By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation There are a lot of people who want expensive electronics, cars, vacations, and gifts for the holiday, which is not inherently a bad thing. Yet so many people in the community, the working poor, lack the very basic essentials. For them, they would just be more than [...]
The Making a Difference Foundation Ensures People Without Housing Aren’t Without Good Meals The Making a Difference Foundation (which encompasses Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank), is one of five nonprofit organizations SUCCESS magazine is spotlighting during the week of Giving Tuesday. Early in November, we posted on our social media accounts asking followers [...]
Food insecurity brings need year-round It was wonderful how communities rallied over Thanksgiving to make sure no one went hungry for this holiday that’s all about food. Giveaways of turkeys and side dishes seemed to be everywhere, from the Tacoma Police Department partnering with the Tacoma Ministerial Alliance to hold a series of [...]
Eloise’s cooking pots help fight food insecurity at Pierce Co. During the holidays, many people take time to practice charity and goodwill, but for Eloise’s Cooking Pot, every day is an opportunity to help those in need. TACOMA, Wash. – As food prices continue to rise, food banks are struggling to cover the [...]
Eloise’s cooking pots help fight food insecurity at Pierce Co. During the holidays, many people take time to practice charity and goodwill, but for Eloise’s Cooking Pot, every day is an opportunity to help those in need. TACOMA, Wash. – As food prices continue to rise, food banks are struggling to cover the [...]
Press Release: 2011 Jefferson Awards Winners Chosen MEDIA ADVISORY: February 23, 2011FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:Tobias Coughlin-Bogue206-682-7395jeffersonawards@seattlecityclub.org CityClub is pleased to announce the selection of the five winners of the 2011 Washington State Jefferson Awards. The winners were selected by a panel of six judges, who faced the difficult task of narrowing down the field [...]
By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation It is widely known that Christopher Columbus did not, in fact, "discover” America. Leif Erikson, an Icelandic Norseman, actually arrived about 500 years before Columbus. But even that isn’t accurate, for how can someone "discover” a land that is already inhabited by people who had been [...]
Prior to the pandemic, food banks nationwide were already busy, but COVID amped up the client numbers and it hasn’t subsided. In fact, with the high cost of living these days, especially where food is concerned, more families who had never dreamed of needing food bank services are relying on them and this number [...]
By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month where women are reminded to perform regular self-breast exams, get their annual mammogram, and everyone is encouraged to wear pink as an expression of support for breast cancer survivors. This is a bittersweet month for me. I am extremely [...]
Food Bank’s Intense Commitment Gives BIPOC Farmers a Lift When Eloise’s Cooking Pot started a program to purchase produce from local BIPOC farmers and producers, it didn’t take long to identify a slew of challenges in those working relationships. While the farms produced food that was unparalleled in quality and rich in cultural [...]
