Norma Allison from Ballard Hair Salon and Nora Carria from the Ballard Alki Oddfellows (I.O.O.F) presented two checks to the Ballard Food Bank on Thursday.

The combined donation amount was $100, which will enable the food bank to distribute 300 pounds of food.

"For every one dollar we receive, we can distribute three pounds of food to our clients," said Nancy McKinney from the Ballard Food Bank.

Allison said that she thinks the frequent donations of food and money are more important than the amount of money raised. She hopes that the Ballard Odd Fellows and herself can serve as an example to inspire the community to collect food and donations for the Ballard Food Bank, regardless of how small these donations are.

"Norma has a donation barrel inside her salon year-round, which we pick up about every two weeks," McKinney said. "We've probably collected 100 pounds of barrel from her."

Carria said the Ballard I.O.O.F. will host a clothing drive for the food bank later this year.

The Ballard Food Bank accepts donations Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. In addition to a donation barrel at Allison's Ballard Hair Salon, there are marked barrel at the Ballard Market and the Crown Hill Safeway as well.

For more information, visit http://www.ballardfoodbank.org/donate