Port Angeles Food Bank

10/28/2026

Your daily food drive inspo!! 🫎
Thank you Port Angeles Moose Lodge #996 for your amazing work and dedication to our community!

Another amazing Food Bank Sunday. The Port Angeles Moose Lodge #996 collected our largest donation of 212lbs of food. This brings our total donation amount to over 900lbs of food donated to the Port Angeles Food Bank. A huge "Thank You", to everyone who donated. Way to go Moose family!!!
**The next Food Bank Sunday will be on 11/15/26 from 11am-5pm.

10/27/2026

Before turkey. 🦃 Before pie. 🥧 Come TROT with us! 👟

Kick off Thanksgiving morning with the Clallam County Turkey Trot!

📅 Thursday, November 26
📍 Port Angeles, WA
👟 Runners, walkers & strollers welcome
🦃 All ages welcome!

Best of all, your Turkey Trot helps support local food banks in Port Angeles, Sequim & Forks. ❤️

Bring the family. Bring your friends. Bring your favorite turkeys. Run it. Walk it. Trot it. Then go eat that pie.

📲 Share this with your turkeys and make plans to spend Thanksgiving morning with us!

10/23/2026

BY PEPPER FISHER Port Angeles – The Port Angeles Farmers Market will host a “Hunger is Scary” Canned Food Drive benefiting Port Angeles Food Bank as well as a dye-free treats event on Saturday, October 31, during

10/23/2026

Food Insecurity Is More Than an Empty Fridge: Understanding the USDA’s Four Levels of Food Security

12 Things People Don't Know about Food Insecurity: Blog #3 is up on our website now!

When people hear the words food insecurity, they may picture an empty refrigerator, an empty pantry, or a family that has gone days without eating. Those experiences are real, but they represent only part of what food insecurity can look like.

A household can have food in the refrigerator and still experience food insecurity. A parent can put dinner on the table every night while struggling to afford nutritious meals. A family can have enough food to get through the week but rely on the same inexpensive foods over and over because their budget leaves little room for anything else.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recognizes these differences in its approach to measuring household food security. Rather than treating food security as a simple yes-or-no question, the USDA identifies four levels that describe the range of experiences households face when trying to access adequate food.

Understanding these distinctions helps us better understand what hunger looks like, why it happens, and why access to food is about more than simply having something to eat.

Check the comments to read the full blog!

10/20/2026

Hey Clallam County! Do you like free fruit? Do you enjoy helping your community? Do you want to get outside and celebrate the autumn? Become a fruit gleaner and harvest fruit from your neighbors on your own time! Lots of great fruit available. Pies, Applesauce, Jam, oh my!!!

10/16/2026

12 Things People Don’t Know About Hunger in Clallam County: #2

Rural Hunger Comes With Unique Challenges

When we talk about food insecurity, a big part of the conversation is often the cost of groceries. And this is for good reason. When food prices rise faster than household incomes, putting meals on the table becomes increasingly difficult.

But in Clallam County, the challenge doesn't always end with being able to afford food.

Sometimes, the biggest challenge is finding nutritious food in the first place.

Clallam County is a large, rural region where communities are spread across the Olympic Peninsula. While residents in Port Angeles and Sequim have access to a range of grocery stores and community resources, people living in smaller communities like Joyce, Forks, and Clallam Bay face different challenges.

Check the comments to read the full blog.

10/15/2026

We are so honored to have been voted as best Nonprofit by our community! Thank you to everyone who voted for us but more importantly, thank you to all our donors and volunteers that make this work possible. We are able to serve our community because of you!

10/14/2026

Hunger doesn't always look the way we imagine it.

It can look like a parent working full-time and still struggling to cover groceries after paying rent. It can look like a senior choosing between food and medication. It can look like a family facing an unexpected car repair that throws their entire monthly budget off balance.

Food insecurity isn't always about having no income. Sometimes, it's about not having enough left after everything else.

At the Port Angeles Food Bank, we believe everyone deserves access to food, regardless of how they got there.

Check the comments to read our latest blog.

10/13/2026

Our shelves are in need of your help!!

The Port Angeles Food Bank is currently completely out of community food donations, and we're asking our community to come together to help restock our shelves as we head into the holiday season.

This October, our Food Drive of the Month is focused on holiday items to help local families enjoy a little extra comfort and joy during the holidays.

Whether you're organizing a drive at work, gathering donations with friends, or contributing on your own, every donation makes a difference. We need our community's support to keep food on the shelves and groceries available for our neighbors.

Want to organize a food drive at your workplace, school, or community group? Visit our website to learn more about our Food Drive of the Month program and how you can get involved.

Learn more: https://www.portangelesfoodbank.org/fdotm

Thank you for showing up for our neighbors when it matters most.

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