Thank you to all who helped wrap gifts at area bookstores this holiday season: Jerry, Bob, Kathy, Scott, Kyle, Megan, Mike, Roslyn, Rhi, Jami, Julien, Case, Shane, Ian, Sam, Beth, Becky, and Tanya! A special thanks goes to Megan for her efforts in coordinating this activity. 
Seattle Atheists will be donating over $800 to The Childrens Hospital Fund thanks to the efforts of gift wrappers and the generosity of all the bookstore patrons who donated! Also this month Seattle Atheists collected 57 lb. of food for Northwest Harvest. Thank you, and remember to bring non-perishable goods to SA meetings and events!
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The Rainier Valley Food Bank had several hundred pounds of food stolen from a locked storage container. I am asking everyone who can, to please donate food to the RVFB. Make a donation online here.
From the Seattle Times:
About 450 people are expected Saturday at the Rainier Valley Food Bank to get food for Thanksgiving meals. But when staff arrived Wednesday at 6 a.m., they found the lock on the storage container had been cut and nearly everything inside had been stolen.
Burglars took several hundred pounds of potatoes and onions, as well as 30 crates of canned fruit, soup, chips, peanut butter and vegetables that volunteers collected last weekend. The loss totaled $1,500 to $2,000, said Sam Osborne, the food bank’s executive director.
An update from the Seattle PI: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/185870.asp
Thank you to everyone who donated to RVFB in the wake of the burglary. They received over $25k worth of food and financial help! Keep the donations coming during leaner giving months, especially after the winter holiday season. Bring non-perishables to our Jan. 10th Membership Meeting!
Amanda Action alerts, News Community, food drive
I would just like to report that the Seattle Atheists SeasonLESS Food Drive is going strong. During the last membership meeting, we collected 46 pounds of food and donated it to Family Works. Also, a big shout-out goes to Tacoma Atheists, who contributed three bags of food to the drive.
We’ve now donated a total of 105 pounds this year. Help us keep this going. Food banks everywhere are currently experiencing sharp decreases in the amount of food available to hungry families, at the very same time that more people are in need. It’s time to make sure that giving continues, even after the traditional holiday giving season.
Jami News Community, food drive, library, Volunteer