Swinomish Blessing Box assists community

 

October 11, 2017

BLESSINGS FOR THOSE IN NEED – Team volunteer Rebecca Larsen and project organizer Brenda Williams take a look at donations placed in the Swinomish Blessing Box on Swinomish Avenue and First Street.           – Photo by Robin Careen-Edwards

Hunger often goes unnoticed. Some ration their food to make it last. For others, it could just be another day without eating. People in this predicament benefit from donated groceries and other household items.

Brenda Williams is a Swinomish tribal member who knows that more food will benefit her community. She has developed a long-term project that will help provide a solution to hunger on her Reservation.

Following in her mother’s, and community leader, Susan Wilbur’s footsteps, Williams organized a team of volunteers to help her establish and build a “Swinomish Blessing Box”.

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