Essential hygiene items

Partnering with Hopelink

Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in King and Snohomish counties; providing stability and helping people gain the skills and knowledge they need to exit poverty for good. Hopelink has service centers in Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Shoreline and Sno-Valley (Carnation) where they provide a network of critical social services through a number of different programs – including housing, transportation, family development, financial assistance, employment programs, adult education, financial literacy training, five brick and mortar food banks and one mobile food bank. The agency’s service centers, housing and transportation programs help more than 63,000 people every year.

Partnering with Emergency Feeding Program

Partnering with Rainier Valley Food Bank

Rainier Valley Food Bank stands as a trusted community resource, serving as Seattle’s busiest food bank. The Food Bank provides fresh, culturally-relevant produce to clients and brings at-risk students attending South Seattle schools and their families to the table over nourishing meals. They create a place to grow and access knowledge and stability, addressing the issues underlying food insecurity.

Partnering with Downtown Emergency Service Center

DESC (the Downtown Emergency Service Center) serves Seattle's most vulnerable population that is experiencing houselessness by providing housing, behavioral and physical health services, and crisis response. Specifically, DESC focuses on the chronically houseless population that is experiencing mental health and physical health challenges, as well as substance use disorders. Their goal is to help clients achieve their highest potential for independence, self-determination, and personal responsibility.

Partnering with Covington Storehouse

Since 1999, Covington Storehouse has been dedicated to serving neighbors who are struggling with, or are vulnerable to food insecurity and poverty, by providing nourishing food. Their vision to improve quality of life extends beyond food security to include distribution of essential hygiene items and diapers as well as referrals to other services for housing, clothing, counseling, and more. Items provided by Ridwell are redistributed by the Covington Storehouse team to hundreds of families and individuals within their client and outreach network.

Partnering with Transform Burien

As a 501(c)3 organization and community resource center in Burien, Transform is a Christ-centered outreach ministry of churches intentionally serving neighbors in need by providing basic necessities, access to community resources, and a place of friendship, encouragement, hope, and love. Transform welcomes all people to their facility without requiring identification, registration, or other limiting factors. Alongside their clothing and food bank, they offer a range of free services including hot meals, showers, haircuts, laundry and medical and dental services through the King County Mobile Health Clinic and Dental van. Items provided by Ridwell are distributed directly to anyone that comes through their doors in need of essential resources.

Partnering with YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish

Founded in 1894, YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish has been breaking down barriers to equity for nearly 130 years. YWCA is the region’s oldest and largest organization focused on the needs of women, providing services and advocacy to support stable homes and economic advancement, reduce violence and improve health, and promote racial equity and social justice. With programs that serve 7,000 people each year, YWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. Through direct services and advocacy, YWCA helps women and families move from surviving to thriving.

Partnering with Northwest Center

Northwest Center (NWC) was founded in 1965 by Seattle parents who refused to give up when their kids with disabilities were rejected from schools. Northwest Center (NWC) is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive organizations serving the community with disability inclusion programs and services that advance equal opportunities for people of all abilities. Today, Northwest Center provides Early Supports and inclusive Early Learning for children from birth to school age, where kids of all abilities share classrooms, playgrounds, and high expectations; and Employment Services where candidates with disabilities find employment as meaningful to them as it is beneficial to their employer. Northwest Center is living proof: when people of all abilities learn and work together, everyone benefits.