Annual Focus Groups
For the past five years, we’ve conducted focus groups with hundreds of food bank clients in different communities across Washington and shared their stories with our coalitions, legislators and others who can help fight hunger through policy work. We seek to amplify the voices of those we serve through our annual focus group reports.
This year Northwest Harvest completed our annual focus groups in five distinct communities around the state. We visited Hoquiam Food Bank, Okanogan Food Bank, Yakima Food Bank, Thurston County Food Bank in Olympia and Skagit Valley Neighbors in Need in Mt. Vernon.
Clients joined our facilitators for conversation about their experiences of hunger and securing enough food to feed themselves and their families. In each community, the value of people talking together about their common struggles was evident. Participants were able to learn from each other’s stories and share information about community resources.
We learned a great deal from them; we hope you will also learn from the first-hand experiences of these neighbors and constituents when the complete report is released in January. We will share the results with our coalitions, legislators and others who can help fight hunger through policy work.
View previous reports:
2012 Focus Groups (PDF)
2011 Focus Groups (PDF)
2010 Focus Groups (PDF)
2009 Focus Groups (PDF)
2008 Focus Groups (PDF)
We also work to raise consciousness about the extent of hunger in Washington through our quarterly newsletter, our broad volunteer work, our Speakers Bureau and our frequent food drives and other events.
For more information on our Annual Focus Groups, contact Elise DeGooyer at elised@northwestharvest.org or (206) 923-7423.
For more information on how to get involved with Northwest Harvest’s advocacy work, please contact Christina Wong, Public Policy Manager, at 206-923-7465 or christinaw@northwestharvest.org. You can also sign up to receive email alerts below.
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