Food Banks

Many food banks require an appointment as well as proof of ID, residency, social security, etc. Some may limit number of visits per year.

Location	Hours	Phone	Notes
Bonney Lake	Tu-Th-F 9:30 - noon	863-4043	No walk-ins after 11:45. Proof of address and photo ID required.
Buckley Kiwanis 98321	Wed 9 - 2 Fri 9 - 12	862-4890	White River School District only
Buckley Bread of Life 98321	Wed & Fri 10 - 1	(360) 897-9005
Eatonville Eatonville Family Agency 305 W. Center Street 98328	M-W-Th-F 9 - 2	(360) 832-6805	Eatonville school district residents
Eatonville Living Word Assembly of God (St. Joseph Storehouse) 540 Easterville Hwy W. 98328	Tues 10 - 1	(360) 832-4220	Proof of address and social security card required
Edgewood Edgewood Community FISH Mountain View Lutheran Church 3505 122 Ave E. 98372	Thursdays 3:30-6:30 Saturday 11-2	826-4654	Serves all zip codes. Bring ID.
Fife/Edgewood/Milton St Martin's Catholic Church	M-W-F Call for appoint between 9:15 - noon	922-0960	Phone order must be made prior to pick up.
Fort Lewis Ministries of Bread of Life 8825 Veterans Drive, SW Lakewood 98433	Wed 11:30 - 3:30	582-2515	Serves Fort Lewis only. Proof of address, income, social security and birthday proof for all household members.
Gig Harbor (Eagles Club Bldg.) 4425 Burnham Dr. 98335	M-W-F 9:30 - 3:30	858-6179	Serves Gig Harbor residents only. Picture ID and proof of residence necessary.
Gig Harbor Gig Harbor/Peninsula FISH	M-W-F 9:30 -3:30	858-6179	Serves Gig Harbor residents only. Picture ID and proof or residence necessary.
Graham/S. Hill FISH 10425 187th St. E. Puyallup WA 98374	Mon & Fri 10 - 1:30 Wednesday 2-6	(253) 846-3805	Serves all zip codes. Bring ID
Lakebay Key Peninsula Community Services 98349	Tues-Fri 10 - 3	884-4440	Provides food to low income Peninsula residents.
Lakewood Lakes Area FISH United Methodist Church at Lakewood 6900 Steilacoom Blvd SW 98499	Monday 2-6 Wed & Fri 1 - 5	581-1116	Serves all zip codes. Bring ID.
Lakewood Prince of Peace 10333 Bridgeport Way SW Lakewood, WA 98499 98433	Tuesday Noon - 3	584-2565	Need Social Security card for each family member and proof of address.
Orting 112 Varner Ave. E. Orting, WA 98360	Wed 3 - 6	(360) 893-3150	Must be low income and live in the 98360 zip code
Parkland Parkland First Baptist Church 11222 10th Ave, S. 98444	Tues & Thurs 11 - 2	535-1293	Provides food items to people living in the following zip code locations: 98387, 98444, 98445, and 98447. Must have Washington State ID and two pieces of documents verifying proof of current address. Allowed one visit per month.
Puyallup All Saints Community Services 204 6th Ave., SW 98371	Mon-Thur 10 - noon 1 - 3	848-2000	ID, proof of address, income verification, Soc. Security number. Must be low income and reside in Puyallup Zip Code area (98371-98375).
Puyallup Salvation Army 4009 9th St., SW 98373	M-Tu-Th-F 9 - noon 1 - 3	841-1491	Walk in.
Puyallup Puyallup FISH 110 23rd Street 98372 www.puyallupfoodbank.org	M-T-W-F Call for appoint. between 9:15 - 2:30 Open for distribution 1-3	848-5240	Appointment necessary. No walk-in. Call the day you wish to receive food. Adults must show mail with name and zip code. Children need birth certificate or medical coupon. Must live in zip codes: 98352, 98371, 98372, 98373, 98374, 98375 or 98360. Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
Roy	Wed & Fri Call for appoint. between 9:15 - Noon Open 1 - 3	843-3033	Must live in Roy/McKenna area. Commodities for 98558 and 98580. Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
Spanaway 16001 South A Street 98387	M-W-F Call for appoint. between 9:15 - Noon Open 1 - 3	383-1817	Must live within 98387, 98444, 98445, 98446. Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
Steilacoom We Love Steilacoom Assoc. Steilacoom Food Pantry 1314 Nisqually 98433	2nd Wed 4th Sat 10 - 11:30	581-1076 588-8445	Must live within the Historical Steilacoom School District boundaries. Clients must call to reserve a spot. Emergency bags are provided during the month for those experiencing a temporary crisis.
Sumner Sumner Community Food Bank FISH 926 Main, Suite 102 98390	M-T-W-F Call for appoint. between 9:15am - noon Open 1 - 3	597-6680	Must live in 98390. Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
Sumner St. Andrew's Food Bank 98390	M-T-Th-F 10 - Noon	863-2253	Serves Sumner School District and homeless.
Tacoma - East/Southeast S.E. Tacoma FISH 1704 E. 85 98445	Mon & Fri 11-4 Wed 11-6	531-4530	Serves all zip codes. Bring ID.
Tacoma Resource Distribution Council 3801 S. Union Ave. 98409	Fri 1 - 4	473-7669	Drivers license # and proof of residence required.
Tacoma - East Bounty Food Bank 5634 South Park Avenue Tacoma, WA 98408	Mon 9 - 11	475-7098	Picture ID and proof of address required.
Tacoma - Hilltop St. Leo Food Connection 1323 S. Yakima 98405	Tues-Fri 1:30 - 3:30 Sat Noon - 1:30	383-5048
Tacoma - Hilltop Allen AME Church Allen Food Pantry 1223 MLK Jr. Way 98405	Tues-Thur 10 - 1	572-5733	Anyone served on the first visit, but primarily serves 98402 and 98405 areas. Picture ID required. Non-food, personal items if available.
Tacoma - Hilltop New Jerusalem Food Bank	2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Satuday of each month 11 - 2	572-6785	Clothing bank. Spanish spoken.
Tacoma - Hilltop My Sisters Pantry 621 Tacoma Avenue 98402	1st & 3rd Mon 5 - 7 4th Sat. 10:30-12:30	627-1186	Distributes groceries, serves a hot meal, and has clothing bank available.
Tacoma - Northwest Mason United Methodist Church 2710 N. Madison 98407	Wed & Sat 12-4	756-4974	Serves all zip codes. Bring ID.
Tacoma - Old Town Salvation Army 1501 - 6th Avenue 98405	M?F 8am - 11am 1pm - 3pm	572-8452	Application must be completed first. Photo ID, Social Security card and proof of residency needed.
Tacoma - South	Call for appoint. between 9:15 - noon Open Noon - 2	383-1816	Call and make an appointment. Need to have Social Security Card, birth certificate, valid ID and valid address. Must live within 98408, 98409, and 98418. Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
Tacoma - South Resource Distribution Council 2040 S. 56th 98409	Friday 1 - 4	474-1876	Driver's license number and proof of residence required.
Tacoma - South Bounty Food Bank 5634 S. Park Ave. 98408	Monday 9 - 11	475-7098	Picture ID and proof of residence required.
Tacoma - Southeast	Open 1 - 3	383-1815 383-1816	Must live within 98404, 98443, and 98444, 98445, 98446, 98447. Commodities for 98443 and 98404. Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
Tacoma - East/Southeast S.E. Tacoma FISH 1704 E. 85 98445	Mon & Fri 11-4 Wed 11-6	531-4530	Serves all zip codes. Bring ID.
Tacoma - East Elouise Cooking Pot Food Bank 3543 E. McKinley 98405 www.themadf.org	Tues &Fri 1-3 Sat 11-1		ID required. Food, household items, hygene products, baby items, pet food. Specialize in ethnic food. (Will deliver to seniors and people who are disabled.)
Tacoma - West Jackson Street FISH St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 7410 S. 12th Street Tacoma, WA 98465	Last Wed 5 - 7		Serves all zip codes. Bring ID.
Tillicum	M-W-F 9 - 11	584-1280
University Place Families Unlimited Network 2610 Sunset Dr., W. 98466	Tues 12-3 Sat 10-12	460-3134	Provides food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.
University Place Bread Basket University Place	By telephone only	564-8058	Serves Pierce County. Currently has waiting list.

Additional Food Bank Resources

Location Hours Phone Notes

BASH (Bikers Against Statewide Hunger)
118 - 141 St. Ct. S.
Tacoma, WA
98444 Mon & Fri
noon - 4 531-9600 Walk in and home-delivery.

Special Diet
Tacoma - Central
Tacoma Seventh Day Adventists Community Services
3108 Portland Avenue
Tacoma, WA
98402 Mon-Thur
10 - 2:45 272-8289 Provides food baskets ONLY for people on special diets who cannot get the food they need from regular food banks. Serves people who have special dietary needs, cancer, AIDS, or diabetic patients whose needs aren't met at a food pantry.

Legal Immigrants -DSHS
(Food Assistance Program for Legal Immigrants) Mon-Fri
9 - 5 593-2300 A state funded program to provide food assistance for those ineligible for the Federal Food Stamp Program because of the immigrant provisions in the law.

Southeast Asian-FISH Food Banks of Pierce County
1427 E. 40th
98404 Last two Sundays each month
2 - 4 472-7264 Picture ID and proof of address required. Provides Asian food boxes with ingredients for nine meals.