Bellevue food bank helps families in need

Three days a week, a line extends outside from the bottom floor of a Bellevue church along Bel-Red Road.

Inside, it’s festive and crowded and Phillip Peters wouldn’t have it any other way."All are welcome, we’ve never turned away anyone," Peters said.Renewal Food Bank is like no other. The diversity of the food reflects the diversity of the people who walk in seeking fresh produce to lean meats and everything in between. Peters and Winnie Au run the place. They are the only full-time workers at Renewal Food Bank."We want to change everyone’s mindset about a food bank," Au said.

"We are 100% donation based, all of our foods are food rescue or individual donations," Peters said.Peters says big and small grocery stores donate to them as well as restaurants. "That food rescue amounts to 300,000 pounds rescued from the last 6 months reduced from the landfill," Peters said.In other words, they are fighting hunger and food waste at the same time.

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