It was a great year for it, because ShareNet has never gone deeper to support the community than in 2013.
ShareNet’s program serving school kids, Food to Grow On, served an all-time high number of students in November.
How does a place where giving from the community and to the community is the norm year-round change during the season of giving?
We continue to face a challenging operating environment. In 2008, when the economy tanked, food banks suddenly became front page news as more and more people needed us or knew those who did.
Trang McGillivray is the go-to person for Wolfle Elementary School’s independently funded summer session, which ShareNet supports with take-home food for children in need.
ShareNet’s chief supplier of organic local produce is Kingston Farm and Garden Co-op’s Giving Garden.
During World War II, home gardening and canning were considered patriotic duties because they reserved the nation’s farm products for the armed forces and our struggling allies.
A couple of years ago, Gluten Free Foodies blogger and consultant Lisa Garza did a great thing for Kitsap County food banks by hosting a gluten-free food drive and then personally distributing the donations collected.
ShareNet is offering a financial education series in partnership with Kitsap Community Resources, or KCR. The next class is May 16
Cindy Rienstra is one of the many local entrepreneurs utilizing ShareNet’s Thrift Store as part of operating a cottage industry.
ShareNet is pleased to partner with Kitsap Community Resources, Peninsula Credit Union, and American Financial Solutions to bring a series of financial education classes to Kingston beginning March 21.
ShareNet experienced growth in all the areas federal reporting requires from registered food banks.
A whole community came together to make Thanksgiving happen at ShareNet for about 200 local families in need, for a total of 600 individual persons served.
A food bank exists because of many small acts of generosity built one upon the other, until a force gathers and results in real impact in the community.
ShareNet’s Thanksgiving food box distribution will take place Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Signups are now until Nov. 9.
Kingston Farm and Garden Co-op’s Giving Garden has already given nearly 900 pounds of fresh produce to ShareNet this year, up several hundred pounds from its inaugural year in 2011.
With food production and supply more global than ever, food banks end up being even more subject than the average consumer to fluctuations in domestic and world markets.
At Poulsbo’s Valley Nursery, magic happened when employees Sue Lukins and Paula Anderson found they were having some similar ideas about how to give back to the community.
The summer school session held at Kingston’s Wolfle Elementary School is not paid for by the North Kitsap School District. That fact surprises a lot of people, especially those who recall summer school as a standard in American education, often used to address credit deficiency or behavioral issues.
You never know what you’ll find at the ShareNet Thrift Store, which supports our food bank and other assistance services. One of ShareNet Thrift Store’s most interesting customers is a lady named Marilyn, who prefers her last name not be mentioned, though she is known around North Kitsap for her interesting hobby.
