Responding to COVID-19
Our Response
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, FareStart has provided over 2 million emergency meals to organizations across the Seattle area that serve youth, adults and families who are low income or experiencing homelessness.
Emergency meals are going to over 100 sites including Downtown Emergency Services Center, Plymouth Housing, YMCA, Seattle Public Schools and King County COVID-19 isolation and recovery sites.
FareStart and its food partners are maintaining the highest levels of safety following all CDC guidelines including social distancing and enhanced sanitation protocols to ensure people are safe.
We created new virtual job training programs to support adults and youth for the COVID-impacted employment environment.
We’re connecting impacted graduates to employer partners that are actively hiring in the midst of the crisis such as grocery stores and bakeries.
Catalyst Kitchens, FareStart’s national membership and consulting initiative, is supporting over 80 nonprofit members across North America as they navigate COVID-19, and in many cases, pivot to emergency meals. Learn more.
Behind the Scenes
If you are interested in hosting an event or activity to raise money for FareStart’s COVID-19 response efforts, please fill out our fundraiser form.
In-kind donations help keep costs down. Let us know if you’d like to donate food, goods or services.
Fill out our form to indicate your interest in helping out with FareStart's COVID-19 response. We will be in touch as positions open up.
FareStart's Catalyst Kitchens national network is supporting over 80 nonprofits across North America as they navigate COVID-19.
Thank you to everyone who has donated to FareStart's COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund!
If you are an organization that serves low-income youth, adults or families and are interested in FareStart meals, we want to hear from you!