The University District Food Bank, located in the basement of the University Christian Church on NE 50th Street and 15th Ave NE, is experiencing a more than 20 percent increase of households provided with food. This increase is occurring at the same time that donations are falling.
Bill Lowie, Assistant Director at the University District Food Bank (UDFB), says that there is usually a jump in the amount of times households are provided with food during October. A household, in the context of UDFB, can be any amount of people. A person is required to state how many people they are trying to feed and is given the appropriate amount of food. For instance, a household can mean anything from a family of four living in the U-District to a resident of Nickelsville. Any one household is allowed to come in only once a week. With this in mind, Lowie reports that during October of this year UDFB provided food to households on 4,600 separate occasions compared to 3,600 during the same time last year. The average household is two people.
Donations to the University District Food Bank can be arranged here.