Caring for the poor and needy is a foundational belief of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Local leaders of the Church have taken notice of the increasing burden on the four food banks in our area – Forks, Port Angeles, Sequim, and Port Townsend. They have worked with the local food bank managers to determine our local needs and made arrangements to have a Church semi-truck loaded with 40,000 pounds of food and personal items delivered to the Port Angeles Food Bank on July 19, 2023.

The Port Angeles Food Bank, with its recently expanded facilities, acts as a staging area for all four food banks. As storage space is limited at the other facilities, they periodically send their local trucks to Port Angeles to pick up needed food and supplies for their local distribution.

The Church’s 2022 annual global report on caring for those in need shows that this work included more than $1 billion in expenditures, 6.3 million hours volunteered, and 3,692 humanitarian projects in 190 countries and territories.