Eastsiders can make a difference in peoples’ lives

Published 4:27 pm Friday, April 29, 2011

There are thousands of people on the Eastside who do not get enough to eat. I believe the Eastside has the people and the resources to solve this problem.

Renewal Food Bank is part of the Northwest Harvest and Food Lifeline networks and was started in May 1998 by World Impact Network and fellow Eastside Entrepreneurs, Gabriella and Peter van Breda and currently serves over 3,500 people every month.

Learn how you can make a huge difference in your community by ‘liking’ Renewal Food Bank on Facebook and following @RenewalFoodBank on Twitter.

We have lots of great upcoming projects to participate in, including Macy’s Community Shopping Day at Bellevue Square on May 14, the Eastside Year Round Food Drive (organizations and businesses wanted to collect food one month each year) and the Piggy Bank Parade spare change drive.

I sincerely believe that we on the Eastside can make a huge local, statewide, national and worldwide impact, simply by feeding our neighbors who don’t get enough to eat.

Please let all your friends and family know about Renewal Food Bank. We may be able to help them – or they may be able to help us. Either way, our community wins.

Joe Kennedy, strategic development, World Impact Network’s Renewal Food Bank in Bellevue