Rainier Valley Food Bank

Serving in Solidarity

Serving in solidarity means building the kinds of community‑rooted systems that honor dignity, deepen connection, and ensure our neighbors have access to food and support services they're looking for. Together, we’re coordinating connection points that enable us to show up for one another—from warm flute music that welcomes you into the courtyard, to sparking connection with a smile, and heading home with full bags of hand-selected groceries—we're growing a reality where community care is a form of resistance. Where we nourish each other and are richer for it. Our food hub embodies that commitment, offering grace, joy, comfort, and the capacity to provide a higher level of support. As economic pressures intensify—rising food, healthcare, gas costs, and the impact of adjustments to SNAP eligibility take hold—our commitment to serving in solidarity has never mattered more. This year for GiveBIG, we’re raising $85,000 to strengthen this collective work—because community care is powerful, and when we invest in one another, we all rise.

Mission

Nourish with great food, empower with knowledge, and serve with compassion.

Vision

A hunger-free South Seattle.

About Rainier Valley Food Bank

We don’t just want to hand guests a bag of food. We provide guests space to make choices in the food they provide for their family, and then we ask them what else they may need. We can’t do any of this without collaboration. From our service partners who join alongside us to provide wrap-around support, to the volunteers who work in partnership with us, and the local farms who provide our produce — ending hunger will take all of us. 

As the primary emergency food resource in Seattle’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhood, we are a low-barrier provider, ensuring that anyone can access our services regardless of housing status, income, zip code, or immigration status.

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