In a determined effort that lasted six months, Starbucks employees from all nine of the Federal Way district's stores, from Hoyt Road to Des Moines, volunteered monthly at the food bank, served at the agency's annual Crab Feed, and on other projects such as toy and game drives, then turned in their hours to Starbucks Corporate Giving.

In July, their work was complete, and they had earned the $5,000 required to buy the Multi-Service Center Foodbank a new freezer. The new freezer will allow the agency to deliver more protein foods to the nearly 600 families that appear each week at their door looking for food.