Taste of White Center will delight your tastebuds June 24
Taste of White Center will delight your tastebuds June 24
Fundraiser for White Center Food Bank will feature more than 30 area restaurants
Fri, 06/16/2023
Information from the White Center Food Bank
The White Center Food Bank is bringing together the White Center neighborhood’s wide variety of restaurants for a family-friendly event and fundraiser June 24. 34 restaurants are participating, and attendees can purchase $5 tickets to try a variety of foods like banh mi sandwiches, Columbian empanadas, Indian fry bread tacos, strawberry basil kakigori, and much more. Iconic restaurants like Tomo, Puffy Pandy, Salvadorean Bakery, El Catrín and others are ready to serve up a wide variety of bites
Each ticket is an opportunity to taste a small plate, drink or dessert from participating restaurants. All ticket proceeds support the White Center Food Bank, while sponsorship dollars go to the restaurants to purchase ingredients and pay for event costs.
Tickets will be available for purchase at three locations in downtown White Center in the area of (16th Ave SW, between Roxbury and 100th St). A ‘menu’ will be given to each attendee at the time of ticket purchase, with a map and details on restaurants and items available. This is a first come, first served event, with limited quantities available at each establishment. There will also be a raffle for 2 roundtrip tickets on Alaska Airlines.
White Center Food Bank began in the mid-1970’s as an emergency response to assist struggling families and individuals in the greater White Center and Highline areas during a major economic downturn. Much like today, many in the community were faced with difficult economic conditions that left them in need of food resources. We were there then. We are here now.
Current food bank programs include daytime, and seniors-only food distributions; expanded home deliveries; mobile food bank program to three senior housing sites; pop-up food pantries at White Center Heights Elementary, New Starts High School, South Seattle College, and three Seamar Community Health Clinics; a Baby Pantry for diapers, formula, baby foods and more; cultural foods buying program and grocery rescue. Intake services are provided in nine languages.
In 2022, we served over 28,000 households, 95,000 individuals and distributed over 1.3 million pounds of food.
