The Davis Fund has donated a commercial delivery truck to Hopelink to serve the agency’s five food banks in north and east King County. Hopelink food banks are located in Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Sno-Valley (Carnation) and Shoreline.

Last year, nearly 16,000 people received more than 3 million pounds of food through Hopelink. About 80 percent of the food offered through the agency’s food banks is donated by local stores and collected through community food drives and individual donations, with the other 20 percent purchased in bulk.

The new truck is expected to help Hopelink create a long-term supply solution for Seattle area food banks, according to Andrew Davis, manager of the Davis Foundation.