More September 3, 2010

Windermere Partners with Hunger Relief Organizations to Break Guinness World Record

Do you want to work with your community to relieve hunger in the Northwest? Do you want to help break the Guinness World Record for collecting the most pounds of food in a single location? Windermere is partnering with the Emergency Food Network and Northwest Harvest to collect one million pounds of food to “fill the bowl” in Tacoma, WA.

Donations of non-perishable, non-expired food will be accepted at the following Windermere offices throughout the region between Tuesday September 7th and Wednesday, September 15:

Auburn

Auburn- Lakeland Hills

Bellevue West

Bonney Lake

Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor- Down Town

Graham

Issaquah

Key Peninsula

Kirkland- Northeast

Kirkland- Yarrow Bay

Lake Forest Park

Lakeview

Mercer Island

Port Orchard

Queen Anne

Redmond

Renton

Renton- Tukwila South

Sand Point

Seattle- Capitol Hill

Shoreline

Tacoma- North

Tacoma- Central

Tacoma- Professional Partners

Tacoma- University Place

 

You can also drop donations on-site between 4 pm on Friday, September 17 until 4 pm on Saturday, September 18.

We will be posting the progress; you can see how we are doing by following us on facebook.

The Emergency Food Network has been working since 1982 to provide food and other essentials at no cost to over 65 food banks, hot meal sites and shelters for distribution to low-income families and individuals in Pierce County.
Northwest Harvest is Washington's own statewide hunger relief agency. Their mission is to provide nutritious food to hungry people.