Who We Are
We are a non-profit food bank established in 1971 and incorporated in 1979 to consolidate and improve the anti- hunger ministries of Yakima churches and non-profit organizations. We are a primarily volunteer-run organization seeking to provide the highest quality and quantity of food to those seeking our assistance. We are a member agency of Northwest Harvest, a partner agency of Second Harvest of the Inland Northwest, and receive food and funding from donations and state and federal anti-hunger assistance programs. We are your neighbors and your representatives to those who seek our assistance.
What We Do
We distribute food to those requesting our assistance on Friday mornings from 8:30-12 at Yakima Rotary Food Bank Building on the corner of S. 7th St. and S. Central Ave. (703 Central Avenue near State Fair Park, by Henry Beauchamp Community Center).
We serve all who request our assistance without requesting unnecessary documentation or asking intrusive questions. We ask for no personally identifiable data. Solely to meet the requirements of donors, we ask for the total members of the household, groupings of members by age, whether this is the household’s first visit since June 30, and age grouping of new members of the household since the previous visit. We leverage donations by purchasing in bulk.
Last year, 2017, food requests and community donations increased 20% -- we distributed 1,099,234 pounds of nutritious foods! We gathered, sorted and organized these foods for weekly selections serving 104, 202 individual weekly needs (48,232 children; 55, 970 aged 19 and older). In other words, 26,154 weekly requests from households (average of 503 households/week) received 42 pounds of foods each, by selecting their portions from our 16 food stations staffed by volunteers. The monthly average of 56 volunteers donated over 10,150 hours in 2017.
We maintain this website at www.yakimarotaryfoodbank.org and a Facebook page to keep you informed on our activities.
We serve all who request our assistance without requesting unnecessary documentation or asking intrusive questions. We ask for no personally identifiable data. Solely to meet the requirements of donors, we ask for the total members of the household, groupings of members by age, whether this is the household’s first visit since June 30, and age grouping of new members of the household since the previous visit. We leverage donations by purchasing in bulk.
Last year, 2017, food requests and community donations increased 20% -- we distributed 1,099,234 pounds of nutritious foods! We gathered, sorted and organized these foods for weekly selections serving 104, 202 individual weekly needs (48,232 children; 55, 970 aged 19 and older). In other words, 26,154 weekly requests from households (average of 503 households/week) received 42 pounds of foods each, by selecting their portions from our 16 food stations staffed by volunteers. The monthly average of 56 volunteers donated over 10,150 hours in 2017.
We maintain this website at www.yakimarotaryfoodbank.org and a Facebook page to keep you informed on our activities.