Sydney at FareStart strengthened food donation partnerships across protein sourcing, fundraising, gleaning, and redistribution, delivering 486 pounds of produce to local food banks while discovering a passion for partnership management.
Read how Phoenix, our new VISTA Member with Harvest Pierce County, overcame onboarding setbacks by adapting training, co-facilitating farm education, and leading a produce harvest—gaining hands-on community insight and resilience.
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Abigail’s summit experience turned cold data into urgent human stories, deepening her commitment to advancing equitable food access across Washington.
In one year, Grace recovered 7,600+ pounds of fresh food for FISH Food Bank through gleaning, grocery rescue, and new community partnerships.
From statewide conferences to a living toolkit, Jen’s work connects Washington’s 40+ gleaning organizations to share knowledge and fight hunger.
Reducing food waste and food insecurity through gleaning, redistribution partnerships, and radically reimagining local food systems in King County.
With only four hours of overlap, one VISTA built a comprehensive guidebook to set every future member up for success.
Mapping 820+ food organizations across Washington, Abigail’s work turns data gaps into a roadmap for equitable food access.
As an AmeriCorps VISTA Member with GoodRoots Northwest, Bea is dismantling those same barriers for over 75,000 food-insecure residents across Pierce County. Their tool? An innovative online food pantry system with refrigerated pickup lockers that transforms food access from a public ordeal into a private, dignified choice—available on each person’s own schedule, in their own language, without fear or exposure.
Sydney Shaw is the Food Resourcing Data and Outreach Coordinator VISTA at FareStart in Seattle, WA. Sydney’s role had previously focused on increasing food access for underserved communities across King County and has transitioned to alleviating poverty, food insecurity, and waste through FareStart’s Contract Meals
Learn how Jen Roberts, AmeriCorps VISTA Member with the Washington Gleaning Network (WGN), is expanding the scale of their outreach and the efficiency of their feedback mechanisms using a blended-medium campaign.