In response to schools closing as a result of COVID-19, WA-BLOC began its Feed the Beach effort on Friday, March 13, 2020 to bring food justice to students and families in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. We fundraised over $50k to sustain this effort through August 2021. WA-BLOC reinvested those funds into the Black and brown restaurants, caterers and chefs in southeast Seattle that prepared the meals for the weekly Feed the Beach events, hosted at the Rainier Beach Community Center Plaza. In the fall of 2020, this effort was adapted into a delivery model to support families at Rainier Beach High School. Since March 13, 2020 over 7,000 hot meals and $50k in one-time rent relief checks were distributed to students and families in the Rainier Beach community as a result of our rapid-response programming. Check out this KCTS9 Crosscut feature to find out more about our Feed the Beach efforts.
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