Giving back to your community is a rewarding experience, and there's no better time to start than now. Volunteering is a good thing to do, offering benefits not just to the recipients, but also to the volunteers themselves by fostering connection and purpose. The options listed below are just a few examples amongst many [...]

Tacoma food bank expands door-to-door service as feds tighten SNAP rules As federal officials consider new rules for SNAP benefits, a Tacoma food bank is struggling to meet rising demand and expanding its reach by delivering food directly to families in need. TACOMA, Wash. - As federal officials weigh new requirements for SNAP benefits, one [...]

Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS) Naomi Finkelstein is a regular at El Centro de la Raza's Beacon Hill food bank and cheerfully greeted staffers when she arrived Friday, despite being worried about her own situation, made tougher by delays in federal aid. The 63-year-old normally receives $33 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [...]

Courtesy of Gustavo Fring via Pexels Fred Meyer Gives $4K to Support Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank To help provide fresh produce, meats, dairy, special-diet, and culturally relevant foods to families across Pierce and King Counties, Fred Meyer recently awarded a $4,000 grant to the Making a Difference Foundation in support of its Eloise’s Cooking [...]

Uwajimaya President and CEO Denise Moriguchi in 2021. Photo by Rodrigo DeMedeiros Asian Grocer Uwajimaya to Open in Tacoma Next Year, Marking a Return to Its Roots Seattle-based Asian grocer Uwajimaya plans to open a store in Tacoma next year, according to media reports and confirmation by the company’s CEO. Find out more about what's [...]

Ahndrea Blue, photographed earlier this year, is the founder and CEO of the Making a Difference Foundation. Tacoma’s Making a Difference Foundation announced today that its BIPOC Farm Fresh HUB Program received a $35,000 grant from the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. The grant will be used to assist the resource’s work to, according to a press [...]

December truly has a way of slipping up on us—and as we head into Giving Tuesday tomorrow, we want to remind you of an important opportunity to make a lasting impact. We are currently in the final stretch of completing Eloise’s No-Cost Market, and we need your help to get across the finish line. [...]

VIDEO: Hundreds attend food distribution event TACOMA, Wash. — Hundreds of families in Pierce County gathered at the Tacoma Dome today for an emergency food distribution event. The event, organized by the Making a Difference Foundation, saw a turnout three times higher than expected, with about a thousand households receiving food boxes. “We expected [...]

Courtesy of Jacob McGowin via Unsplash The Making a Difference Foundation’s food bank, Eloise’s Cooking Pot, is launching a one-time emergency food-delivery service for families in King and Pierce counties who are unable to travel to their local food bank. The announcement comes in response to rising food insecurity due to the recent federal government shutdown [...]

Lines grow longer at western WA food banks Lines continue to grow at food banks across western Washington, where people out of pay and out of a job spent more than two hours waiting for food in Tacoma. The Brief Tacoma's Eloise’s Cooking Pot food bank faces increased demand, with families waiting hours [...]