Inside Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, masked staff and volunteers are busy packing up food boxes that will soon go out.
South King County food bank Feeding El Pueblo is helping Latinx people struggling with hunger during the pandemic. Feeding El
November 30, 2020 — Like other cities around the country, the City of SeaTac was allotted federal CARES Act funding to
The boxes are full of traditional Latino spices and products. The items were donated by Feeding El Pueblo, an organization
“Las personas están agradecidas por tener acceso a los bancos de alimentos, sin embargo, es muy especial cuando encontramos alimentos
When the group started distributing food boxes at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church in Burien, families were confused. “We would ask
Activist Roxana Pardo Garcia aims to heal and liberate youth and families of color and ‘bring forth more joy’ in
“People deserve to have the food that they eat. Ways to prepare food is passed on through generations. Cooking is ceremony. Smell and taste give us happy memories in the midst of so much trauma and pain.” Roxana Pardo Garcia, organizer of the Feeding el Pueblo food bank
“People are thankful to have access to food banks, but there’s something special about seeing food you’re familiar with.” This is how Roxana Pardo Garcia of La Roxay Productions describes the work of Alimentando El Pueblo, or Feeding El Pueblo, a campaign to distribute culturally relevant food items to the Highline area of King County in partnership with Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, Southwest Youth & Family Services, Para Los Ninos, and Colectiva Legal Del Pueblo.
The “Feeding el Pueblo” pop-up pantry is supplying cultural staples to families struggling during the pandemic.
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