Around Snohomish County, food banks face double the need
EVERETT — A new community center on Casino Road was a handful of ceiling tiles and a fire alarm inspection away from its grand opening.
Then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
The staff was prepared to leave the building vacant for months, said Sara Boyle, who led the center’s planning and development.
That’s when the Volunteers of America pop-up food bank at Bible Baptist Church stopped operating, leaving a desert of food availability in south Everett, just as many families lost their source of income. So the center opened it’s doors — not as a community center, but as a temporary food pantry.
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Roughly 88,000 workers in Snohomish County filed for financial assistance in the first half of March as a result of losing their job, being furloughed or having hours reduced.
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The Casino Road Food Pantry is open Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information on how to donate to the pantry or other Volunteers of America-run food banks in Snohomish County, visit voaww.org/donate.
For information on the Lynnwood Food Bank, visit lynnwoodfoodbank.org.
For information on the Edmonds Food Bank, visit edmondsfoodbank.org.
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