ever Coupons! class by Suzanne Greive of Two Frugal Chicks for our clients. Suzanne offered money saving tips that everyone can use, including: do what works for your own family, all families are different and have different needs - her system of saving can be customized for anyone. Suzanne coupons for her own family, and for WCFB -- she notes that part of the thrill of gathering coupons and saving is that she can donate many items to WCFB that are in high need. Several churches and civic organizations gather coupons for her to add to her stash of coupons - and if you find that you do not use your coupons which arrive by mail or in the newspaper you are welcome to bring them to WCFB where Suzanne will catalog and use them for us. Some of the tips she offers for anyone wanting to start into couponing include:
*Watch for cycles in sales and seasonal trends;
*Many coupons are only monthly rotations, allowing you to stockpile items to combine into meals;
*Don't cut each coupon out that you might use, keep sale fliers together until you see what stores are offering for sale prices;
*Combining coupons with sale prices is allowed - but be sure to be kind to stores and not clear shelves of sale items;
*Save those doubler coupons that come in the newspaper for your highest value coupons;
*Use binder or even milk crates to store your coupons, whatever organizational system works best for you and your space;
*Be sure to donate extra stock of items you accumulate or cannot use.
Suzanne also advises subscribing to multiple newspapers if you can and following couponing websites to learn more information about what is on sale and when. Stores themselves also have a great many coupons - from those on shopping carts to those on product facings or come out of cash registers. Suzanne's website is full of advice and links to other sites to help save money: Two Frugal Chicks. We hope to offer this class again for the community - let us know if you're interested.
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Coupons! Saturday Jan. 21 at 10 at WCFB Send to Friend
By: ann - 1/19/2012
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Coupons! Saturday, January 21 at 10 am at WCFB - coupon class led by Suzanne and Shelley of Two Frugal Chicks. Suzanne and Shelley help the food bank by doing some amazing shopping as detailed here on the B-Town Blog . Now they are going to share their skill with food bank clients and the community. Session is free to food bank clients, donations gladly accepted from community attendees.
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DubSea Bikes comes to WCFB on February 12 Send to Friend
By: ann - 1/19/2012
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DubSea Bikes is coming to White Center Food Bank on Sunday, February 12 from 2-4pm to assist anyone in need of a minor bike repair. Repairs are free! DubSea bikes is working to increase the number of people using bikes as regular transport in and around White Center. DubSea Bikes combines the efforts of bicycling advocates and local businesses, a great piece in the West Seattle Herald from December 2011 covers all the details. This article also includes great links to other local bicycling programs including Bike Works and Cascade Bicycle Club. Stu Hennessey from Alki Bike and Board and his Spokespeople will be on hand along with others to assist with repairs; major repairs may be referred to bike shops to handle. Bike racks are also springing up around White Center, including one outside the sheriff's office designed by Matthew Tilton covered here on the Seattle Bike Blog. Help us spread the word about this great effort to bring healthy transportation options to White Center!
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Closed on Thursday, January 19 Send to Friend
By: ann - 1/18/2012
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We'll be closed due to the weather on Thursday, January 19 as we follow the guidance of Highline Public Schools. Watch this or our Facebook page for continuing updates. We're hoping things are back to normal on Friday.
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