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Connects people with community resources to help meet basic needs such as food and housing.
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Near Homeless
Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Housing
Help Find Housing
Homeless
Food Benefits
Government Food Benefits
Social action program that has free household essentials for community members in need, including clothes, food products, and diapers.
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Home Goods
Food Pantry
Clothing
Diapers & Formula
A permanent, nationwide Summer EBT program to support children who lose access to free and reduced-price school meals during the summer months. Provides $120 in food benefits to each eligible child. For updates and application information, sign up for text-based alerts at textsunbucks.dshs.wa.gov.
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Food
Teens
Children
Help Pay for Food
Government Food Benefits
Food Benefits
A program that connects surplus food from food service establishments and other sources to families in the Blaine community that can use the food.
Offers a variety of fresh and frozen items, including both animal-based and plant-based proteins, dairy items, fresh vegetables and fruits, bread and cereals, canned foods and dry goods, as well as personal care items.
Provides benefits to legal immigrants who are not eligible for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, solely because of immigration status. Households that include a person eligible for FAP receive the same amount of food benefits they would receive for this person if they were eligible for SNAP.
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Food
Food Benefits
Government Food Benefits
Immigrants
Provides produce, canned goods, breads, meat, and dairy items. No ID or proof of address required. Income guidelines are currently 400% of Federal Poverty Level.
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Food Pantry
Food
Provides general information and resources for the East Whatcom County community. Resources include computer and phone access, notary, hygiene and health supplies, clothes, books, toys, household items, specialized intake support such as SNAP benefits, and more. Diapers available depending on supply, call ahead to check.
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Food Benefits
Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Government Food Benefits
Computer or Internet Access
Goods
Home Goods
Clothing
Toys & Gifts
Books
Personal Care Items
Notary
Diapers & Formula
WIC is a supplemental food and nutrition/breastfeeding education program that helps pregnant women, new mothers and young children eat well, learn about nutrition and breastfeeding, and stay healthy.
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Pregnant
Families
Food Benefits
Health
Nutrition
Children
Mothers
Food
Help Pay for Food
Nutrition Education
Government Food Benefits
Provides limited financial assistance vouchers for people in need living in Whatcom County. Helps pay for gasoline, food, utilities, phone bills, bus passes, and ID and driver's licenses. Amounts range from $50 to $200. Available only once every twelve months.
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Help Pay for Transit
Help Pay for Internet or Phone
Help Pay for Utilities
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Gas
Emergency Payments
Financial Assistance
Provides assistance to residents of Blaine, Birch Bay, Custer, and Point Roberts who have short-term emergency needs for financial assistance, including utility bills (shut-off impending), critical prescription needs, grocery vouchers (when other food assistance is not available), short-term emergency lodging (1-3 day motel stays), and emergency gasoline assistance.
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In Crisis
Emergency
Money
Emergency Payments
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Gas
Help Pay for Utilities
Financial Assistance
Prescription Assistance
Coffee and sandwiches served at the Arch of Healing and Reconciliation behind the downtown Bellingham Library four nights a week, rain or shine, throughout the year.
Categories
Meals
Free Meals
Food
Provides food to anyone in need on the first Friday of each month. Located behind the Social Services building.
Provides information and direct application support that can help families and individuals obtain and maintain SNAP food benefits.
Categories
Food
Food Benefits
Government Food Benefits
Meals are offered on a donation-only basis to adults age 60+ (suggested donation $5.00). Others will be charged the full cost of the meal ($8.50). Senior Center membership not required to participate in the meal program. Frozen to-go meals available Tuesdays, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM.
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Seniors
Meals
Food
Provides free food in Bellingham and Whatcom County. There are no income, address, or ID requirements.
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Food
Food Pantry
Provides ready-to-cook turkey dinners for families with limited financial resources living in Blaine, Birch Bay, Custer, and Point Roberts. Each basket is sized to the number of people in the family. Pre-registration is required, and typically takes place October through early November.
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Free Meals
Meals
Food
WIC is a supplemental food and nutrition/breastfeeding education program that helps pregnant women, new mothers and young children eat well, learn about nutrition and breastfeeding, and stay healthy.
Categories
Food Benefits
Nutrition Education
Government Food Benefits
Pregnant
Mothers
Children
Families
Health
Food
Nutrition
Help Pay for Food
Provides food and support to all community members in need. Individuals and families can visit once a week for as long as assistance is needed.
Categories
Food
Food Pantry
Provides food to anyone in need. Open the first and third Thursday of each month, 10 - 11:30 AM.
Provides food to residents living within the Lynden School District zone. Bring proof of address on your first visit (a piece of mail, utility bill, rent receipt, etc.).
Family support centers that link school families with local resources and human services addressing the needs of the whole child in order to promote student success. All families are welcome to visit the site nearest to them (Shuksan Middle School or Carl Cozier Elementary School).
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Personal Care Items
Diapers & Formula
Supplies for School
Clothes for School
Community Support Services
Children
Families
Emergency Food
There are two primary ways to receive help: request volunteers to help with simple work, or submit a request for help/financial assistance which will be shared with church partners. There are no guarantees for assistance, and it can take some time (often 3-8 weeks) to arrange. Fill out the "Get Help" form online to request assistance.
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Help Pay for Utilities
Spiritual Support
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Transit
Help Pay for Gas
Help Pay for Healthcare
Maintenance & Repairs
Financial Assistance
Furniture
Basic Needs provided free of charge to those in need in our community. Resources include clothing, household goods, toiletries, cleaning supplies, diapers, emergency food, and more. Limited financial assistance available Mondays and Fridays.
Categories
Baby Clothes
Financial Assistance
Diapers & Formula
Clothing
Home Goods
Personal Care Items
Baby Supplies
Emergency Food
Goods
In an effort to ensure that all children have access to food during the weekend the Blaine Food Bank is proud to partner with Wild Bird Charity and the Blaine School District to provide the food for three meals a day, as well as snacks, each weekend for children in the Blaine community who face hunger. Call or email for more information.
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Food
Food Pantry
Children