Food Banks Forced to Cut Services
NeighborImpact is cutting two food distribution programs after its food supply dropped 25% in April. A mobile pantry at the American Legion in Redmond, which normally serves 277 people, ended in May. On June 27, Fresh Express Home Delivery will also end. That serves 380 homebound individuals. NeighborImpact has 59 partner food pantries which are all seeing a reduction in food supplies.
“We’ve put this off as long as we can, but the food just isn’t there despite spending thousands of dollars a week to fill in the cuts from the federal level,” Carly Auten, director of food programs, said in a news release.
Shepherd’s House Ministries is urgently appealing to the public for donations after a 17% federal cut in food support. It’s asking for protein donations including eggs, peanut butter, chicken, beef, pork and other meats. Those can be dropped off at their location on NE Division Street.
“We’re facing an urgent shortage that affects our ability to serve our community effectively,” says Curt Floski, executive director at Shepherd’s House Ministries.
—Nic Moye
$180 million
— The cost of upgrading the
Redmond Airport.
“I think that the uncertainty over what exactly the City is planning, where exactly it’s planning it, and the timing of it are causing people to sit back and watch a little bit.”
—Dale Van Valkenburg
with Brooks Resources in
“Promised Land.”
This article appears in Source Weekly June 5, 2025.
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