Sustainable Renton, now in partnership with St. Mathews Lutheran Church in the Renton Highlands has been operating a Free drive-thru Grocery Store every Monday night at 5:30pm.
This happens with volunteers picking up good, gleaned groceries from local area stores. As COVID continues, so do the rules of distribution, keeping us outside during the cold months ahead.
This is a call for local organizations/ businesses, to sponsor and/or operate a warming tent, serving coffee, tea, cocoa, etc. for the volunteers working the store and the patrons attending. We are looking for donations of warm drinks, propane heaters, and/or volunteers. As we do this every Monday evening, this creates opportunities for different sponsors every week. Tent, tables, and chairs will be provided.
We started 30 weeks ago successfully handing out 1500-3000 pounds of food per week, serving as many as 300 families, as of 10-27-20 we handed over 25,000 pounds of food, serving approximately 700 to 900 families. The data shows approximately 92% in 98056 zip code with the balance in 98057 and 98058 areas. Even though we are a Renton based organization, we turn no one away. All this has been accomplished with only volunteers, starting with 17 volunteers we now utilize 50+ volunteers to meet the demand every week.
Please email sustainablerenton@gmail.com if interested in helping out this winter. Your organization can sign up for a one-time help or a monthly schedule, whatever works for you or your organization.
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