The Toddler Feeding Project provides a grocery bag full of age-appropriate, nutritious foods for toddlers whose parents access food banks at six Seattle sites (while supplies last). Graham crackers, cheerios, juice, peanut butter, fruits, and veggies are the main ingredients. Parents enjoy receiving food their toddler will actually eat, and toddlers love the idea that the bag belongs to them. Program directors often comment on children asking for "my bag".
Food bank directors' comments:
"Our parents with kids often feel like they need more from us...than we were previously able to provide. This (Toddler Feeding Project) has been effective way to provide more appropriate food for kids."
"I feel the program gives parents better insight on how important good nutrition is to the total child, i.e. healthy teeth, strong bones."
"A young mother with four children, one who is disabled, has a three year old who looks forward to getting his own bag of food. The mother only makes minimum wage and the father is often unemployed."
Current Toddler Feeding Sites:
North Seattle
North Helpline & Lake City Food Bank
12707 30th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98125
206.367.3477
Volunteers of America/Greenwood Food Bank
9747 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
206.782.6731
Central Seattle
Puget Sound Labor Agency Food Bank
2800 First Ave, Room 126
Seattle, WA 98121
206.448.9277
Food Bank at St. Mary's
611 20th Ave S
Seattle, Washington 98114
206.324.7100
West Seattle
West Seattle Food Bank
3419 SW Morgan Street
Seattle, WA 98126
206.932.9023
South Seattle
Providence Regina Food Bank in the South Park Neighborhood Center
8201 10th Ave S #6
Seattle, WA 98108
206.763.9204
Toddler Feeding is a project of Solid Ground's Food Security for Children program.
Phone: 206.694.6755
TTY: 7.1.1
Email: fsc@solid-ground.org
FAX: 206.694.6777
Address: Toddler Feeding Project
Solid Ground
1501 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103-6708