Adjusting to the new Covid normal, in January 2021 we started the brown bag meal program to provide meals to DESC shelter in Seattle.
This is a great program to involve the kids in giving back to the community while contributing from home. The sandwiches often come with little notes from kids who add them to the bags for our clients to cherish.
The Covid-friendly process of volunteering includes families making sandwiches at home and dropping off at a pre-specified location. The OE team gets a few additional items in bulk to make a complete meal and then do a drop-off at the shelter, almost every week.
The response from our community has been incredible, and we usually have 10-12 families signing up each time! We usually end up getting double the amount of sandwiches we need for one meal. There are 150 people at the shelter and we usually deliver between 200-300 sandwich meals. All excess sandwiches are then consumed at dinnertime in the shelter and are very much appreciated.
A big shout-out to all of our amazing, responsible, generous citizens!
Want to come out and help us? We are always looking for volunteers to help us serve breakfast. You can contact us at Send us an email!