The Emergency Food Network(EFN)
has been working since 1982 "to provide a reliable food supply so that no person in Pierce County
goes hungry." Each month 
in Pierce County, more than 130,000 people
seek emergency food assistance. EFN provides food and other essentials at
no cost to over 70 food banks, hot meal sites and shelters for
distribution to low-income families and individuals.
The Emergency Food Network is comprised of the Distribution Center in Lakewood, the Cannery Project in Kent, the 8-acre organic Mother Earth Farm in Orting, and the Orchard in Roy. Through these operations, EFN distributed more than $13.3 million worth of food and other essentials in 2007. The Cannery produced 40,000 cans of produce and the Mother Earth Farm harvested more than 162,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Emergency
Food Network operates with a staff of ten full-time and one part-time
employees. It is joined in its work by a dedicated
corps of 1,600 volunteers who gave more than 18,000 hours to the
organization last year. Due to a low administrative and fundraising
overhead of 3.4 percent EFN is able to distribute
$12 dollars worth of food to local feeding programs for every dollar
donated.
What's New At EFN?
Repack – August 9
“Dinner and a Song” at Mother Earth Farm – August 16
These innovative efforts combine to make the Emergency Food Network the only non-profit emergency food distribution center in the country able to take food straight from the ground to the tables of those in need.
Please join us in the fight against hunger.
The next Repack is on Saturday, August 9th!
Volunteers are needed for two shifts.
Shift One: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Shift Two: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
Please let us know by August 6th if we can count on your help!
(253) 584-1040 or joanna_efn@hotmail.com
Upcoming Repack Dates In 2008:
August 9th, September 20th, October 18th, November 15th, and December 20th.
For more information on the repack click here.
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Saturday, August 16th, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Come join the Emergency Food Network for a celebration at our eight-acre organic Mother Earth Farm. There will be live music provided by the disclaimers and you are invited to help us provide a potluck dinner. Bring a covered dish to share, your own drinks, some blankets and chairs to sit on, and anything else you will need to come have a great time! Carpooling is recommended, as parking is limited.
From I-5 north or south—Take Hwy. 512 (to Puyallup) and follow signs east to Highway 410 East (Yakima/Sumner) exit. Follow 410 to second Sumner exit (Valley Avenue/Orting-Highway 162); and turn right at stoplight at end of exit ramp (toward Orting). Drive approximately 1.9 miles (past Alderton and Spooner Farms) to 102nd. Look for gravel road on left—Mother Earth Farm sign will be at entrance to 102nd. Farm is at the end of the gravel road on the right.
Mother Earth Farm 15208 102nd St. E., Puyallup, 98374 |
