Today we served a near record number of 678 families, representing 2674 individuals.  Thank you to our dedicated volunteers for their tireless effort all day.

Helping Hands is looking for a new director to manage the largest emergency food provider facility in Skagit County.  The high visibility position requires the director to interface with community leaders, media and the public, establish and implement organizational goals and strategies, collaborate with the board of directors and manage a team of 40+ volunteers.  We are looking for candidates who possess excellent leadership, communication and management skills and an understanding of basic accounting principles and grant writing/compliance.  Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook and website mgmt. is required.  Experience in non-profit or service-oriented industry is preferred.  20 hours/week, Sedro Woolley.

Helping Hands volunteers logged in over 15,000 volunteer work hours in 2011. 

THANK YOU for your dedication, committment and hard work!!

A statistic to ponder:  45% of our clients are children, 12% are elderly.  That means, even if the economy was doing well, nearly 60% of our clients would not be able to “get a job” to improve their socio-economic situation.

Last year we distributed 1,138,502 pounds of food to over 28,000 families, representing over 113,000 individuals.  The number of clients relying on our assitance in 2011 increased by 17%; we served nearly 19,000 more individuals this year than last.

Our dedicated volunteers kept the food bank open during the snow storm and distributed food to almost 300 families who braved the winter conditions.  Thank you!

AmeriCorps volunteers Leah Hall, Stephanie Eckard, David Baer and Casey Costello  contributed over 32 hours in labor to help paint our facility interior.  Thank you so much!!

Welcome to Helping Hands Food Bank, a non-profit organization located in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.

Our regular food distribution is from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesdays
(we break for lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).

Government commodities are distributed on the 1st Wednesday of every month.

Special accomodations can be made for any family or individual that is in need of emergency food (outside of our regular distribution times).

Your monetary or food donations and volunteer assistance are always welcome.

We extend our heart-felt thanks to those who have made our success possible through contributions of time, goods or money. Without your generosity we would not be able to help those who are truly in need in our community.

Marketa Vorel
Director, Helping Hands Food Bank