Local band River Giant [acoustic] is playing at the BFB!

Friday May 18th from 8:00pm – 10:00pm

(hosted by KEXP DJ John Richards)

South Seattle Community College's Northwest Wine Academy will serve 3 artisan wines and Populuxe Brewing will serve 3 of their finest brews! Rounding out the event will be Dante's Inferno selling tasty hot dogs!

Suggested donation for entry is $5

This event is part of KEXP's Hood to Hood 2012 Challenge where Ballard topped all neighborhoods in most donations. For the Hood to Hood Ballard Day multiple KEXP evening events will be held around Ballard. To get more information on these events and for KEXP's Bergen Park Place event, go to KEXP’s Hood to Hood 2012 Challenge page.  

May 12th: Food Drive Benefiting the Ballard Food Bank

Seattle Takes Care

The Seattle Center Foundation (SCF) is proud to introduce Seattle Takes Care - a Next 50 project that gives our community practical ways to come together and make a difference for folks in our own backyard and our neighbors across the world.

Bring non-perishable food items for distribution in Ballard, Queen Anne, & Magnolia neighborhoods, 10 am-4 pm to the Seattle Center.

Visit Seattle Takes Care for more information and to see what fantastic events are taking place on Saturday, May 12th for The Next Fifty on campus.

Give BIG!

We would like to thank the Seattle Foundation and our donors' support for a successful GiveBIG event on May 2nd! We are amazed and incredibly grateful for the generosity of this community. Thank you! This year, The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG event raised over $7 million dollars for over 11,000 non-profits!

Thank you, Seattle Empty Bowls, and Community!

$9,700 was raised to support the efforts of the Ballard Food Bank at the Seattle Empty Bowls event on Sunday, March 18th. Thanks to everyone who came out for this fun, successful event! We're so grateful to the Seattle Empty Bowls group for putting this on and generously donating their time and energy to make this happen.

BFB, Area Restaurants, and Sozo Partner

The Ballard Food Bank and area restaurants are embarking on a new partnership with Sozo! What is Sozo? Sozo is a local producer of award winning artisan crafted wines served in area restaurants. For every bottle of wine sold, 5-10 meals are funded for our neighbors in need through the Ballard Food Bank! These Ballard, Queen Anne, and Magnolia businesses are participating in this exciting endeavor. Visit them, enjoy wine, and give to your community!

• Aster Coffee Lounge
• The Bal Mar 
• Bastille Cafe & Bar
• Crow Restaurant and Bar
• The High-Life 
• How To Cook A Wolf
• Laredos
• Mondello
• Queen Margherita Pizza
• Ray's Boathouse
• Staple and Fancy
• Ten Mercer
• Volterra Restaurant
• Zaw Pizza

Helping Our Neighbors

More than 1,200 Ballard, Magnolia, and Queen Anne households receive food, hygiene items, or emergency financial help each week from the Ballard Food Bank. We're there to meet our neighbors' basic needs. Use this site to learn more about us, our services, and how you can get involved by donating or volunteering!

Did You Know?

• In 2011 the Ballard Food Bank distributed 1.3 million pounds of food.
• 27% of our food recipients are elderly and 14% are children.
• Our food comes from a variety of sources including local grocery store donations, private donations, and the government.
• The vast majority of the Ballard Food Bank's funding comes from neighborhood donors and local small businesses.
• We also provide our clients with mail box services.