Foundation for Edmonds School District Receives $54,325 in Emergency Funding from Verdant Health Commission

LYNNWOOD, WA – The Foundation for Edmonds School District announced today that it has been awarded $54,325 in emergency COVID-19 Relief funding from the Verdant Health Commission. Dedicated to the health and wellness of the local community, Verdant Health Commission provides local non-profits with important emergency funding to help vulnerable persons gain access to important health and nutrition services.

Funding from the Verdant Health Commission will help provide emergency food services through the Nourishing Network, a Foundation initiative that was created in partnership with and at the request of the Edmonds School District to provide meals and services to hungry and homeless students and their families. Programs include Weekend Meal Kits, Summer Meals Program, Pop-Up Pantries, home meal deliveries, and holiday meals.

The Nourishing Network currently serves more than 470 students each week with weekend meal kits, delivered to wherever children are sheltered in place, alongside thousands of additional food items to supplement grab and go meals kits for 4,000 children across the Edmonds School District. Monthly, the Nourishing Network also serves more than 300 families through 7 drive through pop up pantry locations.

Through the Nourishing Network, the Foundation provides critical and urgent food services to students experiencing the effects of homelessness, parental unemployment, financial instability, and persistent poverty, particularly due to the pandemic. “We are committed to our children and families in our District and work tirelessly to meet the needs they face,” says Deborah Brandi, Executive Director. “Important funding like this ensures our children have nutritious food to eat. We are tremendously thankful for Verdant’s support.”