Free groceries · Spokane and four rural countiesComida gratis · Spokane y cuatro condados rurales
Not on the list? Call (555) 014-6630 and we'll find it with you, in English or Spanish.¿No aparece? Llama al (555) 014-6630 y lo buscamos contigo, en inglés o español.
How the food reaches youCómo te llega la comida
Most of what we move goes through local pantries. The rest goes straight to the people who need it.Casi todo lo que movemos pasa por despensas locales. El resto va directo a quien lo necesita.
240 sites · most open weekly240 lugares · casi todos abren cada semana
Churches, schools, tribal and community centers across five counties shop our warehouse for free.Iglesias, escuelas, centros tribales y comunitarios de cinco condados se surten gratis en nuestro almacén.
Monthly · 14 townsMensual · 14 pueblos
A refrigerated truck sets up a free farmers' market in towns without a pantry.Un camión refrigerado arma un mercado gratis en pueblos sin despensa.
Fridays · 61 schoolsViernes · 61 escuelas
Six meals and two snacks, packed by volunteers, sent home quietly with kids who need them.Seis comidas y dos meriendas, empacadas por voluntarios, que los niños llevan a casa con discreción.
Monthly · ages 60+Mensual · 60 años o más
Shelf-stable staples, cheese and juice delivered to senior housing.Alimentos básicos, queso y jugo entregados en viviendas para mayores.
August to NovemberAgosto a noviembre
Palouse lentils, Green Bluff apples and potatoes that would otherwise be ploughed under.Lentejas del Palouse, manzanas de Green Bluff y papas que de otro modo se perderían.
Last year, July to JuneEl año pasado, julio a junio
Weighed at the loading dock and counted again at every partner site.Pesado en el muelle de carga y contado otra vez en cada lugar asociado.
Fiscal year 2025–26Año fiscal 2025–26
26.8 M1
pounds of food distributedlibras de comida distribuidas
41%
of it fresh producede eso fue fruta y verdura fresca
88,400
volunteer hours in the warehousehoras de voluntariado en el almacén
240
partner pantries and programsdespensas y programas asociados
Audited figures, presented to the board in September 2026.Cifras auditadas, presentadas a la junta en septiembre de 2026.
Read the annual reportLee el informe anual
Mobile marketsMercados móviles
Some towns in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties are an hour from the nearest grocery store. Once a month our refrigerated truck parks in a school or church lot and local volunteers set up tables like a farmers' market.Algunos pueblos de los condados de Stevens y Pend Oreille están a una hora del supermercado más cercano. Una vez al mes nuestro camión refrigerado se estaciona en una escuela o iglesia y voluntarios locales arman mesas como en un mercado.
Anyone can come. You don't need to live in the town, show ID or fill out a form.Cualquiera puede venir. No necesitas vivir en el pueblo, mostrar identificación ni llenar formularios.
From the regionDesde la región
We had forty thousand pounds of split lentils nobody would buy. They called back the same afternoon.Teníamos cuarenta mil libras de lenteja partida que nadie compraba. Nos devolvieron la llamada esa misma tarde.
The lady at the table spoke Spanish to me without me asking. I almost cried, honestly.La señora de la mesa me habló en español sin que yo se lo pidiera. Casi lloro, de verdad.
In Kharkiv I was an engineer. Here on Tuesdays I run forklift number two. It is good work.En Járkov era ingeniero. Aquí, los martes, manejo el montacargas número dos. Es buen trabajo.
Coming upPróximamente
Oct10
9:00 – 11:00 AM · Jenkins High School lotEstacionamiento de Jenkins High School
Drive-through. Apples, potatoes, milk and pantry staples.Desde el auto. Manzanas, papas, leche y básicos.
Oct15
5:30 – 7:30 PM · Warehouse, Bay 4Almacén, Bahía 4
Ages 8 and up. Pack weekend backpacks for 61 schools.Desde los 8 años. Empaca mochilas para 61 escuelas.
Oct17
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Newport FairgroundsRecinto ferial de Newport
Walk-up tables. Bring bags if you can.Mesas a pie. Trae bolsas si puedes.
Nov2
All weekToda la semana · Doorsteps across SpokanePuertas de todo Spokane
Leave a bag of cans on your porch on Saturday the 7th.Deja una bolsa de latas en tu porche el sábado 7.
Nothing in that category this month.
The Market LetterCarta del Mercado
One email a month in English and Spanish: where the truck is going, what's fresh and what we need.Un correo al mes en inglés y español: a dónde va el camión, qué hay fresco y qué necesitamos.
Read by 9,800 householdsLo leen 9,800 hogares
Design notes
A regional food bank whose public site has two very different audiences: people who need groceries this week, and the volunteers, farmers, agencies and donors who make that possible. The first screen is a search for help, in English or Spanish, and everything else comes after it.
Rubik's softly rounded corners let headlines be big and bold without feeling like a government notice, and its accented capitals hold up in Spanish. Red Hat Text was drawn for reading at small sizes; at 18px it keeps addresses, hours and eligibility notes easy to scan on an old phone.
The palette comes from the Palouse harvest that fills the warehouse every fall: a deep beet red for the brand and a wheat gold accent. Neutrals carry a faint rose tint so the page feels warm rather than clinical. In the dark theme the beet becomes a lighter radish pink so links and buttons still clear contrast.
Pages behave like tabs in an app, with a sticky bar under a compact header, because most visitors arrive on a phone and move between Find food and the hours. The language switch sits beside the action button on every page and swaps every line, not just the headings.
The opener asks 'What do you need today?' and filters real services as you type: groceries this week, a box for seniors, weekend food for kids, a mobile market in a rural town. Typing 'leche' or 'diapers' works. Someone in a hurry should not have to understand how a food bank works to get dinner.
The fixed action is Find food near you, because that is the most urgent reason anyone visits. Supporters get specific asks further down: Pick a warehouse shift, Start a food drive, Give a meal. The giving page converts dollars to meals at the food bank's real buying rate.
Warehouse and distribution photographs: produce boxes, volunteers sorting, a van loading for a mobile market. Portraits match who actually lives in the region, including a Palouse farmer who donates lentils. No photos of people being handed food, out of respect for those who receive it.
Every line exists in English and Spanish, and the switch remembers the visitor's choice. Contrast passes in both themes, tap targets are large, the open-now status is worked out live from the hours, and each site says whether it is step-free, whether ID is needed (it never is) and which languages volunteers speak.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.21:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 16.91:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.93:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 7.45:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 8.29:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 7.73:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 15.21:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.0:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 8.29:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.34:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.7:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 14.18:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 6.97:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 8.06:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 8.35:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 11.17:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.71:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.42:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 8.35:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.25:1 | AA |
Designed by Greater Purpose Web. Names, people and events are sample content.