Sequim sets the table: Food Bank distributes 900 Thanksgiving meals

By Matthew Nash • November 21, 2018 1:30 am
Corrine Wallen of Sequim with her sons Drew, 9, and Aaron, 12, select some healthy options for their Thanksgiving meal at the Sequim Food Bank, Drew said he loves eating turkey and Aaron loves “slobbering pumpkin pie in whipped cream.”
Corrine Wallen of Sequim with her sons Drew, 9, and Aaron, 12, select some healthy options for their Thanksgiving meal at the Sequim Food Bank, Drew said he loves eating turkey and Aaron loves “slobbering pumpkin pie in whipped cream.”

Turkey, pie and all the fixings flew off the shelves of the Sequim Food Bank, 144 W. Alder St., prior to Thanksgiving.

Food bank board president Stephen Rosales said volunteers and staff handed out 900 turkeys, pies and more on Nov. 16-17 and 19 for this year’s Holiday Meal Bags program. In preparation, about 50 volunteers from Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church and Trinity United Methodist Church prepped 900 bags with stuffing and other food in just 30 minutes on Nov. 13.

Next month, volunteers will distribute Christmas bags noon-4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 21-22.

In-between holidays, the Sequim Food Bank is open from 1-4 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m.-noon Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, and/or to donate, call 360-683-1205 or 360-461-6038, or visit www.sequimfoodbank.org.

Anna Ito of Sequim receives a turkey from Bob Macaulay, president of the Rotary Club of Sequim at the Sequim Food Bank on Nov. 16. Members of the Noon Rotary, Sunrise Rotary and Trinity United Methodist Church helped hand out Holiday Meal Bags to dozens of community members that day. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

Anna Ito of Sequim receives a turkey from Bob Macaulay, president of the Rotary Club of Sequim at the Sequim Food Bank on Nov. 16. Members of the Noon Rotary, Sunrise Rotary and Trinity United Methodist Church helped hand out Holiday Meal Bags to dozens of community members that day. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

In about 30 minutes, church and community volunteers filled 900 bags of stuffing and various fixings for community members at the Sequim Food Bank on Nov. 13. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

In about 30 minutes, church and community volunteers filled 900 bags of stuffing and various fixings for community members at the Sequim Food Bank on Nov. 13. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash