Many thanks to all who attended yesterday's Opening Celebration for our newest Connection Center, at the Lakes Area FISH Food Bank. This latest in our Connection Center partnership with South Sound Outreach Services was made possible by a grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Rick Larson, Market President, South Sound Region, Bank of America, was on hand to make the official presentation of the $50,000 check, which provides not only for the Lakewood Area Connection Center, but also for another planned to open at Northwest Tacoma FISH within the next month or two.
The opening of the new Connection Center is especially timely given that Lakes Area FISH is now by far our fastest-growing site, with a whopping 84% increase in clients since last year. In August alone we served more than 4,000 individuals at Lakes.
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| Beth Elliott of FISH Food Banks, Rick Larson of Bank of America, and Roberta Marsh of South Sound Outreach Services are pictured at the Lakewood Connection Center Opening Celebration. |
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| Bob Badgley will be the SSOS outreach specialist at the Lakewood site. |
