Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Cookbook sales benefit FISH


Proceeds from the sale of a new cookbook will benefit FISH Food Banks. The self-proclaimed "Iron Chefs of General Plastics," a group of seven co-workers, have created their own cookbook, What's Cookin' at GP. The seven -- Cindy Bohnert, Adam Blanchard, Rory Endsley, Carenna Lan, Jerry Langston, Bob Coty and Shelly Holland -- were selected by their employer, General Plastics Manufacturing of Tacoma, to attend a college course in Manufacturing Management Teamwork Essentials. They decided to compile a book of their favorite recipes as their class project.

In their book, they write:
We, the authors of this book, consider ourselves to be extremely fortunate that we are employed and able to put food on our tables for ourselves and our families while so many in our community cannot. For this reason, we've decided to use some of the proceeds from this book to help our neighbors put food on their tables.

We will donate a majority of the profits from the sale of this book to FISH Food Banks of Pierce County.
And we at FISH are very grateful for their generosity! The book sells for $10 and we will have copies available for sale at the FISH Food Benefit Concert on Saturday, May 1 at Westminster Presbyterian Church.



Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Happy Day!

Great news for a beautiful spring day! Just heard from the Boeing Employees Community Fund that our funding request has been approved, so very soon we will have a bright shiny new truck to better service our seven food bank locations. Many, many thanks to the generous Boeing employees!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Rocking for FISH

This week's Tacoma Weekly includes a great feature story on the upcoming FISH Food Benefit Concert. The third annual benefit will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 6-9 pm at Tacoma's Westminster Presbyterian Church. Come join us to hear artists from Maurice the Fish Records offer an eclectic evening of music. Scheduled artists include JNC Trio, Eric Montgomery, Nick Sandy, Savannah, Raymond Hayden and the Dark Drive Home, and Danielle Egnew.

Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 5236 East “B” Street in Tacoma. (Map) There is no admission charge; a free will offering will be collected and all proceeds will benefit FISH.

It's a family-friendly event that will offer great music and fabulous door prizes donated by sponsoring local businesses. See you there!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Thanks to Grainger


Many, many thanks to the good folks at Grainger Industrial Supply for their generous support of FISH Food Banks. Grainger representative Curtis King stopped by our new office on Friday to present a check for $5,000 in support of our work.