The Whidbey Community Foundation recently launched the Whidbey Food Resilience Fund, a coordinated community response to the growing food insecurity facing island residents following the recent reduction in federal SNAP benefits, according to a press release.

The new fund — seeded with $50,000 with board approval from WCF’s discretionary reserve — will provide rapid, equitable grants to food banks, meal programs and other community-based organizations. The goal of the fund is to ensure that Whidbey residents have reliable access to nutritious food during the holiday season and beyond.

“Every donor who has ever given to our foundation fund helped make this new effort possible,” said Jessie Gunn, executive director of the Whidbey Community Foundation. “The Whidbey Food Resilience Fund allo

See Full Page