Food is stored at Emergency Food Network to be distribute to one of 75 food banks, on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Lakewood, Wash. I remember the hollow dread the first time I walked up to a food pantry door. The cupboards at home were empty. In the fridge, a single serving of [...]
Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) has announced the 2025 recipients of its annual scholarship program, awarding scholarships to 46 promising students, the largest scholarship class ever, who are pursuing higher education across the country. These scholarships support students in achieving their academic and professional goals, particularly those who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to their [...]
Tacoma, WA – [June 24, 2025] — Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) is proud to announce it has received a $15,000 grant from The Bamford Foundation to support its Rising Higher Workforce Training and Reintegration Program. This generous funding will help remove critical financial barriers for individuals seeking to reenter the workforce by covering essential program [...]
By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation We are living in an era where truth is under siege. Across the country, efforts are mounting to erase Black history from classrooms, silence honest discussions about systemic racism, and discredit the voices of those who have fought hardest for justice. And, at the very heart [...]
Tera Williams (left) and Keshia Ulibarri with BIPOC Farmers Hub leader Ahndrea Blue (right). The Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) continues to bring revolutionary ideas and programs to Tacoma. In the spirit of feeding people now and raising up leaders for tomorrow, MADF’s BIPOC Farmer’s Hub is proving to be a most innovative project that [...]
Community members, business owners, and many others gathered for a sold-out event at LeMay — America’s Car Museum last night to celebrate the Best of South Sound 2025. Excited guests and winners mixed and mingled before the event, munching on charcuterie and small bites provided by Act 3 Catering. The event kicked off with a few words from [...]
Ahndrea Blue is 2025's Citizen of the Year. "Food is so much a part of people’s culture," says Eloise’s Cooking Pot founder Ahndrea Blue, her sense of compassion prevalent in the warmth of her voice. "They should always be able to eat what they want to eat, versus what we deem is appropriate." Blue, who also [...]
Founder and president/CEO of Making A Difference Foundation Ahndrea Blue (right) stopped for a photo op with youth volunteers Jeanette and Jeanella Rardin and the visiting bunnies. Every Wednesday morning starting at 10 a.m., Lot G at the Tacoma Dome is transformed into an Eloise’s Cooking Pot drive-through food bank and its popularity [...]
Kids can visit with the Easter bunny while their family gets free groceries and their taxes filed. The Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) and Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank invite the community to a special tax/Easter event during the free drive-thru grocery giveaway on Wednesday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. [...]
These local students are learning hydroponic farming to grow and sell microgreens as a family business. There is always something positive and rewarding going on at the Making A Difference Foundation and its Eloise’s Cooking Pot food bank, and all with a mission to better people’s lives. From its drive-through free food distribution program at the Tacoma [...]
