Immanuel Community Services

Thanks to our friends at seattle_police_department in the West Precinct who responded quickly, calmly and compassionately when a longtime guest was in crisis today and our staff needed help.

We are grateful for your partnership and service to our community!!

ICS is hiring! We’re seeking a Development & Communications Manager to support fundraising, donor stewardship and storytelling that reflects our mission and values. If you or someone you know is passionate about dignity, equity and caring for our most vulnerable neighbors, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now!

Our good friend Sage stopped by today with the very first harvest of the Community Garden. We are so grateful to her and everyone who helps bring fresh produce to the food bank. Today we distributed lettuce and fava beans that were harvested THIS morning!! Delightful!!



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ICS serves over 32,000 meals a year....at our Community Lunch, at the Recovery Shelter and at Dave's Day Center ...where many of our guests report that the meal they receive at ICS is the only meal they eat all day!!

But we need you to today and give a meal so your neighbors don't go hungry.

Thanks to a special supporter, we have a $5,000 match so every dollar You give we'll have twice the impact!

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Today is May 4th, known as and we had some new volunteers today at food bank!

It is also time for 2026. We need your GALACTIC support to continue to serve 20,000 people a year experiencing hunger and homelessness.

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ICS serves over 32,000 meals a year but that's only possible because of the amazing community that comes together to help. As the grandmother of our Executive Director, Shawna, always said, "many hands make light work!"

COOK/SERVE LUNCH IN DAVE'S DAY CENTER
We are looking for volunteers (individuals, groups, families, etc.) to cook and serve lunch for the Hygiene Center, weekdays. For many, lunch at the hygiene center is the only meal they will eat that day. Time commitment about 3 hours, usually 10am - 1pm.

GROCERY RESCUE/HOME DELIVERY DRIVERS, THURSDAYS
Each Thursday we pick up food donations from a couple of grocery stores which will be used to stock our food bank, providing nutritious food for any who need it. We are looking for drivers Thursday, 8 am - 10am for pickups and 12 pm-1 pm for home deliveries.

FOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS, MONDAYS
We have shifted the way that we distribute our food at the South Lake Union Food Bank to keep our shoppers safe and need more hands. Monday, 8:30 am - 1pm.

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/ICSVolunteers

Did you know we serve about 8,000 people a year at the SLU Food Bank, many of whom do not speak English as their first language?

We do our best for everyone to feel welcome and included. This means making sure signs and forms are available in all languages, or like the meat sign in the following pictures, are visual so shoppers can easily communicate with us which food they would like choose.